InTheCapital

By Carl Pierre / @carlpierre

Just when you thought DC was bad enough with it’s unpredictable weather, horrible public transportation services, and plethora of rude people, you find out that it’s one of the most expensive places you can choose to call home.

Yes folks, DC has yet again made it onto another “Most” list, and this time we have placed within the top ten contenders of most expensive places to live in the United States. We’re all familiar with how expensive DC can get, whether you’re paying for parking or getting stiffed out of a few of your hard earned dollars by our Metro system, living in the nation’s capital can leave a lot of people in a pretty tough fiscal chokehold.

Our fair city has come in at number seven as most costly places to live, and here are the stats:

• Cost of Living Index: 137.9
• Metro Population: 5,306,742
• Median Houshoold Income: $81,163
• Average Home Price: $658,681

These numbers are not a shocker to most people who live in DC considering how expensive average rent is here and how it’s tough to find an apartment for less than a thousand dollars a month that’s not a basement.

It was a tough list considering the other cities that were stacked in, but interestingly enough, half of the cities on this list are in California. So if you plan on moving out to the west coast, make sure you beef up your bank account.If you’re curious to see where other cities stacked in, here are all the cities ranked from highest to lowest:

1. New York City, New York
2. Honolulu, Hawaii
3. San Francisco, California
4. Santa Ana (Orange County), California
5. Stamford, Connecticut
6. Fairbanks, Alaska
7. Washington, D.C.
8. Oakland, CA
9. Los Angeles, CA
10. San Diego, CA

[image via kaplan]