5 Most Expensive Cities To Live in the U.S

3. San Francisco, California

Cost of Living Index Reading: 100.4

San Francisco is another iconic U.S. city and a cultural hub of the West Coast. Its Golden Gate bridge is a well known landmark, and with its $593 billion GDP, San Francisco is the twelfth largest city in the world in economic terms. The city also has the fourth highest GDP per capita in the U.S. at $98,974. San Francisco was set up just a few of days before the American Independence day in 1776. However, San Francisco has also been criticized due to its high costs of living, with housing costs in the city estimated to be a whopping 113% higher than the U.S. national average and the rent for a one bedroom amendment being a high $3,020 in October 2022.