Sentences with phrase «expensive than the nation»

Oregon property skews slightly more expensive than the nation's average.

Not exact matches

The West Coast continues to be the most expensive market for gasoline, including the only six states in the nation where drivers are paying more than $ 2.50 on average: California ($ 2.85), Hawaii ($ 2.82), Washington ($ 2.67), Alaska ($ 2.65), Nevada ($ 2.55) and Oregon ($ 2.53).

Higher, he notes, than an expensive American city like Seattle, and in a nation in which only 0.2 percent of the land is urbanized.

To those who think it would be more expensive than what they have, look around, every nation that has national health insurance pays far less for better care than what we pay here in the good old US of A.

With a cost expected to be more than $ 53 billion over the next year, New York's Medicaid program is the most expensive in the nation, exceeding the total budgets of 43 other states, he said.

Washington (CNN)-- Opponents of President Obama's approach to health care reform have outspent supporters by more than $ 7 million in the past 30 days in what has become the most expensive one year, single issue advocacy campaign on television in the nation's history.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo's task force to cut the cost and improve the most expensive Medicaid system in the nation said more than $ 1.1 billion can be cut while improving service to the one in four New Yorkers it serves.

According to a recent report by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, broadband Internet service in the U.S. is not just slower and more expensive than it is in tech - savvy nations such as South Korea and Japan; the U.S. has fallen behind infrastructure - challenged countries such as Portugal and Italy as well.

The $ 6,880 annual bill for transportation is slightly higher than the national median, but everything else is less expensive than in the rest of the nation as a whole.

Mr. Thawatchai Arunyik, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said, «Thailand has long been a popular destination for retirees, thanks to advantageous exchange rates that ensure pensions and savings have always gone a lot further here than in more expensive nations.»

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that demand for meat is going to increase by more than two - thirds in the next 40 years, making meat for expensive and a luxury item for many.

A nation needs a certain amount of each, but some ways of producing these are more expensive than others, depending on the regions for farms or on the source for energy supply.

Looking at your comment, the large question remains unanswered: why are public infrastructure projects in the US said to be more expensive than in other developed nations?

«why are public infrastructure projects in the US said to be more expensive than in other developed nations?»

However in a nation of small shops, the carry bag might turn out to be more expensive than the goods being sold.

And there was no easier way to get my fellow students — generally from European nations — and, particularly, my Turkish teacher riled up than to say how much gas costs in the United States, and add, «And Americans think that's really expensive.

But the nation's new law, which will mandate utility companies to buy all available renewable power — even if it's more expensive than coal — should be a clear sign that the US is falling even further behind in the clean energy race.

Not only are renewables more materials - intensive — a kilo of steel in a gas turbine ends up producing 1,000 times more energy than it does in a wind turbine — but they require a massively more complex and expensive grid system, which developing nations can ill afford.

According to Coldwell Banker's Home Listing Report, California holds more than 25 of the nation's 50 most expensive residential markets, and nine of these markets are in the top 10.

Having a very a stable and diversified economy, Tri-Cities is one of the country's least expensive places to start a business, has one of the lowest cost of living indexes in the nation, and has proven itself to have steady growth in both population and high - tech jobs for more than twenty years.

Forbes went on to say that buying is less expensive than renting in certain areas and that Arlington leads the nation in that analysis.

A little - known Northern California town, established more than 100 years ago on a tract of land owned by a Scottish liquor wholesaler named James Ross, offers some of the nation's most expensive homes.

The difference between the nation's most expensive housing market and the cheapest is more than $ 2.4 million, which just goes to show where you live can mean a big difference in how much you pay for housing.