Chris, what part of wv are you in?#4....
coulda fooled me... i cant get out of the grocery store without dropping 150 to 200... for essentials...
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Chris, what part of wv are you in?
Charleston... well...South Charleston...
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Sorry Canada. Apparently, you don't count
Yes. I own property in those hillsive been to the parts where a hundred dollars might be worth that... still places without plumbing in these hills
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I thought that's what they were doing. The reality is it's much different in different parts of each state. Charleston WV is much different from some of the rural places in WV. Just like Ohio, PA, NY, CA, EtcIt doesn't matter what the dollar is worth...
what matters is how much a dollar will buy.
They should find the COST of a basic item, like a gallon of milk....
and compare the price of that item in the other states.
I thought that's what they were doing
Don't forget your mantra when you go to bed - "Thank goodness for sick people and the Cleveland Clinic". ☹Finally, Ohio ranks up near the top in a ranking
I'm certainly thankful that we have a world class hospital system here. I can predict that people will get sick, so let's have great care for when they do.Don't forget your mantra when you go to bed - "Thank goodness for sick people and the Cleveland Clinic". ☹
I've had my wife there. Just so others understand what we are talking about, The Cleveland Clinic is a huge multi-building complex that essentially is the entire eastern part of the city, and employs about 60,000 people, in a recession-proof industry called Medicine. Other parts of Ohio, due to the loss of manufacturing, haven't been so lucky. My cousin lives in Warren, which I believe still has not fully recovered from the loss of Packard Electric.I'm certainly thankful that we have a world class hospital system here. I can predict that people will get sick, so let's have great care for when they do.
We recently had a middle East sheik come here for care and his Entourage took up 3 floors at a nice hotel for over a month. Great for our economy. If he's going to be sick, might as well do it here.
So yes, very thankful for the Cleveland clinic.
It's all just averages and statistical based speculation. It is not emperical universally applicable to every resident but it is somewhat indicative of the relative cost of living.I know...but to say that MY dollar in PA is worth 15-cents more than your dollar in another state....
doesn't really explain how it affects your daily life.
Say that a gallon of milk is $4.59 in my state, but $5.59 in your state...
and that is something a math-hating guy like me can understand. (without counting on my fingers)
It's all just averages and statistical based speculation. It is not emperical universally applicable to every resident but it is somewhat indicative of the relative cost of living.
You didn't make an equal comparison though... you said typical for Mississippi and good for NYC... a typical dj in NY will be right around 1200-1600... $2000+ is the high end. In Mississippi there are pockets of wealthy couples and corporations that I'm sure will pay well over $1000 for the dj service... and I'm sure they'd like to add enhancements to make their wedding stand out from the rest bringing that total closer to $2k+. Just 50 of those events and you're talking 60-75k after expenses... that's pretty respectable for that area (for most areas actually). This past summer in July I had an opportunity to DJ a wedding in Birmingham, AL. It was a relative of one of my clients from up here, and this couple was willing to pay $7000 to have me drive down there for 2 heads, uplighting, and sparklers. Unfortunately, by the time they decided to get back to me I had already made the commitment to go to Greece for 3 weeks.The value of the dollar is the highest in Mississippi. That is also a state that perhaps has the lowest wages, and is considered among the poorest of the states. I am pretty sure most DJs who live and work down in that state earn less than 10K a year as a DJ, and most a "good paying" wedding for the typical DJ down there is probably like $350 to $400 with a plethora of DJs charging like $200 to $250. ...Versus a good paying wedding for a DJ in New York City is over $2,000.