



Salina’s aesthetics are more "Midwest pop art" than "plain." Main Street, grain silos, sidewalks, and summer festivals are all canvas for creativity in this technicolor community that has a standalone Department of Arts and Humanities within its city government. Your dollar commands respect here - housing costs run 35–45% below the national average, even as advanced manufacturing and aerospace anchor a diversified, recession-resilient local economy.
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According to the COLI Manual, composite differences of <4% and categorical differences of <5% are not statistically significant and should not be treated as necessarily accurate.
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