I wouldn't put too much stock in those CoL calculators. I checked them all when ...

		silverlake on June 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Moving to New York: a Guide for Software Engineers I wouldn't put too much stock in those CoL calculators. I checked them all when I moved to NYC and they turned out to be wrong (for me). Compared to living in Chicago, I pay about 2X more in rent, but everything else is roughly 10% more. I am, however, extremely frugal.