San Diego tied for highest inflation in the U.S.

[Zorro]

San Diego County had the highest inflation rate in the nation in March.

Inflation was 3.8%, the same rate as January, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index. San Diego tied with New York for highest rate of a metro area in the U.S., followed by Chicago at 3.7% and Los Angeles at 3%.

San Diego metro, which includes all of San Diego County, saw prices rise at a quicker rate than the nation, which averaged 2.4%. The main factors raising San Diego’s rate were gasoline, fruit and vegetables and alcoholic beverages.

San Diego’s rate is still much lower than it has been in recent years. It hit a high of 8.2% in 2022 and has cooled along with much of the nation. Still, its prices are rising higher than most of the U.S., and the latest data will do little to reduce America’s Finest City’s reputation as an expensive place to live.

“People like the lifestyle, like the environment, so they want to come here,” said Alan Gin, economist at the University of San Diego. “But that comes with a price.”

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/04/10/san-diego-tied-for-highest-inflation-in-the-u-s/

[multigraincracker]

1. I think they call it the Sunshine Tax.

[Tarzanrock]

2. One of the "reddest" of red counties in California.

It's time to pay the piper for their votes for the Turd. I'd like to think that San Diego County will someday learn the lesson of their foolish voting but I know better than to count on the ability of idiots to reason logically.

[Zorro]

3. Don't know where you get your information

but you're wrong. Harris beat Trump by almost 17% in San Diego County -- hardly evidence it's one of the "reddest" of red counties in California.

[BigmanPigman]

6. No, you are wrong, thank god!

San Diego IS BLUE!!! I have lived here since 1988 and I've always been a Dem and I've always been interested in elections, etc. It WAS definitely red but that was a long, long time ago.

"Take a look at a San Diego County voter registration map and you'll see a county that has become quite a bit more blue over the past two decades. Then talk to some voters who’ve left the Republican Party and they'll have no problem telling you why."

$These San Diego County residents are part of a political shift seen in voter registration data between 2004 and 2020. The shift, which started slow and picked up steam in recent election cycles, has transformed San Diego from a reliably red county to the light blue county it is today."

https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2022/11/07/how-san-diegos-political-map-shifted-from-red-to-blue-and-what-comes-next

[MichMan]

4. Why would alcoholic beverages, fruits and vegetables be more expensive there than other parts of the country?

I understand gasoline, but not the others. One would think given the proximity to Mexico, that fruits and vegetables would be much cheaper if anything.

[Zorro]

5. Well, for alcohol it's probably supply and demand

Lots more drinking going on around here with this new administration in office.

But yeah, dunno about the fruits and vegetables -- California is a big agricultural state, and as you mentioned Mexico is also a big ag producer.

[BigmanPigman]

7. I've always buy almost rotten,

3 day old produce and never name brands or anything that is not on sale. I do the mental math before check out. I only buy what is necessary. I live with in my means which is very low income. San Diego has been expensive in my opinion since I moved here from Phila in 1988. As an artist I could never afford anything but art supplies which meant living in poverty. I'm used to buying what other people would think is gross and rotten. I'm creative and can turn garbage into something tasty. If you move to San Diego be prepared for enormous prices on EVERYTHING! Insurance, utilities, taxes, regulations, etc. Everything is a ripoff!

CA is the 5th largest economy in the world don't forget.