| @springmom: But it doesn't matter which city gets used as the basis. If you picked El Cheapo, TX, as the reference point, everything would still be in the same order; it's just that the numbers would be bigger. I guess they picked NYC because, if I told you `Moscow is way more expensive than El Cheapo, TX', your first question would be `OK, but how does that compare to other American cities?' By saying `Moscow is way more expensive than the most expensive city in the US', I've already answered that question. |