San Antonio is an expensive city for locals, study finds

Although San Antonio is often touted as an oasis of affordability, a new study found that it's actually among the state's most expensive metro areas for residents. An analysis by real estate search engine Texas Real Estate Source labeled San Antonio-New Braunfels as Texas' second-most expensive metro area for residents. San Antonio scored marginally better than Austin, which researchers ranked the least affordable Texas metro area. The report analyzed cost-of-living data using metrics such as home prices, utilities, groceries and the cost of goods and services and compared those averages with each metro's per-capita income.