Adam Fields (weblog)

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3239024

New London, Connecticut is salary.com’s #1 most affordable city for 2005:

http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/23/pf/pay_costliving/index.htm

“The living costs measured in the new Salary Value Index include housing, food, transportation, utilities and state taxes. The index also factors in an area’s employment and job-growth rates.

What it does not account for are quality-of-life issues, such as culture, school systems and the weather.”

… or, you know, the fact that the city may seize your house and knock it down.

“File a false unemployment claim and you can receive $400 per week for 26 weeks. Do it for 100 Social Security numbers and you’ve made a quick $1.04 million. It’s tough to make crime pay much better than that.”

http://news.com.com/States+fiddle+while+defrauders+steal/2010-1071_3-5754429.html