SAN DIEGO RANKED 9TH MOST EXPENSIVE CITY TO LIVE IN

June 25, 2013 (San Diego) -- San Diego ranks 9th on the list of most expensive cities. Kiplinger’s ranks the ten cheapest—and also the ten most expensive— US cities to live in based on the Council for Community and Economic Research’s calculations of living expenses in 307 urban areas. The Cost of Living Index measures prices for housing, groceries, utilities, transportation, health care and miscellaneous goods and services and also screens out cities with populations below 50,000.

The rankings for ten cheapest and ten most expensive US cities are:

Ten Most Expensive US Cities to Live In

10. Los Angeles, CA

9. San Diego, CA

8. Oakland, CA

7. Boston, MA

6. Washington, DC

5. Stamford, CT

4. San Jose, CA

3. San Francisco, CA

2. Honolulu, HI

1. New York, NY

Ten Cheapest US Cities to Live In

10. Idaho Falls, ID

9. Conway, AR

8. Springfield, IL

7. Pueblo, CO

6. Wichita Falls, TX

5. Fayetteville, AR

4. Memphis, TN

3. Norman, OK

2. McAllen, TX

1. Harlingen, TX

To view the full article on the ten cheapest cities, visit: http://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/real-estate/T006-S001-10-cheapest-u-s....

To view the full article on the ten most expensive cities, visit: http://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/real-estate/T006-S001-most-expensive-....