Kudin gidaje sune babban dalilin tsadar rayuwa, kodayake farashin a duk yankunan da ACCRA Cost of Living Index ke bi suna sama da matsakaicin ƙasa. Gidaje a cikin iyakokin birni suna da mafi girman kudin shiga na kowane birni a Amurka tare da mazauna sama da 500,000. San Jose yana da bambanci na kasancewa Yankin Kasuwancin Kasashen waje na Amurka. Birnin ya sami tallafin Yankin Kasuwancin Kasashen waje daga Gwamnatin Tarayyar Amurka a cikin 1974, yana mai da shi yanki na 18 na kasashen waje da aka kafa a Amurka. A karkashin wannan tallafin, an ba da ikon mallakar Birnin San Jose don kula da kula da cinikayyar waje a Santa Clara County, Monterey County, Santa Cruz County da kudancin gundumar ACCRA Cost of Living Index, kodayake farashin a duk yankunan da ACCRA Cost of Living Index ke bi suna sama da matsakaicin ƙasa.
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