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But could you afford to live or to live comfortably in any of these cities?
In the most expensive, youd need more like $266,000 a year.
GOBankingRates has compiled a list of these cities below.
GOBankingRates defined living comfortably as having an annual salary that is double the average annualcost of living.
Populations range from 438,000 to 8.6 million.
you might read the full methodology at the end of this story.
That includes the top four on the list.
Seattle, another West Coast city, comes in fifth.
Washington, D.C.
9.
Boston, Massachusetts
8.
Oakland, California
7.
New York, New York
6.
Long Beach, California
5.
Seattle, Washington
4.
Los Angeles, California
3.
San Diego, California
2.
San Francisco, California
1.
GOBankingRates sourced the top 50 cities by population using the U.S. Census American Community Survey.
This survey was also used to source 2022 total population, 2022 total households and 2022 household median income.
These include the two most recent years of data released by the US Census.
Cost-of-living indexes were sourced from Sperlings BestPlaces.
Using the mortgage and expenditure costs, the cost of living was calculated for each city.
All data is up to date as of Sept. 10, 2024.
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