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Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS).

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However, there are still places where you could live quite comfortably on $100,000 a year or less.

These are the top 10 most affordable cities in the West, according to the findings.

Surprisingly, eight of them are in New Mexico while two are in Colorado.

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The mortgage and expenditures can be used to calculate the total monthly and annual cost of living.

All locations with an annual total cost of living over $100,000 were removed for this study.

For each remaining city, the livability index was sourced from AreaVibes.

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