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Re:Consumer prices increase 2.6 percent by koboll on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @05:55PM (#27124064)
What a surprise that this comment thread is full of software developers in HCOL areas anecdotally seeing prices rise faster than the national average!
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Re:Consumer prices increase 2.6 percent by notyourday on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @06:01PM (#27124121)
Most of the population lives in the urban high cost of living areas.
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Re:Consumer prices increase 2.6 percent by missedthecue on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @07:02PM (#27124717)
The top 300 biggest cities in the US are home to only ~20% of the population.
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Re:Consumer prices increase 2.6 percent by machinebun on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @01:27AM (#27126924)
> The top 300 biggest cities in the US are home to only ~20% of the population.

I think it's actually 20% for the top 100 cities; but a total of 62.5% of the population actually live in cities (82% live in urban areas - due to increase to 89% by 2050)

https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/100-biggest-cities-have-...

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