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  2. Cost of living - Wikipedia

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    Singapore remains the most expensive city in the world for the fourth year running, in a rare occurrence where the entire top five most expensive cities were unchanged from the year prior. [7] Sydney and Melbourne have both cemented their positions as top-ten staples, with Sydney becoming the fifth most expensive, and Melbourne becoming the ...

  3. Are things really more expensive these days? Compare ... - AOL

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    Here’s the change in costs AARP found compared to 50 years ago: Portable four-cycle dishwasher: $189.95, about $1,335 in today’s dollars. Clothing washer and dryer: $310 total, $2,178 in today ...

  4. Baumol effect - Wikipedia

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    An important implication of Baumol effect is that it should be expected that, in a world with technological progress, the costs of manufactured goods will tend to fall (as productivity in manufacturing continually increases) while the costs of labor-intensive services like education, legal services, and health care (where productivity growth is ...

  5. Costliest cities in the world - Wikipedia

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    Services includes home rents to transport, utility bills and private schools to domestic help. The prices of commodities are gathered from three types of stores: supermarket, medium-priced retailers and more expensive specialty shops. Only those outlets were considered where the quality of the products are comparable to international standards.

  6. LA fires could hit $50 billion or more in damages. They're ...

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    The Los Angeles wildfires could cause up to $57 billion in damage, Accuweather estimates. The fires are destroying expensive real estate in Santa Monica, Malibu, and other neighborhoods. Insurance ...

  7. These are LA's most expensive neighborhoods by sq ft - AOL

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  8. Economy of California - Wikipedia

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    The basic statewide sales and use tax rate is 7.25% and is divided as follows: 6.50% State, 0.75% plus a 0.25% local transportation fund to city or county of place of sale (distributed quarterly). All taxes above 7.25% are so called "district taxes" which are imposed locally, after an area wide vote, under the Transactions and Use Tax Law.

  9. 3 reasons why rich Californians like Mark Wahlberg and Dean ...

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    Compare that to California, where taxes for the highest wage earners clock in at 14.4% — the highest rate in the nation. ... the so-called “Mansion Tax.” As of 2023, any property sale that ...