Compare the cost of living in two cities using the CNNMoney Cost of Living calculator. Determine if you could maintain your current standard of living in a different city.

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Aspiration. Soon after President Obama took office in 2009, he created a task force aimed at raising the living standards of the middle class. But first the task force had to define middle class.

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IRA stands for Individual Retirement Account. It's basically a savings account with big tax breaks, making it an ideal way to sock away cash for your retirement.

Methodology. For this calculator, we define middle class as two-thirds to two times median income for the county. In counties where two-thirds of median income would fall close to the poverty line ...

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