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Hanoi vs. Traverse City Cost of Living Summary

Hanoi is 50.1% cheaper than Traverse City.

Restaurants: pay 78.7% less in Hanoi
Groceries: pay 40.6% less in Hanoi
Transportation: pay 23.5% less in Hanoi
Housing: pay 75.3% less in Hanoi
Childcare: pay 35.9% less in Hanoi
Entertainment and Sports: pay 64.8% less in Hanoi
Clothing: pay 31.9% less in Hanoi

Expenses including restaurants, housing, entertainment and sports, groceries, childcare, and clothing are lower in Hanoi.

Hanoi vs. Traverse City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Hanoi instead of Traverse City, you would:

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pay 78.7% less for restaurants

	Traverse City	Hanoi
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.00	$1.89 ₫49,842	-90.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.00	$4.32 ₫113,640	-56.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.25	$0.47 ₫12,461	-79.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.14	$0.25 ₫6,471	-88.5%
Average			-78.7%

Traverse City vs. Hanoi - Cost of restaurants

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pay 40.6% less for groceries

	Traverse City	Hanoi
Bread 1 loaf	$2.94	$0.91 ₫23,828	-69.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.64	$4.95 ₫130,387	+6.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$2.83	$5.27 ₫138,798	+86.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61	$1.51 ₫39,667	-42.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.07	$1.59 ₫41,807	-68.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.74	$1.44 ₫37,770	-47.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.72	$0.47 ₫12,373	-34.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.75	$0.66 ₫17,391	-62.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.08	$0.50 ₫13,154	-83.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.21	$0.44 ₫11,627	-63.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.45	$0.46 ₫12,133	-68.1%
Average			-40.6%

Traverse City vs. Hanoi - Cost of groceries

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pay 23.5% less for transportation

	Traverse City	Hanoi
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.27	$3.20 ₫84,329	-2.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$30.00	$7.58 ₫199,368	-74.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$35,699.74	$37,880.00 ₫996,842,105	+6.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$5.61 ₫147,533
Average			-23.5%

Traverse City vs. Hanoi - Cost of transportation

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pay 75.3% less for housing

	Traverse City	Hanoi
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$67.50	$8.67 ₫228,277	-87.1%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,983.33	$348.52 ₫9,171,618	-82.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,418.00	$258.44 ₫6,801,161	-81.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$112.10	$56.25 ₫1,480,135	-49.8%
Average			-75.3%

Traverse City vs. Hanoi - Cost of housing

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pay 35.9% less for childcare

	Traverse City	Hanoi
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$1,030.00	$231.49 ₫6,091,813	-77.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$11,136.00	$11,784.89 ₫310,128,655	+5.8%
Average			-35.9%

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pay 64.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Traverse City	Hanoi
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.75	$0.95 ₫24,921	-74.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.00	$1.79 ₫47,163	-55.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.00	$1.33 ₫34,889	-77.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$63.33	$27.93 ₫735,058	-55.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$9.50	$3.79 ₫99,684	-60.1%
Average			-64.8%

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pay 31.9% less for clothing

	Traverse City	Hanoi
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$74.33	$41.82 ₫1,100,435	-43.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.67	$22.94 ₫603,643	-44.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$111.67	$86.52 ₫2,276,847	-22.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$86.67	$72.39 ₫1,905,076	-16.5%
Average			-31.9%

Traverse City vs. Hanoi - Cost of clothing

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