These are always so unreliable because they never adequately account for the wide range of housing costs you can get in different cities when you take into account public transit as well as family size and whether you'll be willing to have roommates.<p>You basically need to sub-divide and rank these across commute times + family/roommates preferences. So Top 10 most expensive within 10 minute commute, within 20 minute commute, within 30 min commute, etc., further broken by family/room requirements.<p>For example, if you want to live in Manhattan then sure you can pay 1500 for a bedroom.<p>But a better bedroom that's still within 30 minutes commute of a Manhattan job for a $3 subway ride is $900. Just have to choose based off what part of the city your job will be in and live with 2-3 of your friends.