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Archive Home > 2007 > May > 26 > Food, health, housing drive Bend costs up

Food, health, housing drive Bend costs up

Report shows rising cost of living is second-highest in state after Portland

By Anna Sowa / The Bulletin
May 26, 2007

If Bend's affordability is giving anyone a headache, a new report says buying painkillers or seeing a doctor won't help. Visiting a physician and buying 50 tablets of ibuprofen cost more in Bend than elsewhere in the state, according to a national cost-of-living report released Friday.

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