https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/12/19/wheres-the-cheapest-spot-to-live-in-california-and-its-not-cheap/ > “How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable cost of life. > The pain: No California metro area had a below-average cost-of-living in 2022. There were 12 such areas in 2016.