The Boston area is among the priciest major metropolitan areas in the country—behind San Francisco and Silicon Valley but roughly on par with New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., depending on how prices and geographies are measured.
These regions tend to have more jobs that pay higher salaries — like biotech in Boston, finance in New York or technology in Silicon Valley — and they draw among the highest-educated workforces. But despite higher wages, some experts suggest that the extreme…
