The Relative Value of $100 Changes by State—This Map Shows What a Benjamin Is Worth Where You Are

IJ Review ^ | Feb 6, 2015 | Joseph Perticone

[EDINVA]

ok, well, don’t tell NYers, either!

[Mears]

My lips are sealed.

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[Rodamala]

If you are using that $100 to buy fuel or food... you are probably better off buying them in NJ... More so than that chart shows. I moved to NY PA four years ago and was told that the "cost of living" here is low... which the apartment I had was half the cost of what it would have been in NJ and property taxes for the 70 acre farm I now have are 1/10 of my parents' property tax on 1 acre in Hunterdon County... but food and fuel here are expensive by my standards. I used to get butter on sale for less than $1.50/lb and chicken thighs on sale for 79¢/lb, but out here butter "on sale" is $2.50/lb and chicken thighs are "on sale" at $1.29/lb.

I really miss Shoprite.

[Fresh Wind]

Years ago, I got $400 from an ATM.

I could hear the thing churning for quite a while which worried me, but it eventually spit out a huge wad of money...

Eighty $5 bills!

I doubt they stock them with fives any more.

[Rodamala]

We used to play a lot of poker at the railroad I used to work at. We would play mostly quarter/half games and every now and then when splashing the pot on the impromptu table we made by putting a piece of laminated safety glass on top of the shop office garbage can, you would hear a silver quarter hit the table. Very distinctive.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Close friend at work is a Brit. The other day he showed me an odd Franklin dime in his change and I immediately recognized it as silver. Sure enough, it was dated 1964.

He was really surprised when I showed him it was worth 90 cents in fair condition! He was about to drop it in the vending machine for a snack.

That’s the first time I’ve seen silver in change in decades.

[Bon mots]

Pulmonary damage? What was I thinking?
Brain fart.

CARDIOLOGICAL DAMAGE! ATHEROSCLEROSIS... etc.

[Rodamala]

I got one in change at the coffee shop in town last year (a quarter), when I started jingling the change I heard it right away, pulled it out and was dropping in on the counter explaining to the clueless little girl at the register that it was silver.

[BigIsleGal]

Indeed, I’m originally from the golden state, a farm town, much cheaper than the big cities on the coast..

[MeshugeMikey]

Im in San Anselmo...what a strange strange place this can be.

[ChicagahAl]

That doesn’t take into consideration, the current “Two Big Macs for $4.44” special.

That would put the US down the list, between Malaysia and Hong Kong.

But not as cheap as the Maharaja Mac. (whatever that is?)

[Rusty0604]

I remember in the seventies spending $20 a week on groceries for myself and husband and we ate pretty good, of course many things were made from scratch.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Why a nationwide minimum hourly rate is stupid.

Well, it’s one reason. The main reason, AFAIAC, is that any minimum wage knocks the bottom rung off the ladder of opportunity - and simultaneously makes it harder for people to hire labor to get simple things done.

[octex]

bmp for later research! ...Thanks, Karl.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

New map? It’s over 6 months old.

[Lexinom]

Lovely little hamlet, San Anselmo... Lived there for a year and a half...

[trebb]

Woo-Hoo! I’m 15.74% richer than I thought.

[MeshugeMikey]

“Howdy Neighbor”

[reed13k]

Got it - thanks