The High Cost of EVERYTHING in NJ is Real

These days it's difficult to find people who agree on anything.

Give an opinion, and ten people will tell you why you are wrong.

However, I think I found something that almost all of us can agree on. Shopping for anything these days is full of sticker shock.

I went to Wendy's the other day for a cheeseburger and was shocked by the six dollars it cost me.

Trying to find a place to rent. It's difficult to find anything decent for under $1500/mo and that doesn't include the increase in our electric and water bills.

God forbid you want to buy a new home. I won't even go there.

My trips to ShopRite have become depressing. I don't need to tell you. You've experienced it yourself.

It doesn't matter whether your politics are red or blue, the stuff we're paying for is taking our green, a lot of our green.

If you were wondering if people in other states are feeling this pain, because you know, misery loves company.

It seems like most of the country is feeling pain, however, we seem to be feeling it a bit more.

According to a report in Wallethub.com, our region, the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area, ranks 7th in the nation with the biggest inflation issues.

The consumer price index in our area is up 3.40% over the same time last year and is up .60% over last month.

The region with the highest inflation numbers? That would be the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI region with a 3.50% over last year.

Meanwhile, Anchorage, Alaska had the lowest increase with the index rising just 1.5% over last year.

Source: Wallethub.com