There is a huge range, parts of Boston and the NYC suburbs that extend into CT might compete with San Francisco on astronomical prices (and real estate market a

There is a huge range, parts of Boston and the NYC suburbs that extend into CT might compete with San Francisco on astronomical prices (and real estate market absurdities) and parts of Maine will compete with anywhere in the US for cheapness. The average is not as meaningful here because there are places all along the scale (except in Boston, again, kind of crazy there, but there are commutable suburbs with fairly reasonable prices). No place is going to have the same diversity, fun, or nice weather like San Francisco. Certainly not in New England. That why it sounds like studios are going for $2500 or more there and I have a 3bed2br house for less than half that here. The cool thing is I'm 15 minutes from downtown Worcester, 45-60 to Boston and Providence, and 2.5 hours to NYC. I find that I get out in one city or another about as often as people who live there, but am also able to take more trips internationally because I'm not spending a fortune on housing. But if you're the kind of person who really is taking full advantage of what a place like San Francisco has to offer then it probably does make sense to live there.