The cost of living, especially the cost of living in our valley, is a very popular topic of conversation these days, though not a very pleasant one. Hikes in housing costs, fuel costs, and now utility costs makes living here difficult for most, and unbearable for many.
High costs drive long established families out of the area, and keep new families from coming in.
It just costs too much to live here. This seems to be the season for considering the high cost of living. It costs so much to live in this valley and in these United States. While this time of the year makes me think a great deal, and lament even more, about how much it might cost me to live here, it also requires me to consider how much it has cost others for me to live here. Their costs cannot be calculated on a computer or displayed on a spread sheet.