Saturday, September 18, 2004

Seattle tops Forbes "most overpriced city" list

Apparently job and income growth has not kept pace with the cost of living in Seattle. Look at Forbes' list of most over-priced cities in the U.S. and Seattle tops the list.

























































































City Job Income growth rank Cost of living Housing affordability
growth rank
1 Seattle 122 149 132 122
2 Bergen-Passaic, N.J. 110 102 141 131
3 Miami 79 132 127 137
4 Portland, Ore. 118 133 114 105
5 Middlesex, N.J. 85 131 138 116
6 San Jose, Calif. 150 28 149 142
7 San Francisco 145 27 150 146
8 Chicago 119 98 123 120
9 New York 103 63 146 143
10 Jersey City, N.J. 98 101 119 135

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