| | San Diego, CA | Washington, DC | United States |
| Overall | 154.9 | 151.9 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 109.7 | 114.1 | 100 |
| Health | 89.0 | 95.5 | 100 |
| Housing | 278.4 | 231.5 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $833,500 | $644,900 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 10,280.0% | 10,600.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 120.2 | 135.3 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 153.9 | 175.9 | 100 |
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town More
Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is More
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