Cost of living for a frum jew is double in Nyc?! I do not have any of the numbers handy, but i would have to strongly disagree with that statement. The only thing that may be cheaper is housing. That is all.
CLE mortgage with home insurance: $1,000/month
NYC mortgage with home insurance: $3,000/month?
CLE 1 BR rent: $600/month
NYC 1 BR rent: $1,300/month?
CLE car insurance: $30/month
NYC car insurance: $100/month
CLE health insurance family of 4: $650/month
NYC health insurance family of 4: ??/month
CLE parking tickets: $0/month
NYC parking tickets: ??/month
CLE 2 car attached garage parking spots: $0/month
NYC 2 car covered parking spots: ??/month
NYC finding street parking: 30 hours/month
CLE sitting in traffic: 0 hours/month
NYC sitting in traffic: 60 hours/month?
NY income tax>OH income tax.
CLE shoveling walkway: Included
NYC shoveling walkway: ? hours/month
NYC gasoline>CLE gas
NYC electricity>CLE electricity
NYC water with bugs included>CLE water fresh from the lake with no bugs
NYC garbage>Strewn everywhere and then smushed everywhere equally by "street cleaners" that you have to move your car for every other day.
CLE garbage> No litter goes unpunished and on-demand pickups.
CLE groceries at Marc's: A fraction of any other grocery store I've ever been to.
CLE returns to stores: Taken with a smile
NYC returns to stores: Ha!
CLE Prime sports seats: $40
NYC Prime sports seats: $800 (OK, at least you get a better team to watch usually!)
Etc....