If you guessed the D.C. area, you’re sadly correct. Via Lydia DePillis and Aaron Wiener comes this reminder that our metropolitan area has the highest housing costs in America.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. area households spend an average of $17,603 on housing per year. Add in average utilities ($4,413), household operations ($2,238), housekeeping supplies ($788) and furnishing/equipment ($2,433), and D.C. is No. 1.

“Household expenditures on housing vary by metropolitan area. In 2012, households in areas such as Washington D.C., San Francisco, California, and New York, New York, spent, on average, more on housing than the U.S. average of $16, 887,” according to BLS. “Households in areas such as Cleveland, Ohio, Miami, Florida, and Detroit, Michigan, spent, on average, less on housing than the national average. Households in Washington D.C. ($17, 603) spent, on average, almost twice as much on shelter— a component of housing expenditures—than households in Cleveland, Ohio ($9,061).”

Hello, Cleveland?