SOYOUWANNA THE TEN MOST EXPENSIVE U.S. CITIES TO LIVE IN

4. THE MOST EXPENSIVE U.S CITY TO LIVE IN

1. New York, NY
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We dare you to find a student discount that actually resembles a discount. We dare you to feel OK about shelling out nine bucks for a movie, 25 bucks for a club entrance, or 63 bucks for a monthly MetroCard. And we double dare you to find a "reasonably priced" apartment ($1,000/month) that isn't shoebox-sized and in a "questionable" neighborhood. And that's why NYC is full of rooms split into rooms split into rooms - because not everyone can make the salary of 40-50 grand needed to pay the rent.

And yet, we're willing to pay exorbitant prices for our own bites of the Big Apple.

Why? We dare you to give up the bright lights and top billings of Broadway, or the world-famous art housed in some of the world's best museums and galleries. Could you? How about skipping out on an hour-long jog through Central Park, a trip to Yankee or Shea Stadium, or a night out in the Village? It's OK… we can't give this stuff up either.