Two Cities

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

I have two 2024 tables to present to you.

Source: https://constructioncoverage.com/researc...sive-rents

Table One:

1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $3,811 -
2. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $3,228 +
3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $3,183 -
4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $2,848 -
5. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $2,812 +
6. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $2,733 +
7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $2,724 +
8. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $2,628 -
9. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $2,554 +
10. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $2,538 +
11. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $2,503 -
12. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $2,294 +
13. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $2,286 ++
14. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $2,285 ++
15. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $2,254 +

Table Two:

1. Cleveland, OH $1,288 -
2. Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $1,294 -
3. Tulsa, OK $1,302 +
4. Oklahoma City, OK $1,330. ++
5. St. Louis, MO-IL $1,341 -
6. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $1,367 +
7. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $1,378 -
8. Pittsburgh, PA $1,399 +
9. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $1,414 +
10. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $ 1,424 +
11. Birmingham, AL $1,448 +
12. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $1,483 +
13. Rochester, NY $1,494 -
14. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $1,519 +
15. Tucson, AZ $1,521 +

Colors are based on lean of state, not city. 
All cities have MSAs in excess of 1,000,000.
± = net population growth of Metropolitan Statistical Area

And instead of making any specific point I'm just going to note (bias) things I find interesting.

All stats from US Census Bureau, FBI crime stats, and Google AI.

* Will provide any stats requested. 

Notes: 

• The only cheapest cities in blue states are the wonderful cities of Buffalo and Rochester, NY. Two Thruway rust belt gems that are removing freeways.
• There are an equal number of population-declining MSAs on each table.
• The average violent crime rate of Table Two is more than twice the average rate of Table One.
• The two safest cities (per FBI) of San Jose and San Diego are also the two most expensive cities.
• The least safe cities of all 30, Detroit and St. louis are on Table Two. With several other top 10 crime areas appearing on the list like; Birmingham, Milwaukee, and Rochester.
• There are no cities in a state with the $7.25 federal minimum wage on Table One.
• All with a minimum wage above $15.00/hour the most cost effective cities are; Buffalo, Rochester, and Tucson. 
• The average poverty rate on Table Two still exceeds the poverty rate of Table one.
• Table Two MSAs have more than twice the African American population as Table One.
• Table One has more than five times the Latino population compared to Table Two. 
• Table One is far less religious than Table Two.
• Gun ownership rates in Table Two far exceeds that of Table One.

That's my notes, but you have your own biases too, so please add to my list of observations.