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7 Most Expensive States to Live in the U.S.
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| October 28, 2014
| Erika Rawes
Posted on 11/02/2014 4:49:28 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
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7. CT
6. CA
5. NJ
4. AK
3. NY
2. DC
1. HI
Notice any trends?
To: Slings and Arrows
New Jersey?
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posted on
11/02/2014 4:52:43 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Slings and Arrows
Hawaii and Alaska are expensive places to live because of the high cost of living in cold weather (Alaska), the attractive weather (Hawaii) and the high cost of shipping for most consumer products.
The other locations are places where a very high portion of the population lives in urban areas where the cost of real estate is high.
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posted on
11/02/2014 4:53:16 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("The ship be sinking.")
To: Alberta's Child
There are many urbanized areas that are much less expensive than the states listed.
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posted on
11/02/2014 4:55:14 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Clappin' the Blues (remix)" [slightly NSFW] - http://youtu.be/p9d2iHSfRmE)
To: Slings and Arrows
California is just like the rest of the country. It’s not one size fits all. There is a lot of difference between living in San Francisco and some rural area inland.
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posted on
11/02/2014 4:57:15 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: Alberta's Child
Urban dwellers tend to have very high rates of welfare, police and unions.
State taxes are very high and all that drives up the cost.
But you are correct in that the East Coast megalopolis and the So. California megalopolis create a vortex to push prices up.
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posted on
11/02/2014 4:57:49 PM PST
by
texas booster
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To: Slings and Arrows
Hawaii and Alaska have obvious reasons for a high cost of living.
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posted on
11/02/2014 4:58:57 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Advent begins in one month. Clean house!)
To: Slings and Arrows
“Notice any trends?”
Hawaii would be expensive anyway as everything has to be imported and should be viewed as an outlier. The others all have some definite commonality
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posted on
11/02/2014 4:59:02 PM PST
by
Fai Mao
(Genius at Large)
To: Slings and Arrows
Except for Alaska they are a all liberal strongholds.
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posted on
11/02/2014 4:59:25 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: Slings and Arrows
I didn’t know D.C. had become a state.
.
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posted on
11/02/2014 5:00:14 PM PST
by
Mears
To: Slings and Arrows
Wolf will probably be elected in PA Nov 04; he wants $15.00 an hour minimum wage; PA will make the list very quickly as will its un-employment rate and how much more PA will be taking from the working base (on top of Corbett’s idiot move to raise state gas tax’s that are set to go up AGAIN in 2015).
If you have any investments in PA muni-bonds, GET. OUT. NOW. This state is going to collapse and un-employment is going to surge (only the “numbers” will be played with so as not to reflect that; bank on it).
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posted on
11/02/2014 5:01:01 PM PST
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Why is DC included in this list, it isn't a state — and it would be terrible if it ever became one: then the States would not be co-equals, but instead one would rule over the others. (Not much of a difference than now, but once the some states are more equal than others
becomes entrenched it'll probably be impossible to have a real republic.)
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posted on
11/02/2014 5:02:22 PM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
I am an LA native.
I can tell you a lot of CA is gorgeous. And the weather is good through most of the state.
But if you’re going to make decent money to live comfortably, with a car, your own home and the amenitites, you’ve got to live in a big city.
But then, I love living in LA anyway ...
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posted on
11/02/2014 5:02:37 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: Tax-chick
True - last link in the logistical chain. The others, OTOH...
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posted on
11/02/2014 5:02:47 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Clappin' the Blues (remix)" [slightly NSFW] - http://youtu.be/p9d2iHSfRmE)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
11/02/2014 5:03:48 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Clappin' the Blues (remix)" [slightly NSFW] - http://youtu.be/p9d2iHSfRmE)
To: Mears
> I didnt know D.C. had become a state.
A state of mind, for sure.
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posted on
11/02/2014 5:04:08 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Clappin' the Blues (remix)" [slightly NSFW] - http://youtu.be/p9d2iHSfRmE)
To: BunnySlippers
You just cannot beat a redwood grove. Or Bixby bridge.
You can not do it.
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posted on
11/02/2014 5:06:24 PM PST
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
I’m sure you’re correct, but with all the legislation they’ve passed with delayed effects (like cap and trade) I expect the COL in Cali to skyrocket for everyone.
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posted on
11/02/2014 5:06:28 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
To: BunnySlippers
I used to want to live in Big Sur like nobody’s business. Good thing I never did. I’d have made a horrible hippie.
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posted on
11/02/2014 5:07:18 PM PST
by
combat_boots
(The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
To: Slings and Arrows
Again, state-based comparisons are meaningless
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posted on
11/02/2014 5:08:14 PM PST
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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