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GOBankingRates analyzed the best suburbs to find the household salary needed to live comfortably in Americas best suburbs.

The minimum amount for the best burbs on the West Coast all in California is $250,000.

Also see the 12 most affordable of the best suburbs in America.

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First, GOBankingRates found the best 120 suburbs according to Niche.coms 2024 Best Suburbs in America.

Using the average mortgage and average expenditure costs, the average cost of living was calculated.

so you can qualify for this study, the suburbs had to have all data available.

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The suburbs were then sorted to show the cheapest to most expensive total cost of living.

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