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Berlin is a relatively cheap place to live. So depending on where you live now you might actually need much less money when living in Berlin.

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Most of the US (not NYC, DC, SF) is far cheaper than Europe in general. Even Seattle is cheaper on average.

> Even Seattle is cheaper on average.

Unless you mean "cheaper than Europe in general", I guess these sites could use your input:

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?coun...

http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/comparison/seattle/...

Berlin is much cheaper than most of western europe or germany because of the long term economic effects of being part of east germany. A more apt comparison then would be frankfurt vs seattle or detroit vs berlin. Also expatistan just uses the expensive part of town

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