These US Towns Got a Lot More Expensive in the Past Decade

Two towns on either side of the country have risen fastest up the rankings of America’s costliest places to live over the past dozen years, according to data published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Thursday.

At the start of last decade, Wenatchee, Washington was around the middle of 389 US metro areas ranked by price level — but by last year it had become the 36th most expensive city in the country, according to the bureau’s latest data on regional price parity.