This will come as absolutely no surprise.

Angelenos pay top dollar to live in this here fair city. But we're not talking about the cash you spend on foodie pop-up restaurants, Uber surge pricing or parking near your favorite downtown mixologist. 

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We're talking about basic spending on where you live—housing, utilities, repair, laundry, cleaning and the like. What's perhaps most surprising about a recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report on the American cities with the highest housing-related spending is that …

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 … L.A. didn't come out on top. We didn't even make the top 5. 

We came in at a lowly number 6, according to the bureau. L.A. was beaten by number 1 Washington, D.C. (which also topped a list of per-capita wealth in America), San Francisco (2), New York (3), San Diego (4), and Baltimore (5).

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As you can see, California's three largest cities made the top six of this government ranking.

Credit: BLS

Credit: BLS

The bureau concludes that …

 … household expenses in the top-ranking cities easily outdo the national average of $16,887. 

Ouch. Consider that the per capita (individual) income in L.A. county is $27,900: You can see just how hard it is to make ends meet in Los Angeles.

But you probably already know.

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