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/^t/Another assumption favoring small towns is that the costs of living there seems to be lower. Not only are the rents cheaper but also local taxes, since they do not have to cover the same number of expenses, as it is in case of larger cities. In addition, there are less expensive, widely advertised, atractive-looking shops offering product for much higher prices. The food and everyday-goods are more often directly purchased from the local producers which makes their prices lower, due to the fact that there are less poeple participating in the profit. In fact there have been some researches made resently which show that families with lower incomes more often complain about the high cost of living in large, develpoed and idustrialised cities than it is in case of smaller communities.