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Feb 28, 2012 6:55PM
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Fairbanks, Alaska!!!  Are you kidding me?  I live here and it's expensive.  I do believe that they have overrated the Median Income.  There are jobs here that pay very well but there are a lot of minimum wage jobs and it's extremely hard for people to survive.  Our utilities are extremely high, it costs me about $1000.00/month to heat my home and pay for electricity.  Groceries are expensive.  We have the pipeline in our back yard and pay $4.00/gallon for fuel.  We have the highest property taxes in the state.  I'm not complaining, I love it here but feel that this article is extremely misleading to those who don't know any better.
Feb 21, 2012 8:15AM
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10 best places to live cheaply...AKA places no one wants to live
Feb 15, 2012 4:45PM
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Why do I rarely see any areas in Arkansas?

Mar 4, 2012 4:35PM
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Fairbanks??  Yeah, right.  Anchorage would have been half-way believable, but Fairbanks?  Just reinforces my suspicions that the people who write this crap have never been out of their work cubicle and have not a clue.  Would be interesting to know what their agenda is, because it certainly is NOT the truth.  What drivel!!
Feb 21, 2012 4:17AM
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Has anyone looked at their cost of utilities and gas in Fairbanks?  I can't understand how they consider this to be affordable!
Mar 22, 2012 6:50PM
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Sure they're cheap, until you pay the heating bills and snow shovelling bills! Smile

Mar 22, 2012 8:38PM
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Michigan, Ohio, Idaho....I've been to all these places for extended periods of time. There's a reason it's cheap there, no one wants to live there because...

 

 these places SUCK!

Mar 22, 2012 8:01PM
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Marblehead Lighthouse is Not in Sandusky Ohio.  It is in Marblehead which is several miles from Sandusky.  Sounds like some of the other write ups for places have erroneous info too.
Mar 22, 2012 8:50PM
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I'll just have another lobster tail and ice cold modelo here in south mexico... You can keep all the states!!!!
Feb 28, 2012 2:59PM
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i grew up in baycity michigan . nice town but not that great . some real good people live there . but to many gangs in that area takeing over . mostly from saginaw and flint coming in and messin things up .and not to many good paying jobs there.
Mar 22, 2012 6:36PM
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hahaha.  some of these places ARE nice, but who wants to live where the weather is cold and there's nothing to do?  the reason florida is expensive is bc the weather is nice and people WANT to live there.  supply and demand.  this list should be the 'top 10 places no one really wants to live so scoop up houses cheap'.  lol.  another winner article msn!
Mar 22, 2012 7:53PM
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Seriously? Pocatello, Idaho?  I would never live there in my lifetime.  It is the armpit of Idaho.  No one wants to live there unless they are forced to (even the students going to ISU hate Pocatello).
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I'll still take a place where the buffalo roamed - where the deer and the antelope play........
Apr 14, 2012 11:07PM
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I've got a place you didn't mention, how about WITHIN YOUR MEANS!!
Mar 22, 2012 8:46PM
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How can you live cheaply in any of the states that have super high taxes on everything!

Once you run the jobs and businesses away the only thing left to tax are those that live there,nice try but no sale here!

Live cheaper by living where there aren't any state taxes or oversea's

Only when the tax crazy DC crowd figures out its our money and not there's will things get better!

 

Mar 22, 2012 8:02PM
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You have GOT to be kidding me..... You would have to pay me to live in any of these places. I currently live in TX. The cost of living is easily HALF of what it was in MD.
Mar 22, 2012 7:40PM
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some of these places seem to have a big gap town wages and home prices. Does not matter HOW cheap it is if you can not afford it.
Mar 22, 2012 7:28PM
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There are other reasons, grasshopper, why these places are so cheap to live in, none of which are particularly good. 
Mar 22, 2012 7:21PM
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The scene with the covered bridge is actually West Arlington, Vermont!  
Mar 22, 2012 8:08PM
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Everybody seems to have negative comments about these towns. I think it all depends on what you make of it. I moved from Seattle, Wa. to Spokane, Wa. and everyone told Iwas going to hate Spokane. They were all wrong! It turns out that after living all over the Country, Spokane is the best place I have ever lived! So I am glad I did not listen to other peoples rude comments.

 

Mar 22, 2012 7:29PM
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Unfortunately the prices for homes reflect the desirability of the location. Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York are priced high because they are the most desirable places to live and price reflects supply and demand.

 

It's hard to beleieve that FairbanksAlaska would be desirable even in the summer.

 

I guess you wouldn't need a refrigerator or freezer though.

Mar 22, 2012 9:03PM
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Fairbanks was great for the outdoors but cheap it is not. Most of the homes use heating oil and need to have water shipped in. Heating bills are very high in the winter when it is 50 below and the so called Alaska Dividend for two people won't even cover half of a yearly heating bill. Most goods like milk, produce and food are very expensive and rather poor quality. Also, it is extremely expensive to fly out of Alaska as you are trapped there (they make it cheaper to fly in to attract tourism).  I can go on and on...

Mar 22, 2012 8:06PM
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I was surprized to see you rate cities(towns) with such high unemployment rates. I suppose the other factors put them in the most desirable catagory, but I had rather live in a town where the opportunities for employment are my first concern. Fortunately, I do live in a small town(about 25,000) that has a university, highly rated schools, a very diversivied economy, neat, well maintained streets and parks, and a new sports complex that rivals those in cities much larger. AND the unemployment rate is BELOW 4%.
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Florida Sucks:

   I tried to live their and I had nothing but grief ,no jobs ,all they do is exploit you ,it hot ,and to transient.

  In my opinion ,I did not like it their. not even to live.

Mar 22, 2012 6:58PM
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Ugh. I hate the Midwest. I'm originally from Missouri and I would never ever ever live there again (live in Texas now, planning on a move to Florida in August). It's cold, it's crappy, there's nothing to do. I could be biased as I'm from a very small town (<2,000 people), but it also seems like everyone knows your business. Now I live in a town of about 200,000, it's much nicer. 

Feb 21, 2012 12:23PM
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lived in Monroe/Monroe county for decades and it ain't cheap cuz they don't pay squat for work so unless your bringin wheelbarrows full of money with you "it ain't cheap" but its a real nice place but not as nice where I live now,Boca Raton.
Apr 18, 2013 8:10PM
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I lived in Texas and Nevada.

The registration Fees for Automobiles is way more expensive then New York.

In New York to register  an automobile cost anywhere from $60.00 to $100.00 per year.

In Texas and Nevada to register an automobile cost up to $1000.00 pr year.

The cost of food is also way more expensive then New York.

The cost of housing is also more expensive.

Do not believe what  you read and see on the internet.

Texas in New York are not that much different and actually as low as they

 

 

 

 

 are in other states for  the middle class.New York has a lot of deductions for the poor and the middle class.

BY my saying New York I mean New York state Outside of New York city.

In New York the average worker-workers  make a decentwageunliksthe workers in Texas and Nevada.

The top 1% make all the good money/via tax breaks and the workers suffer in Texas and Nevada.

 

 

Mar 22, 2012 9:04PM
Mar 23, 2012 1:14PM
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Sure but can you find a job in these places?  Ohio, really?
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