Price differences between Germany and Austria

[dead0man]

Mobile prices in the US are all over the map, but certainly closer to Germany than Austria.

Fuel is quite a bit cheaper.

Car insurance varies even more than cell phones.  State, age, sex, brand of car, color of car, options on car, local humidity, lunar cycles and the current price of donkeys in the Central African Republic all play a part in the price.

Internet is quite a bit more expensive here.

[dead0man]

Americans living in Alaska and Hawaii have a high cost of living, but that's a small percentage of Americans.  Some of our big cities are kind of expensive too....at least for some things.

[dead0man]

How about water and electricity utility rates?

Like in terms of price per unit used (per kWh, per gallon liter?) and the average monthly bill.

In Omaha you pay a base of $9/month and then 10 cents/kwh in the summer and ~9 cents/kwh in the winter (it gets cheaper per hour the more you use in the winter).  I'm not sure about water...it's combined with trash, sewage and gas and it's still usually much cheaper than the electric bill.