Most and Least Expensive Metro Areas (live, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Boston)

[jimmykem]

Regional Price Parity Index

Most Expensive Metro Areas (MSA)
1. Urban Honolulu, HI 122.9
2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 122.2
3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 122.0
4. Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 121.5
5. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 121.4
6. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 121.3
7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 120.4
8. San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 119.0
9. Napa, CA 118.5
10. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 118.2
10. Santa Rosa, CA 118.2
12. Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 116.3
13. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 114.6
14. New Haven-Milford, CT 113.5
15. Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI 112.9
16. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 111.6
17. Trenton, NJ 111.5
18. Anchorage, AK 110.9
19. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 109.4
20. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 109.0
21. Manchester-Nashua, NH 108.9
21. Boulder, CO 108.9
23. Ocean City, NJ 108.8
24. Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 108.4
25. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 108.2

Least Expensive Metros Areas (MSA)
357. Florence, SC 85.5
358. Hot Springs, AR 85.4
359. Pine Bluff, AR 85.3
360. Albany, GA 85.1
360. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 85.1
360. Bowling Green, KY 85.1
363. Dothan, AL 85.0
363. Dalton, GA 85.0
363. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 85.0
366. Hattiesburg, MS 84.8
366. Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL 84.8
368. Gadsden, AL 84.7
368. Grand Island, NE 84.7
370. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 84.5
371. Michigan City-La Porte, IN 84.4
372. Carbondale-Marion, IL 84.1
373. Valdosta, GA 83.3
374. Cleveland, TN 83.0
375. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 82.8
376. Morristown, TN 82.5
377. Rome, GA 82.2
378. Jonesboro, AR 81.7
379. Jackson, TN 81.5
380. Jefferson City, MO 80.8
381. Danville, IL 79.4

Full list: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/download.pdf

Here are the most and least expensive cities to live in - Capitol Report - MarketWatch

[ckhthankgod]

I wonder what the criteria was for the rating?

[RadicalAtheist]

Santa Cruz-Watsonville wtf?

[jimmykem]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

I wonder what the criteria was for the rating?

This explains BEA's Regional Price Parities: https://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2012/08%...e_parities.pdf

[Davy-040]

I expected the most expensive metro list to look different... more like this (only incl. 1+ million CSA's)...

Tier 1:
Honolulu, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York

Tier 2:
Washington D.C., Boston, Miami

Tier 3:
Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia

Tier 4:
Sacramento, Las Vegas, Denver, Minneapolis, Hartford, Providence

Tier 5:
Portland, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Orlando, Tampa, Cape Coral

Tier 6:
Phoenix, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Raleigh, Richmond, Virginia Beach

Tier 7:
Kansas City, St.Louis, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Columbus, Baltimore, Jacksonville

Tier 8:
Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Buffalo, Albany

Tier 9:
Fresno, Albuquerque, Oklahoma City, Nashville, Knoxville, Greensboro, Harrisburg, Rochester

Tier 10:
Tucson, El Paso, Tulsa, Louisville, Dayton, Memphis, Birmingham, Greenville