Most Expensive States to Live in 2023

[Independent thinker]

I did

I have been in 40 states and there are few Red States that I would live in.
You get what yo pay for….in Red States you don’t get much

What is it you get that you couldn't get in a red state?

 

[rightwinger]

Well, there is Friday night high school football followed by a fine dinner at Denny’s.

Walmart is the place to be on Saturdays

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Well, there is Friday night high school football followed by a fine dinner at Denny’s.

Beats getting airholed on a shit city street

 

[Independent thinker]

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I don't know how accurate your map is. It appears, by that map, that South Dakota is only one notch cheaper than Washington. I moved from Washington a year and a half ago. My home is in a smaller town, accessible to a much bigger metro than the one I lived in in WA -- larger, newer home on a larger lot for about half of what I got for my home in Washington.

When I moved here, a dozen organic free range eggs was $10 in Washington -- same brand organic free range eggs was less than half of that in my new state.

Utilities are about half here what they were in Washington.

Gas was significantly cheaper in SD.

The only thing that's more expensive here is property tax, maybe by about 20%. Worth it because it's mostly for schools and the schools here are WAAAAAAAAAAY better.

No comparison whatever.

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I'm in Kentucky. I know someone who moved from California and sold his home there for like $500,000 and bought a home here which was ten times better for $230,000 lock, stock, and barrel with no mortgage.

 

[Donald H]

Here are the 10 states with the highest cost index:

1. Hawaii - 193.3
2. New York - 148.2
3. California - 142.2
4. Massachusetts - 135
5. Oregon - 130.1
6. Alaska - 127.1
7. Maryland - 124
8. Connecticut - 121.6
9. Rhode Island - 117.2
10. Vermont - 117

That list will be directly related to a list for quality of life. I would place B.C., Canada right next to Hawaii, but above Hawaii for the original native people of Hawaii.

 

[rightwinger]

What is it you get that you couldn't get in a red state?

Education
Healthcare
Top restaurants
Entertainment
Transportation

 

[Independent thinker]

The fact is there are nice parts in every state. Politics and tax rates would be on the very bottom of my considerations of where to live.

Must be nice to be well off enough to be able to say that.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

That list will be directly related to a list for quality of life. I would place B.C., Canada right next to Hawaii, but above Hawaii for the original native people of Hawaii.

BC isn't a state. Good grief

 

[SassyIrishLass]

I'm in Kentucky. I know someone who moved from California and sold his home there for like $500,000 and bought a home here which was ten times better for $230,000 lock, stock, and barrel with no mortgage.

And no shit on sidewalks

 

[Donald H]

I'm in Kentucky. I know someone who moved from California and sold his home there for like $500,000 and bought a home here which was ten times better for $230,000 lock, stock, and barrel with no mortgage.

Real estate prices relate to supply and especially demand.

The top 5 or 6 are not for working class Americans anymore.

 

[Independent thinker]

Education
Healthcare
Top restaurants
Entertainment
Transportation

Could you go into more detail on each one and why it would be different than a red state. I don't know where you are but California sucks in education. You can find good healthcare in every state, depending on which area you are in. Last time I looked, every state had restaurants, entertainment, and transportation.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Real estate prices relate to supply and especially demand.

The top 5 or 6 are not for working class Americans anymore.

Gee , you think maybe farm land is driving it up?

It's about 8k an acre now....and rising

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I did

I have been in 40 states and there are few Red States that I would live in.
You get what yo pay for….in Red States you don’t get much

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Good.


Stay in the shitholes.


We won't cry.








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[rightwinger]

Could you go into more detail on each one and why it would be different than a red state. I don't know where you are but California sucks in education. You can find good healthcare in every state, depending on which area you are in. Last time I looked, every state had restaurants, entertainment, and transportation.

No

In General, Blue States invest more in education, healthcare, infrastructure, public services , mass transit ….

More importantly, Blue states have stricter zoning, labor and environmental laws

 

[Donald H]

Gee , you think maybe farm land is driving it up?

It's about 8k an acre now....and rising

I live on 5 acres that's worth about 200,000 an acre but I paid a bit more than 100,000 for it in 02.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

I live on 5 acres that's worth about 200,000 an acre but I paid a bit more than 100,000 for it in 02.

Roflmao... no

 

[Independent thinker]

No

In General, Blue States invest more in education, healthcare, infrastructure, public services , mass transit ….

More importantly, Blue states have stricter zoning, labor and environmental laws

I was asking YOU, not in general. How is your healthcare better in a blue state than your red state was? Are you currently getting educated? What restaurants do you have around you that were not in a red state? What entertainment do you have around you that you could not find in a red state? What transportation do you use that you could not find in a red state?

 

[Donald H]

No

In General, Blue States invest more in education, healthcare, infrastructure, public services , mass transit ….

More importantly, Blue states have stricter zoning, labor and environmental laws

Yes exactly!

States that throw out regulations that apply to zoning are much more desirable and much more expensive for land.

Don't go there is you want to live next door to a fish plant or a steel mill.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

And as usual, except for Alaska, it's blue states. It's always blue states.

Most Expensive States to Live In 2025

worldpopulationreview.com

It tends to be more expensive where more people want to live.

There is a reason land in Kansas City is more expensive than in Hill City.

 

[Mr Natural]

Must be nice to be well off enough to be able to say that.

It is.