As someone living in one of those top places, I think the usual consensus is that cities like New York and San Francisco and Washington DC are the most expensiv

As someone living in one of those top places, I think the usual consensus is that cities like New York and San Francisco and Washington DC are the most expensive cities to live in yet I live in a relatively conservative state tax-wise and people out here are still getting killed by the house prices. Rent has doubled in almost 3 years as well as many low-income families being pushed out of areas that used to formally inhabit.