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CNBC: Maryland 9th Most Expensive Place to Live
An average home in the DC suburbs will cost you half a million dollars, the cable network says.
By Patch Editor Whitney Teal
When comparing the costs of everything from real estate to red meat, Maryland is one of the most expensive places in the United States to call home, according to a survey of the 50 states by CNBC. The state ranks as the ninth-most expensive state, to be exact, with the driving force being home prices in the “Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick Metro” area averaging $577,834.
Other things will also cost you more in Maryland than they would in, say, Mississippi, the survey says. A pound of ground beef is $3.39, a month of heating or cooling is more than $200 and a doctor’s visit is about $83.
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So, which states are more expensive than Maryland? Massachusetts is 8th, Rhode Island is 7th, California is 6th, New Jersey is 5th, New York is 4th, Connecticut is 3rd and the youngest states—Alaska and Hawaii, respectively—are the most expensive places to live.
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