Most expensive cities in the US ranking (real estate, renters)

[skynyrd]

Hey, bellow is an old rankink of america's most expensive cities.

I wish someone can post more recent data!

1 . New York City _____ $2,400
2 . San Francisco _____ $1,573
3 . Los Angeles _____ $1,421
4 . Orange County _____ $1,384
5 . San Jose _____ $1,330
6 . Boston _____ $1,216
7 . San Diego _____ $1,213
8 . Oakland _____ $1,210
9 . Washington, DC _____ $1,160
10 . Fort Lauderdale _____ $1,104
11 . West Palm Beach _____ $1,074
12 . Northern New Jersey _____ $1,046
13 . Baltimore _____ $1,041
14 . Riverside _____ $1,012
15 . Chicago _____ $1,003
16 . Philadelphia _____ $990
17 . Miami _____ $971
18 . Sacramento _____ $899
19 . Minneapolis _____ $873
20 . Seattle _____ $859
21 . Orlando _____ $810
22 . Norfolk _____ $809
23 . Cleveland _____ $797
24 . Las Vegas _____ $795
25 . Pittsburgh _____ $793
26 . Tampa _____ $774
27 . Atlanta _____ $763
28 . Denver _____ $761
29 . Richmond _____ $761
30 . Birmingham _____ $760
31 . Cincinnati _____ $756
32 . Nashville _____ $750
33 . Jacksonville _____ $743
34 . Austin _____ $733
35 . Raleigh _____ $728
36 . Phoenix _____ $727
37 . Memphis _____ $725
38 . Detroit _____ $721
39 . Indianapolis _____ $717
40 . Louisville _____ $716
41 . Dallas _____ $709
42 . Portland _____ $698
43 . Houston _____ $692
44 . Tulsa _____ $687
45 . Charlotte _____ $682
46 . Dayton _____ $674
47 . Salt Lake City _____ $673
48 . St. Louis _____ $668
49 . Albuquerque _____ $644
50 . Fort Worth _____ $634
51 . Greensboro _____ $631
52 . San Antonio _____ $625
53 . Kansas City _____ $614
54 . Columbus _____ $612
55 . Greenville _____ $592
56 . Tucson _____ $585
57 . El Paso _____ $569
58 . Oklahoma City _____ $543

Data as of 2005's fourth quarter
source: The most expensive U.S. cities for renters - Rentals - MSN Real Estate

[18Montclair]

Here's Dec 2007

Most Expensive Median Rent
New York $2,922
San Francisco $1,904
Boston $1,658
San Jose $1,612
Los Angeles $1,452
San Diego $1,304
Washington DC $1,302
Miami $1,080
Philadelphia $1,014
Chicago $1,010

Least Expensive Median Rent
Columbus $626
Indianapolis $634
Kansas City $655
San Antonio $662
Cincinnati $668
St Louis $679
Cleveland $702
Houston $707
Dallas $716
Salt Lake City $726

Best And Worst Cities For Renters - Forbes.com

[Prada_Addict]

That list is pretty accurate. My friend in NYC is renting a studio for $4,500 a month in Greenwich Village.

A studio!!!!

[schmidt486]

Columbus will go up pretty drastically within the next 5 years. All the new condos downtown are quite expensive

[compelled to reply]

Anyone see a correlation between the amount of space to sprawl and median rents? All of the top 10 cities are built out or have limited space to grow and the bottom 10 are very roomy.

[Gtownoe]

I'm suprised by both Philly and Chicago's rankings. I thought Philly would be ranked lower and Chicago ranked higher.

[danco]

Rent costs are only part of the story.
Utilities ie: cost of Heat/Air Conditioning and Water can really
add to those figures. Especially now with all energy prices set to
take off again.

[WILWRadio]

That list is incomplete. Hartford and Providence should be on that list.

[downtown1]

The world's most expensive cities in 2008

Rank US cities

10 New York
18 Chicago
21 Los Angeles
33 Miami





Methodology
The cost of a weighted shopping basket geared to Western European consumer habits containing 122 goods and services including rent.

City Mayors: World's most expensive cities in 2008 - Ranking

[Traveler87]

Wow, glad to see with all the new condos going into Ohio's cities, and seeing where we stand on these lists.

It should stay this way for awhile too, because there are new incentives they are giving out to bring people and attract them to downtown living. Many cities across the country should do this to stop urban sprawl and save the countryside.