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- wannaBdug, on 09/16/2009, -3/+28LA must have cut back to botox just once a week.
- walker4bc, on 09/16/2009, -1/+25I am shocked that the words LA and frugal have now been used in the same sentence.
- louisut, on 09/16/2009, -0/+21average $200/mo. on clothing, really? what are you people buying?
- callistostg, on 09/16/2009, -1/+17This is clearly proof that the nation's liberal big cities are full of fiscally irresponsible spend-o-crats!
Erm, wait... - pingpants, on 09/16/2009, -0/+13A recession would have to be quite dire to upset LA's mani/pedi economy. I'm guessing the cutbacks are in $300 jeans and orange spray tans.
- Ymeg, on 09/16/2009, -1/+12It's all about how they defined "frugal" in this context. They spend so much, and cutting down 20% is nothing compared to their overall budget.
- arenas46, on 09/16/2009, -0/+10Ouch, New York.
- atlasdugged, on 09/16/2009, -2/+1225% reduction in LA? That's a whole bunch of soy lattes...
- rinote, on 09/16/2009, -1/+10Wow, no California Love in these parts.
Times is hard in Cali! - wilf_brim, on 09/16/2009, -0/+9You notice that (generally) the cities that cut spending the most were the ones hardest hit by the housing bust. Good, I say. America has been overspending for far too long. If this recession beats some sense into some heads, then it may have been a good thing.
- holyskeleton, on 09/16/2009, -3/+10I ***** love my 1920x1200, full page graphics like this and space to spare.
/off topic - inactive, on 09/16/2009, -1/+8That's not how averaging works.
- Goldcodpiece, on 09/16/2009, -0/+7In recent news Brooklyn is now its own city.
- faceless323, on 09/16/2009, -0/+6New Jersey alone outsells SoCal in orange spray tans
- trizzleatl, on 09/16/2009, -0/+6That's like a designer name t-shirt per month
- Pattyo13, on 09/16/2009, -0/+5hopefully mint.com still does cool infographics under the new quicken overlords
http://www.mint.com/blog/updates/why-mint-com-plus ... - deathandtaverns, on 09/16/2009, -2/+7If it wasn't for Chicago the south would be kicking the north's ass on the book front. Seriously how many copies of the bible and Atlas Shrugged do they need?
- jacobjohnson, on 09/16/2009, -0/+3I fail to see any relevance
- fotoman607, on 09/16/2009, -0/+3I wouldn't call cities that reduced their spending a little bit in a year the "most frugal". This chart needs a new title.
- c010rb1indusa, on 09/16/2009, -0/+3If you had a high profile job in NY and needed to look good, good luck finding more than 4 pieces of clothing for under $100.
- DjOverEZ, on 09/16/2009, -3/+6Would I be a complete ***** if I'd like to see the Jewish population of these cities as well?
- ShadowofAres, on 09/16/2009, -1/+4Maybe he's referring to three Texas cities having the highest spent per capita on Hobbies, according to the graphic.
- Fadakar, on 09/16/2009, -0/+2Lol they all look like bongs.
- billraydrums, on 09/16/2009, -0/+2It's ***** expensive to live in San Diego.
- kerouac906, on 09/16/2009, -0/+2Have you not heard of Coach purses? and that's just a purse, this still have clothes and shoes to buy...
- inactive, on 09/16/2009, -0/+2The women will have to settle for a C-cup instead of a DDs
- Taiyoryu, on 09/16/2009, -0/+2Did Mint remember to adjust for cost of living as well as inflation? The cities that saw the greatest decline in discretionary spending are also some of the most expensive cities to live in.
- BrokenCircle, on 09/16/2009, -0/+210 pairs of Walmart blue jeans every month?
- Goldcodpiece, on 09/16/2009, -0/+2I never understood spending so much money on clothes. Maybe because I'm a guy but I think I spend less than 200 on clothes a year and I don't dress like a bum. Ed Hardy smartest marketing alive people actually pay to advertise the brand when they wear it and at 70$ a shirt.
- lookoutforchris, on 09/16/2009, -0/+2Most New Yorker's don't wear jeans to work.
- wayback09, on 09/16/2009, -1/+3The GAP, ***** YEAH! Sportsmanship, Books
- jrm125, on 09/16/2009, -1/+2New Yorkers don't need $250 a month for clothes...wtf?
- JYoungest1, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1Thats my annual....in whitey tighties.
- saucy05, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1my bad lol
guys = 50 females = 350
ok that seems a lot for guys. - mbfielding, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1How can the average person in New York spend over $240 on clothes a month?
- Propyne, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1When LA makes better movies then they can have soy lattes!!
- Ymeg, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1Sure, it's huge, but it is misleading. Cutting 20% is easy when you are spending a lot more then what is needed to function.
- Propyne, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1I think Pac is alive.
- yacks, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1$200 a year? I get by with $100... I have jeans that last me 2-3 years.. i'm not really rough on them though.. only buy new ones when the old ones dont fit anymore..
- Propyne, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1DUDE. 20% of a huge budget is a huge cut.
- hendrixlives64, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1philadelphia is undergoing a budget crisis at the moment due to lack of state funding, the outcome of which appears to be the elimination of over 3000 municipal jobs, including roughly 1000 patrolling police officers and the closing of all public libraries, among other things. frugality on the part of the city is a narrow view of the current situation.
- inigomntoya, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1Exactly. This isn't a map of how frugal people are. This is a map of reality setting in for a bunch of bubble boomers who lost it all.
- tcsucks, on 09/17/2009, -0/+1In Portland, we're not frugal by choice. We just don't have any money left after the State Income Tax is deducted.
- gleongelpi, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1What!? I don't spend $100 a month on all of these combined!
- tokomini, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1People in Texas sure spend a lot of money on "Hobbies".
price of guns must have gone up. - fragMasterFlash, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1Hey thanks for letting all the damn panhandlers know which cities to set up shop in.
- theartfuldodgr, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1It used to be it's own city.
- ZeeZee2k, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1Why can't Staten Island be its own city.
- brad3378, on 09/16/2009, -0/+1It's not just that.
California, Nevada, & Arizona are considered "ground zero" for the mortgage meltdown.
When the teaser rate on your adjustable rate mortgage expires and the payment jumps from $2000 per month to $6000 per month, you're going to make sacrifices with the rest of your budget. -
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