Raising a family has never been more expensive. In some places, these costs are out of control.
SmartAsseta financial information website, set out to find the most expensive metropolitan areas of the United States that raise children.
It examines important factors such as costing for childcare, housing, food, medicine and transportation.
Read on to see which areas are listed and the cost of raising children there.

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