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			<title>Living costs (petrol price)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In the midst of the recession, New Yorkers are cutting back on everything from dining to luxury shopping. Cafe des Artistes, one of the Big Apple&#039;s mo...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the midst of the recession, New Yorkers are cutting back on everything from dining to luxury shopping. Cafe des Artistes, one of the Big Apple&#039;s most storied restaurants, closed in August, in part because of poor business. Chanterelle followed this month. <br /><br />In July, J.C. Penney opened its first Manhattan location, citing local demand for discount merchandise. These changes makes sense. New York tops a recent list of America&#039;s most expensive cities, with a measured cost of living surpassing that of Houston, Boston and Washington, D.C. The culprit? High rent: $4,300 a month on average for a two-bedroom, unfurnished luxury apartment. The silver lining: That&#039;s down $200 from when the survey was taken in 2008. Los Angeles comes in at second place. Its residents, who also endure high housing costs, can partly blame a long, expensive commute. The sprawling city is home to some of the nation&#039;s worst traffic, <br /><br /><b>and unleaded gas at a relatively high 63 cents a liter</b> helps raise transportation costs. <br /><br />As per yahoo.]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Nico Schoeman</dc:creator>
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