7 Most Expensive States to Live in the U.S.

Business Cheatsheet ^ | October 28, 2014 | Erika Rawes

[OneWingedShark]

I didn’t know D.C. had become a state.

Oh, but they want it, Mr. Mears, they want it bad.

1. DC Council Looks to Streamline Statehood Effort
2. Legislator Wants to Put Money Into Statehood Fight
3. District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment

[BunnySlippers]

LOL, beautiful but unrealistic.

I get a lot of bad mouthing on here for liking LA ... But where can you get great weather, the beach, mountains, great museums, fun things to do?

I’m sure other places are just as wonderful ... But I am blessed. : o)

[Focault's Pendulum]

Interesting statistic about NJ. It has the highest population per square mile in the US, yet over %60 of it is rural.

[Slings and Arrows]

Why?

[proxy_user]

In Connecticut, about 11.2% of households have an income of more than $200K. This group sets the tone for the state, and does not have any trouble paying whatever it costs to live there.

[SamAdams76]

I've lived in red states and I've lived in blue states. Really makes little difference to me. Don't get me wrong, it's nice to have a conservative legislature in a given state and I'll happily do my part to vote them in, but I don't rely on government and I don't allow it to impact my standard of living.

As far as the more expensive places, it's driven by real estate and economic opportunity. The reason the prices are so high in certain states is because they are very desirable places to live. I recently paid about $700,000 for a home in Connecticut and yes, the same house would have cost probably $300,000 or less in places like Arkansas or Mississippi. But I would have much difficulty making the income there that I make here. And even if I did, well, I'd still be in Arkansas or Mississippi.

If that sounds elitist, I'm sorry about that. But I've spent considerable time in the South and the overall quality of life is just not there for me. Though the people there are much nicer, I'll grant you that.

Reason these states tend to vote liberal is because of the big cities. Many people on welfare, a large Jewish population who will vote liberal no matter what, and a lot of unions and government workers. Once you get to the outer suburbs and beyond, we are much more conservative but we just don't have the numbers to overcome the big cities. Here in Connecticut, most of the towns in my county (Fairfield) votes conservative but we are outnumbered by the city folk in Danbury, Stamford and Bridgeport.

As for those in Texas who love to crow about your conservative government, you better keep an eye on what's coming over the border and also the demographic shifts that are quickly taking place in large cities like Houston and Dallas.

Anyway, my point here is that it will be expensive to live in places like NY, CT, CA and NJ no matter what government is in charge. These are the most desirable places in the country to live and work and you are going to have to pay for the privilege to live here (unless you don't mind living in a run-down urban ghetto).

[Sherman Logan]

In practical terms, AK is just as much an island as HI.

[proxy_user]

I think it is more a matter of minority areas like Bridgeport, Hartford, and Waterbury. If it were not for the voters in those three cities, the state would be quite red.

I remember Stamford in the 60s, they had huge slums of low-income housing, mostly black. It was all torn down in the 70s, and they turned Stamford into an upper-crust down with no poor people allowed. That is a neat trick if you can manage to do it.

[Secret Agent Man]

libtard-controlled bastions. aka democratic-machine bastions.

[Secret Agent Man]

yeah but in alaska people get paid to live there, so they get an offset automatically from uncle sugar.

[SamAdams76]

Yes, Stamford is a very upscale town. I wasn't around to see how it was when it was a low-income town. But they still vote Dem by a large margin.

Overall, I'm pleasantly surprised with how conservative Connecticut is overall. Many of my new neighbors are decidedly conservative and yard signs for Republicans outnumber those for Dems. Now I'm coming from Massachusetts which might skew my perspective a bit but it's a breath of fresh air nevertheless.

[ExCTCitizen]

I think most of the small towns of CT vote conservatives...Ellington was a solidly Conservative town... and even Windsor (except the Wilson section of town).

[Robert DeLong]

You didn’t know that D.C. is the State of Corruption?

[Brandonmark]

I didn’t know D.C. had become a state.

Unfortunately they are considering it!

[napscoordinator]

MD not on the list? BS! Although they are blue states. They provide a much higher income. I would not make 10 percent of what I make in Maryland down in Mississippi for example. Sure you can say it is more expensive in Maryland, but not enough to justify the extremely low incomes in MS. The red states need to pay better. For some reason they have not done this. And they need to stop taking money from the federal government. I hate when states do this and red states do this most which I find very sad.