This Bay Area city joins Tel Aviv, Hong Kong and Paris as one of the most expensive in the world, according to TheEIU.
The Bay Area city places eighth on the list of metro areas with the highest cost of living on earth.
Data from the Economist shows prices have increased over 8% in the past year across the biggest cities in the world. New York took the no. 1 spot on the expensive cities list for the first time, breaking even with the city-state of Singapore.
The city of Fremont has new bragging rights -- it was named the happiest place to live in the entire United States, according to WalletHub.San Diego ranks as the 17th most expensive city in the world, the data shows. "All 22 of the US cities in the WCOL survey rose up the rankings amid rapid price rises and a strong dollar," the Economist IntelligencerAmong the cheapest cities in the world — Damascus, Syria, Tripoli, Libya and Tehran, Iran, according to the researchThe Economist Intelligencer's report analyzes 400 prices across 200 products and services in 172 cities worldwide.
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