$8.97
Typically, cost of living is in direct proportion to the per capita income of a given area. I always check out answers.com for this stuff. For example, I'm in
Hoboken NJ, which is in the top 100 cities of NJ as far as average income goes (#80) but a far cry from the most expensive city of Mantoloking. I love it here because rents are about half of what you might pay for an equivalent space in Manhattan yet it's closer to the city than any of its burrows and has lots of stuff to do.