{"id":1712932,"date":"2022-10-27T06:30:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1712932"},"modified":"2022-10-27T08:40:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T12:40:01","slug":"red-states-beat-out-blue-states-for-affordable-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-states-beat-out-blue-states-for-affordable-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Red States Beat Out Blue States for Affordable Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fred-states-beat-out-blue-states-for-affordable-living%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1712932&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1216006088.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Red states seem to have a huge edge over blue states when it comes to affordable living, as various reports suggest. According to the Wall Street Journal\/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index, nine of the top ten most affordable cities in the United States are located in red states.<\/p>\n<p>As if that weren\u2019t enough, 18 of the top 20 are also in red states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe index identifies the top metro areas for home buyers seeking an appreciating housing market, a strong local economy and appealing lifestyle amenities,\u201d the Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/home-buyers-focus-on-affordability-drives-wsj-realtor-com-housing-index-11666690201?mod=hp_lead_pos5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The list of the top ten cities includes, from #1-#10, Johnson City, Tennessee; Visalia-Porterville, California; Elkhart-Goshen Indiana; North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Lafayette-West, Indiana, Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia, Missouri; Raleigh, North Carolina, and Yuma, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive of the top 20 markets in the third quarter were in Florida, including North Port in the No. 4 spot, Tampa at No. 11, Cape Coral at No. 12, Naples at No. 16 and Orlando at No. 18,\u201d the Journal pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, U.S. News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/slideshows\/10-most-affordable-states-for-professionals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listed<\/a> the ten states as the most affordable states in the nation; all ten were red states. The list of the top ten states included, from #1-#10, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Kansas, Alabama, Georgia, West Virginia, Missouri, Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 second-quarter Cost of Living Index <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coli.org\/quarter-1-2022-cost-of-living-index-released-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from the Council for Community and Economic Research listed the most expensive urban areas in the country. They abounded in blue states. \u00a0Manhattan, New York, was #1, followed by Honolulu, Hawaii, San Francisco, Brooklyn, Los-Angeles\/Long Beach, California, Boston, Massachusetts and Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe after-tax cost for a professional\/managerial\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">standard of living ranged from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">more than twice the national average in New York (Manhattan) NY to more than 20 percent below the national average in Kalamazoo, MI,\u201d the report noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last April, the American Legislative Exchange Council\u00a0released the 15<sup>th<\/sup> edition of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/alec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2022-15th-RSPS-State-Pages_V3_Final_R1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rich States, Poor States<\/a>.\u201d It issued an \u201cEconomic Performance Ranking \u201c based on state gross domestic product, absolute domestic migration, and non-farm employment numbers. The top ten states listed included, from top to bottom, Utah, North Carolina, Arizona, Oklahoma, Idaho, Nevada, Indiana, Florida, North Dakota and Wyoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red states seem to have a huge edge over blue states when it comes to affordable living, as various reports suggest. 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