Tuesday, January 21, 2014

MANHATTAN RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACE TO LIVE IN THE U.S.

MANHATTAN recognized as the most expensive place to live in the U.S.
MANHATTAN RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACE TO LIVE IN THE U.S.

Center for Social and Economic Research has published a list of U.S. cities with the highest cost of living in the country.

The rating is based on more than 60 different criteria, such as the cost of buying and renting housing, consumer goods and services, food, health care, transportation, education, public utilities, and more.

According to the survey, the most expensive place to live in the United States was recognized as the historical center of New York City Manhattan.

Also in the top three most expensive cities to live entered the New York borough of Brooklyn and the state capital of Honolulu, Hawaii.

One of the cheapest cities in the U.S. was named Harlingen - a small town in Texas, where the cost of living is almost three times lower than in Manhattan.

The first seven of the most expensive places to live in the United States is as follows:

1. Manhattan

2. Brooklyn

3. Honolulu

4. Frisco

5. San Jose

6. Queens

7. Stamford