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The reason, he said, was a rise in the cost of living and doing business.
But in the real world, economic players can only guess at the future cost of living.
New York, the cost of living is even higher than here.
For now, she needs to figure out her cost of living and what's left over.
The cost of living is 9.81% higher than the national average.
The cost of living rose just 10 percent in that period.
The cost of living is already high enough for American families.
Obviously, this idea has its big problem, when the cost of living is so high.
The cost of living has since gone up almost 30 percent.
But that's difficult, especially in a state with a high cost of living, she said.
