Top 10 Cities With Largest Cost of Living Increase in Last Year

According to Chapwood Investments in Dallas, Texas, the real cost of living has increased 10% in the last year and breaks down the following cities as having the biggest cost of living increase in the past year.

San Jose 12.8% (© 2008 Nancy Nehring. All rights reserved.)

San Francisco 12.5% (Reuters)

Los Angeles 12.3%

Oakland 12.3% 

San Diego 12.1%

Long Beach, Calif. 12.0%

Sacramento 11.8% 

New York City 11.6% (Reuters)

Philadelphia 11.4%

Washington, D.C. 11.4%