COLI in the Media

The Cost of Living Index was featured on NPR’s Marketplace C2ER’s Cost of Living Index was recently featured in NPR’s Marketplace segment! Our very own Tyler Baines discussed the rationale behind why certain products were featured. He was quoted as saying, “…if we’re noticing Walmart, Target, Safeway, they all have the 72-count dishwashing pods… that’s what we’re probably […]

Setting Sail for the C2ER Conference in Norfolk? Here’s What it Costs to Live There The Council for Community Economic Research, or C2ER, is having its annual conference in the historic port town of Norfolk, VA from June 12-14, 2024. Some conference attendees might fall in love with the place and want to make Norfolk […]

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in Albuquerque, NM, made famous by Breaking Bad and its exhilarating prequel, Better Call Saul? How about Scranton, PA, the home of the fictional paper company Dunder-Mifflin in the hit show The Office? Or maybe you thought about Lima, Ohio, the setting of the popular music […]

One of the great things about the United States is its massive size and diverse landscape. From sea to shining sea, our country boasts populous cities, gorgeous countryside, majestic mountains, rolling rivers, vast deserts, and just about every kind of region imaginable. Besides well-known metropolises like New York, Los Angeles, or Atlanta, two overlooked – […]

St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, and you know what that means: Irish pubs, corned beef and cabbage, and wearing just about everything green. It may come as a surprise to some of you that, around the turn of the 20th century, the Irish (along with other immigrant groups) faced discrimination in many […]

Imagine this: you just got a promotion, boosting your pay by 20%! To accept the offer, you will have to move from Peoria, to Chicago, which is about 170 miles away, according to Google Maps. At first glance, it looks like the promotion would be great for your bank account. But will it? Let’s look […]