Charlatan

Not sure I can answer this as I don't know what Americans pay for things... I would bet there is a price discrepancy between NYC and small town Iowa as well...

I do remember seeing a study a few years back that compared Boston to Toronto (they are arguably very similar in their make up) I'll see if I can Google it...

I couldn't find the article but I found these:

http://www.cita.utoronto.ca/webpages/livingin.shtml

http://www.citymayors.com/features/quality_survey.html

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