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Tenants say a 3-year ban on evictions kept them housed. Landlords say they’re drowning in debt. (AP) Retiree Pamela Haile has paid property taxes, insurance and other bills on a house she lets out in Oakland, but for more than three years her tenants have paid no rent thanks to one of the longest-lasting eviction bans in the country. The eviction moratorium in the San Francisco Bay Area city expires next month and Haile can’t wait. The 69-year-old estimates she is owed more than $60,000 in back rent, money she doubts she will ever see. Moreover, the tenants have trashed her house and it will cost tens of thousands of dollars to make it habitable, she says. Eviction moratoriums were put in place across the U.S. at the start of the pandemic in 2020 to prevent displacement and curb the spread of the coronavirus. Most expired long ago, but not in Oakland or neighboring San Francisco and Berkeley. Many of the landlords are Black, like Haile, or Asian American, and they said the eviction bans had saddled them with debt and foreclosure worries while their tenants, who have jobs, live rent-free. Moratorium backers called the bans a lifesaver that kept countless families housed and off the streets. They said low-income residents are still struggling from the pandemic and need protections from ruthless landlords.

Midwest air quality plummets as Canada wildfire smoke moves in (Yahoo News) Three weeks after smoke from Canadian wildfires turned skies over the eastern United States an apocalyptic shade of orange, the same blazes continue to cause unhealthy air quality in the Midwest. Residents of Chicago woke up Tuesday morning to the worst air quality in the world, with hazy skies and the smell of smoke. Windy City residents weren’t the only ones dealing with the conditions; AirNow.gov showed other parts of Illinois as well as almost all of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin and areas of Minnesota, Iowa, Kentucky and West Virginia affected. The poor air conditions are the result of a wildfire season in Canada that’s among the worst in the nation’s history, with particular difficulties in the eastern province of Nova Scotia.

Civil rights icon James Meredith turns 90, urges people to fight crime by obeying Ten Commandments (AP) James Meredith knew he was putting his life in danger in the 1960s by pursuing what he believes was his divine mission: conquering white supremacy in the deeply, and often violently, segregated state of Mississippi. A half-century later, the civil rights leader is still talking about his mission from God. In recent weeks, he made several appearances around his home state, urging people to obey the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule in order to reduce crime. On his 90th birthday on Sunday, Meredith said older generations should lead the way. “Old folks not only can control it—it’s their job to control it,” Meredith told The Associated Press in an interview.

El Salvador’s president is running for reelection, though critics say the constitution prohibits him (AP) El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has registered to run for reelection next year, his party announced Monday, despite objections from legal experts and opposition figures who say the country’s constitution prohibits his candidacy. The constitutional question may not play a big role in the 2024 race, because Bukele’s approval ratings are running above 80% in many polls, following a reduction in crime stemming from his harsh-but-popular crackdown on gangs. Also, a top court panel picked by his allies has ruled that he can run. Bukele is popular in El Salvador but considered controversial internationally.

Many people have fled Venezuela. Some migrants are returning. (Washington Post) The number of Venezuelans who have fled the socialist state’s political, economic and social meltdown in the past eight years has now surpassed 7 million, according to the U.N. refugee agency. Most have settled in neighboring countries where, since 2020, they’ve struggled with coronavirus lockdowns, economic turmoil and increasing hostility toward migrants. Now many are making another life-changing, potentially risky decision: They’re returning to the country they once escaped. Three hundred thousand Venezuelans have returned to the South American nation, the government of authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro reported in January, more than 30,000 of them with the help of a repatriation program called Return to the Motherland. The dollarization of Venezuelan’s economy has brought a boom in imported food and new restaurants, making the capital more appealing. But outside an elite bubble, the country is still beset by power shortages, insufficient running water, political instability and an inflation rate that reached 234 percent in 2022.

Rebellion shakes Russian elite’s faith in Putin’s strength (Washington Post) The impact of the fiercest-ever challenge to Vladimir Putin’s 23-year presidency was still reverberating among Moscow’s elites Monday as questions swirled over whether the Russian president had, for a moment at least, lost control of the country. The armed insurrection by the leader of the Wagner mercenary group has shattered the carefully crafted myth that was the cornerstone of Putin’s presidency—that he represented stability and strength—and many in the upper reaches of Russian politics and business wonder whether he can recover from it. Some even suggested that a search for Putin’s successor could be underway. Members of the Moscow elite were grappling with how it had been possible for the renegade force of Wagner mercenaries to so easily seize control of the main command center for the Russian Army’s war in Ukraine in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don without facing resistance, and then progress hundreds of miles along the road to Moscow before Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, eventually decided to turn his troops back. “When you have columns of thousands of people marching and no one can stop it, the loss of control is evident,” said one Russian billionaire who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of fears of retribution.

Minefields and Menace: Why Ukraine’s Pushback Is Off to a Halting Start (NYT) The column of Bradley armored vehicles rumbled forward, filled with Ukrainian soldiers, bringing a new and potent American weapon to the war’s southern front. But then one hit a mine. The explosion blew off one of the vehicle’s bulldozer-like tracks, immobilizing it. The entire Ukrainian column reversed direction, pulling back. Three weeks into a counteroffensive critical to Ukraine’s prospects against Russia, its army is encountering an array of vexing challenges that complicate its plans, even as it wields sophisticated new Western-provided weapons. Not least is a vast swath of minefields protecting Russia’s defensive line, forming a killing field for Ukrainian troops advancing on the open steppe of the south. “Everything is mined, everywhere,” said Lt. Ashot Arutiunian, the commander of a drone unit, who watched through a drone’s video link as the mine exploded under the Bradley and halted the column’s advance. The terrain in the southeast is mostly flat, open fields, in contrast to the rolling hills of the Donbas or the heavily forested north, depriving Ukraine’s troops of cover.

China, in swipe at U.S., accuses West of ‘sowing division and confrontation’ (Washington Post) Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday accused Western nations of “sowing division and confrontation” in a thinly veiled criticism of Washington as he sought to restore confidence in his country’s economy and cast it as a champion for globalization. Li worked to draw a contrast between his country and “some people in the West” who, he claimed, have politicized economic issues at a time when the global economy most needs exchange and cooperation. “The invisible barriers put up by some people in recent years are becoming widespread and pushing the world into division and even confrontation,” Li said. His remarks come after the United States and other Group of Seven countries pledged to reduce their exposure to China, the world’s second-largest economy, saying they needed to “de-risk” and diversify away from it as its business practices “distort the global economy.” China sees such efforts as part of an American plan to thwart its rise, and efforts to exert pressure from the outside are particularly concerning for Beijing as it struggles to restart the economy after three years of paralyzing zero-covid policies.

They Ride and Lasso Like Texans. They Live 8,000 Miles Away. (NYT) A honky-tonk twang echoes across a fairground as cowhands wrangle cattle inside a dirt-floored stadium. The scene would be typical in Texas, but this rodeo is happening about 8,000 miles away, on an island in the Philippines. Nearly every spring for 30 years, the best wranglers in the country have traveled to the island province of Masbate to test their skills at the Rodeo Festival in Masbate City. It’s both a sporting event and a celebration of Philippine cowboy and cowgirl culture. “Where there’s cattle, there’s rodeo,” said Leo Gozum, 51, a livestock farmer who directs the festival’s rodeo events. “It is not necessarily American.” In the juego de toro event, or bull game, people chase about 30 cattle through cordoned-off streets, as those in Spain chase bulls through Pamplona. The rules say you can keep any cow you catch—as long as it’s with your bare hands. Some travel to the Masbate rodeo, usually by boat, from other islands in the Philippine archipelago. Others work on ranches in Masbate Province, one of the country’s poorest regions. The contestants, mostly farmers and students, compete for $23,000 in prize money, an average of $250 for each of the 90 or so winners. Many of the skills on display have been practiced in the Philippines for centuries—long before the country won its independence from Spain in 1898, and then from the United States in 1946.

New Zealand leader’s plane so prone to breakdowns he takes a backup on China trip (AP) The United States has Air Force One, a plane that can refuel in midair and act as a presidential command center. New Zealand has Betty, an aging Boeing 757 that officials on Monday acknowledged was so prone to breakdowns they had sent an empty backup to ensure Prime Minister Chris Hipkins didn’t get stranded in China, where he is leading a trade delegation. Officials were quick to point out they had sent the plane’s twin only as far as Manila, about 80% of the distance from Wellington to Beijing. Back in New Zealand, acting Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni was left to explain. “If we didn’t have a backup plan and something did happen, and of course we hope it won’t, then not only would they be stranded in China, but the cost that that would incur—in terms of accommodation and trying to, at the last minute, organize some kind of plan to get them back—would outweigh having a backup aircraft waiting somewhere just in case,” she said.

Wagner’s African footprint (Washington Post) The aborted rebellion in Russia has brought unease to large swaths of Africa where leaders who have turned to the Wagner mercenary group to bolster their hold on power now face the prospect that the private paramilitary organization could be weakened or even dismantled, according to experts on the region as well as Western officials and analysts. In the Central African Republic and Mali, where Wagner has its biggest presence on the continent, residents said WhatsApp group chats and weekend conversations in the African nations were dominated by speculation about the fallout in their countries. “Everyone is scared,” said a political analyst in Bamako, the capital of Mali, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to be candid about the tense situation. “Everyone knows that what happens in Russia will affect us.”

Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show (AP) You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk. A study published Monday found that female bottlenose dolphins change their tone when addressing their calves. Researchers recorded the signature whistles of 19 mother dolphins in Florida, when accompanied by their young offspring and when swimming alone or with other adults. When directing the signal to their calves, the mother’s whistle pitch is higher and her pitch range is greater than usual, according to the study published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Why people, dolphins or other creatures use baby talk isn’t certain, but scientists believe it may help offspring learn to pronounce novel sounds. Research dating back to the 1980s suggests that human infants may pay more attention to speech with a greater pitch range. Zebra finches elevate their pitch and slow down their songs to address chicks, perhaps making it easier to learn birdsong.

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This is the Mister America “soundtrack.” It has some general songs about America, but each state has at least 1 song related to it.

For a full tracklist and to see which songs go to what state, see below the cut.

Songs about America:

“The Star Spangled Banner” National Anthem (F. Scott Key/Whitney Houston)

“The Battle Hymn of the Republic” (Traditional/United States Army Band and Chorus)

“America the Beautiful” (Ray Charles)

“Captain America March” (Hollywood Movie Theme Orchestra)

“Star Spangled Man” (The Star Spangled Singers/Captain America)

“Captain America” (Alan Silvestri)

“American Patrol” (Glenn Miller/United States Air Force Band)

“The Stars and Stripes Forever” (John Philip Sousa/United States Marine Band)

“America” (Neil Diamond)

“Born in the U.S.A” (Bruce Springsteen)

“Hail to the Chief” (James Sanderson, composer/US Marine Band)

State Songs:

Alabama - “Sweet Home Alabama” (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Alaska - “North to Alaska” (Johnny Horton)

Alaska - “The Alaska Song” (Lacy J. Dalton)

Arizona - “Take It Easy” (Eagles)

Arkansas - “Arkansas Traveler” (Harry Glenshaw)

Arkansas - “Arkansas Farmboy” (Glen Campbell)

California - “California Love” (2Pac, Roger, Dr. Dre)

California - “California Girls” (Beach Boys)

Colorado - “Rocky Mountain High” (John Denver)

Connecticut - “Yankee Doodle” (Traditional)

Connecticut - “Connecticut’s For Fucking” (Jesus H Christ and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)

Delaware - “Delaware Slide” (George Thorogood & the Destroyers)

Delaware - “Delaware” (Perry Como)

Florida - “The Florida Song” (Ricky Sylvia)

Florida - “Miami” (Will Smith)

Georgia - “Midnight Train to Georgia” (Gladys Knight & the Pips)

Georgia - “Georgia on My Mind” (Michael Buble)

Hawaii - “Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride” (from Lilo and Stitch)

Hawaii - “Ke Kali Nei Au/Hawaiian Wedding Song” (Makaha Sons & Friends)

Hawaii - “Over the Rainbow” (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole)

Hawaii - “What a Wonderful World” (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole)

Idaho - “Idaho” (Benny Goodman)

Illinois - “Sweet Home Chicago” (The Blues Brothers)

Indiana - “Going Back to Indiana” (The Jackson 5)

Iowa - “Iowa Stubborn” (from The Music Man)

Kansas - “Home on the Range” (Gene Autry)

Kentucky - “Blue Moon of Kentucky” (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys)

Louisiana - “Born on the Bayou” (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Louisiana - “House of the Rising Sun” (The Animals)

Maine - “Portland, Maine” (Tim McGraw)

Maryland - “Good Morning Baltimore” (from Hairspray)

Massachusetts - “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” (Dropkick Murphys)

Massachusetts - “The Devil Came Up to Boston” (Adam Ezra Group)

Michigan - “Detroit Rock City” (KISS)

Minnesota - “Rock n Roll is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis” (Prince)

Mississippi - “Mississippi Queen” (Mountain)

Missouri - “Missouri Waltz” (Glenn Miller)

Montana - “Montana Lullaby” (Ken Overcast)

Nebraska - “Omaha” (Counting Crows)

Nevada - “Waking Up In Vegas” (Katy Perry)

Nevada - “Viva Las Vegas” (Elvis Presley)

New Hampshire - “New Hampshire” (Town Meeting)

New Jersey - “Jersey Girl” (Bruce Springsteen)

New Mexico - “Santa Fe” (from RENT)

New Mexico - “Taos, New Mexico” (Waylon Jennings)

New York - “Theme from New York, New York” (Frank Sinatra)

New York - “New York State of Mind” (Billy Joel)

North Carolina - “Wagon Wheel” (Old Crow Medicine Show)

North Dakota - “North Dakota” (Lyle Lovett)

Ohio - “Ohio” (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)

Oklahoma - “Oklahoma!” (from Oklahoma!)

Oklahoma - “Oklahoma Sky” (Miranda Lambert)

Oregon - “Eugene Oregon” (Dolly Parton)

Pennsylvania - “Allentown” (Billy Joel)

Rhode Island - “Rhode Island is Famous for You” (Blossom Dearie)

South Carolina - “Just A Little Bit South of North Carolina” (Dean Martin)

South Carolina - “Hickory Wind” (The Byrds)

South Dakota - “South Dakota Morning” (Bee Gees)

South Dakota - “Big Foot” (Johnny Cash)

Tennessee- “Tennessee Whiskey” (Chris Stapleton)

Texas - “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (Traditional/Mitch Miller)

Texas - “All my Ex’s Live In Texas” (George Strait)

Texas - “La Grange” (ZZ Top)

Utah - “Utah” (The Osmonds)

Vermont - “Moonlight in Vermont” (Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstong)

Virgina - “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)” (from Hamilton)

Washington - “Come As You Are” (Nirvana)

West Virginia - “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (John Denver)

Wisconsin - “Green Bay, Wisconsin” (The Might Mighty Bosstones)

Wyoming - “Wyoming Wind” (Caitlin Canty)

Wyoming - “Cheyenne” (Cale Moon)

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Lore Episode 8: The Castle (Transcript) - 15th July 2015

tw: death, skeletons, graphic descriptions of violence, medical procedures, body horror, torture, abortion, execution, hanging - generally not for anyone squeamish

Disclaimer: This transcript is entirely non-profit and fan-made. All credit for this content goes to Aaron Mahnke, creator of Lore podcast. It is by a fan, for fans, and meant to make the content of the podcast more accessible to all. Also, there may be mistakes, despite rigorous re-reading on my part. Feel free to point them out, but please be nice!

On January 17th, 1894, a couple stood before a minister in the Vendome Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Henry Howard and Georgiana Yoke were about to be married. Standing near them was their witness, a woman named Minnie Williams. The bride had come from Indiana to escape a scandalous reputation and had found work in Chicago at a store owned by Henry. She was a tall, slender woman, about 25 years of age, with blue eyes and blonde hair, and she was madly in love with Henry. It sounds wonderful. It sounds perfect, actually, but there was trouble in paradise even before they met the minister there at the hotel. You see, Henry was already married. He was, in fact, married to two other women, and Minnie, the woman standing as witness, was actually Henry’s mistress of over a year. Even Henry’s name was fake – his real name had been abandoned long before, and it would be months before Georgiana would discover who he really was. Sometimes we think we know a person, only to discover that we were fooled. Community is built on trust, and that trust allows us to make connections, to let down our guard and to feel safe. When that trust is broken, though, our minds quickly shift to disappointment and stress and outright fear. Sure, it happens less often now in the age of Facebook and social media, but in the late 1800s very little stood in the way of a person falsifying their identity, and Henry Howard, or whoever he was prior to that moment in Denver, had turned that skill into an art. Few people knew this about Henry, though - in fact, few people could have imagined what deep, dark secrets boiled just beneath the surface of this smiling young groom. And when the world finally did find out, exactly ten months later, they could barely contain their horror. I’m Aaron Mahnke, and this is Lore.

Henry Howard was born in New Hampshire in 1861 as Herman Mudgett. His parents were wealthy, well-respected people in their community, and their son was born into that privilege. But from an early age, Henry was a problem child, constantly getting into trouble. According to Mudgett himself, as a child his classmates forced him to view and touch a human skeleton after learning that he was afraid of the town doctor. Their prank backfired, though, generating a deep fascination rather than frightening him off, and that obsession with death would only grow. Soon the boy was expressing interest in medicine. One report even claims that he would actually perform surgery on animals. Along with his excellent performance in school, he was able to pursue that interest and enter medical school, enrolling at the University of Michigan as H. H. Holmes in 1879. Far from home and with access to resources that he previously lacked, college allowed Holmes to get creative. He devised an easy way to make money, a drive that would fuel many of his future crimes. It involved stealing a cadaver from the medical lab. Holmes would disfigure the corpse, plant the body somewhere that gave it the appearance of being the victim of a tragic accident, and then a few days later he would approach the life insurance company with a policy for his “deceased relative” and collect the cash. His final insurance swindle in Michigan netted him $12,500, but he knew his welcome was wearing thin. After collecting the money, he vanished, abandoning school and his new wife and child, who he never saw again.

He moved around the country doing legitimate work, but also learning his way around the business world. He mastered the art of buying product on credit, avoiding the bills, selling the items and then vanishing with the profit. Armed with that skill, he soon settled in Englewood, just south of Chicago, and that’s where he met Doctor Elizabeth Holton. It was 1885 – Holmes was trying to avoid creditors from all around the country, but rather than vanish into obscurity, he chose to hide in plain sight. He married his second wife, polygamously of course, and took a job at a local drug store owned and run by Doctor Elizabeth Holton, who’s husband was dying of cancer. Holmes spent the next two years becoming more and more essential to Holton’s business, paying her for ownership of the business and building relationships with the customers. When Mr. Holton finally did pass away, the payments from Holmes stopped and Mrs. Holton became upset, threatening to end their business partnership, but nothing happened. Nothing happened, because Doctor Holton mysteriously vanished. When asked about her disappearance, Holmes told the authorities she’d moved to the west to live with her family – right after she had signed over the business to him, of course. And the police bought the lie. Holmes operated the drugstore as if nothing had happened, growing the business and continuing his chess game of evading creditors. But when the empty lot across the street became available, he couldn’t resist the temptation. Holmes, you see, had bigger plans.

The World’s Columbian Exhibition was scheduled to be hosted in Chicago in 1983, and he envisioned a hotel that could house the countless visitors who would travel to the area. His project was lovingly called “The Castle”, which wasn’t far from the truth – it was 50ft wide and over 160ft long, taking up half a city block. With three storeys and a basement, it would eventually have over 100 rooms within its walls, and Holmes (ever the micro-manager) took on the task of project architect, refusing to share the plans with anyone else. Workers on the building asked questions, naturally, but when they did, Holmes would replace them. Most of the men working on the project never lasted more than two weeks, and all told, over 500 carpenters and craftsmen worked on The Castle. True to form, Holmes managed to avoid paying most of them as well; he would accuse them of shoddy work and refuse their wages. Some sued him, but he managed to put those cases off long enough that they eventually gave up. And once completed, Holmes moved the drugstore into the building’s ground floor and rented out space to other shops. His personal offices were located on the top floor, and the remaining space was rented out as temporary living quarters, marketed as a boarding house for young, single women. The Castle was open for business. Unfortunately, not everyone who stayed there managed to survive the hospitality that Holmes offered them.

When Mrs. Pansy Lee arrived from New Orleans, she rented a room at The Castle. She was a widow and had travelled all over the United States, before arriving in Chicago to settle down. When Holmes learned that she kept $4000 in cash in the false bottom of her trunk, he kindly offered to keep it in his store vault for her. Mrs. Lee declined the offer and vanished a short time later. While some people came to The Castle for lodging, others were looking for work. One of the requirements that Holmes imposed was that all of his employees were to have life insurance policies for the sum of $5000. Holmes, remember, knew the life insurance business well. And when 17-year-old Jenny Thompson arrived from Illinois looking for work, Holmes saw an opportunity. She was young and pretty, the exact sort of blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty that he preferred, and he quickly gave her a job. In casual conversation, Jenny let slip that her family didn’t actually know where she was. She had told them that she was travelling to New York, but the offer of a good job was enough to keep her right there in Chicago. She told Holmes that she couldn’t wait to tell her parents about her good fortune. Before she did, though, he escorted her up to her room, and she was never seen again.

In 1890, Ned Connor arrived at The Castle looking for work. He travelled with his wife, Julia, who was unusually tall for a woman at nearly 6ft, and their young daughter Pearl. Ned was a watchmaker and a jeweller, and Holmes hired him right away. But it was Ned’s wife who captured his attention the most. Holmes soon fired his bookkeeper and gave the job to Julia. Not long after, it began to be obvious that Holmes was more than a little friendly with Ned’s wife. Ned, for his part, turned a blind eye – it seems he was simply glad to have a job with steady pay and a roof over his head. When Julia became pregnant, though, Ned finally took the hint. He packed up, filed for divorce, and left her and Pearl in the care of Holmes, who immediately took out life insurance policies for both of them. But Holmes had a new problem: Julia knew the business too well, and she presented a threat to his illicit activities. Holmes found a solution, though. He told Julia that he would marry her, but only if she would have an abortion. Julia resisted at first, but finally, on December 24th, 1891, she gave in. She asked Holmes to put Pearl to bed, and then he led her to the basement, where he had a makeshift operating room. Julia and Pearl were never seen again. That same winter, Holmes summoned a man named Charles Chappell to his office. Now, Chappell performed odd jobs around The Castle, but he had a particular skill that Holmes required: he was incredibly gifted in the craft of articulating skeletons. Chappell arrived, and Holmes led him to a second-floor room, where the body of a woman lay on a table. According to Chappell’s own testimony to the authorities, the body had been “skinned like a jackrabbit”. He assumed, since Holmes was a doctor, that he had simply been performing an autopsy on a patient and pushed his doubts to the back of his mind. Holmes paid Chappell $36 to strip the flesh off the body and prepare the bones for articulation. The finished skeleton was sold to a Doctor Pauling of the Hahnemann Medical College. Doctor Pauling would often look at the skeleton in his private office and marvel at how unusual it was to see a woman who was nearly 6ft tall.

Holmes eventually made a critical mistake. Ironically, it was his old love of insurance scams that caught up with him in the end. After killing his right-hand man, Benjamin Pitezel, and attempting to pass the death off as an accident to the insurance company, the authorities caught wind of the crime and tracked him down. He was finally arrested in Boston on November 17th, 1894, 10 months to the day from his wedding ceremony in the Denver hotel. Before his trial began, however, The Castle was mysteriously gutted by fire. Thankfully, the authorities had already been able to search the building, and after doing so, they had given it a new name: “The Murder House”. The authorities discovered that, like any boarding house at the time, The Castle had a reception room, a waiting room and many rooms for residents to live in. But the building had more inside its wall than was expected. There were secret chambers, trapdoors, peepholes and hidden laboratories. Aside from the 35 guest rooms, the second floor was a labyrinth of passages. Some doors opened on brick walls, some could only be opened from one side and others were hidden completely from sight. Trapdoors led to staircases that led to hidden chambers. There were even alarms in all of the rooms that would alert Holmes in his quarters if any prisoners tried to escape. Some of the rooms were windowless and could be sealed off and made airtight if necessary. Some were equipped with gas jets that were fed by pipes from the basement. Others were lined with asbestos and had visible scorch marks on the floor. Then there was “the vault”. It was a room that could fit a single person, and only then if they were standing. The walls inside the vault were lined with iron plate, broken only by a handful of gas fixtures and a trapdoor that led to a chute. On the inside of the door was a single footprint, the size of a woman’s boot. It was a homemade gas chamber that was designed to deliver corpses straight to the basement. And when the police descended to the lowest level of the building, they discovered that Holmes had expanded the basement beyond the foundation of the building and out beneath the sidewalk. He did this to make room for all of his equipment. Here they found the dissection table, still splattered with blood, jars of poison filled a shelf, and a large wooden box nearby contained multiple female skeletons. A crematorium was built into one wall, which still contained ash and bone fragment. A search also found valuables that belonged to some of his victims: a watch that belonged to Minnie Williams, scraps of fabric, tintype photographs, and a ball of women’s hair, carefully wrapped in cloth. The bones of a child were found buried in a pit, and the remnants of a bloody dress were recovered from a woodburning stove. When Ned Conner was asked to identify the fabric, he confirmed that it belonged to his wife, Julia. A rack designed to stretch bodies was also discovered. Beneath the dirt floor, they found a vat of corrosive acid and two quicklime pits, used for quickly dissolving the flesh off of corpses. There were human skulls, a shoulder blade, ribs, a hip socket and countless other human remains. Whatever the police had hoped to find that day, they were simply unprepared for the truth. In the end, they had discovered a medieval chattel [?] house, right beneath their feet.

It’s easy to feel safe in our own neighbourhood, walking past the closed doors and manicured lawns, but what goes on behind those walls is never something that we can be sure of. Each and every person we meet wears a mask, and we’re only allowed to peek behind it if they let us. Society is built on the idea that we can trust the people around us, that we can take our neighbours, our family, even our co-workers at face value, and enter into relationships with them. But with every relationship comes risk. We risk disappointment, we risk pain and betrayal. For some of us, we even risk our very safety. European mapmakers of the 15th century would sometimes mark unexplored areas of their maps with a warning: “here there be monsters”. There’s danger in the places we haven’t explored, and while this was true then of undiscovered continents, it has always been true of humanity. Beneath the surface, behind the mask, hides the monster. On May 7th, 1896, after a final meal of boiled eggs, dry toast and a cup of coffee, H. H. Holmes was led to the gallows at Moyamensing Prison. A black hood was placed over his head, and as the crowd outside the prison walls shouted their insults and jeers, he was positioned over the trapdoor. When it opened, Holmes dropped, and his head snapped to the side. But rather than killing him quickly, the rope had somehow broken his neck and left him alive. The crowd watched for over 15 minutes as Holmes hung from the noose, fingers and feet twitching and dancing, before his heart finally stopped beating. Holmes was buried in an unmarked grave in Holy Cross Cemetery, just south of Philadelphia. As per his request, there was no autopsy, and his body was buried in a coffin filled with cement. Holmes, you see, was afraid that someone would dig up his body and use his skeleton for science. He was probably right. We don’t know how many people he killed – Holmes confessed to a variety of numbers, even changing his story again on the hangman’s platform. Some experts who have studied the missing person’s reports of the World’s Columbian Exhibition have placed the possible death toll as high as 200. There’s so much we don’t know about Holmes, a man whose entire life seemed to be one elaborate lie built atop another, like some macabre house of cards. He will forever remain a mystery to us, a monster hidden behind a mask that was painted to look just like you or I. But one last insight into the man can be found in his written confession. “I was born with the devil in me”, he wrote, “I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing. I was born with the evil one standing as my sponsor beside the bed where I was ushered into the world, and he has been with me since.”

Lore is a biweekly podcast, and was produced by me, Aaron Mahnke. You can find out more about this episode, including the background music, at lorepodcast.com, and be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, @lorepodcast. This episode of Lore was made possible by you, our amazing listeners. [Insert sponsor break]. And to find out how you can support Lore, visit lorepodcast.com/support. You’ll find links to help you leave a review on iTunes, support Lore on Patreon for some awesome rewards, and find the list of my supernatural thrillers, available in both paperback and eBook formats. I couldn’t do this show without you, and I’m thankful to each and every one of you. Thanks for listening.

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What is a Good Salary to be comfortable in USA and Canada?

Do you know that you can earn a good salary to enjoy comfort in the USA and Canada? If you hope to live up to your dreams and aspirations in the USA or Canada, you must ensure that you have high-income skills. Table of Contents Show Table 1 Why do you need a Good Salary to be Comfortable in the USA and Canada? 2 How to Find Good Salary in the USA and Canada 2.1 LinkedIn 2.2 Job Banks 2.3 Company’s career site 2.4 Networking 3 What is a Good Salary to be comfortable in USA and Canada? 4 What is a Good Salary to be comfortable in each State in the USA? 4.1 Alabama 4.2 Alaska 4.3 Arizona 4.4 Arkansas 4.5 California 4.6 Colorado 4.7 Connecticut 4.8 Delaware 4.9 Florida 4.10 Georgia 4.11 Hawaii 4.12 Idaho 4.13 Illinois 4.14 Indiana 4.15 Iowa 4.16 Kansas 4.17 Kentucky 4.18 Louisiana 4.19 Maine 4.20 Maryland 4.21 Massachusetts 4.22 Michigan 4.23 Minnesota 4.24 Mississippi 4.25 Missouri 4.26 Montana 4.27 Nebraska 4.28 Nevada 4.29 New Hampshire 4.30 New Jersey 4.31 New Mexico 4.32 New York 4.33 North Carolina 4.34 North Dakota 4.35 Ohio 4.36 Oklahoma 4.37 Oregon 4.38 Pennsylvania 4.39 Rhode Island 4.40 South Carolina 4.41 South Dakota 4.42 Tennessee 4.43 Texas 4.44 Utah 4.45 Vermont 4.46 Virginia 4.47 Washington 4.48 West Virginia 4.49 Wisconsin 4.50 Wyoming 5 Conclusion Aside from having great skills, you also need to find the right job opportunity to increase your chances of earning enough money to sustain your essential needs and wants. So what is a good Salary to be comfortable in the USA and Canada? In this article, you will learn about the good salary that will keep you comfortable in USA and Canada.

Why do you need a Good Salary to be Comfortable in the USA and Canada?

Unlike some parts of the world, the USA and Canada are part of the biggest countries you can live in. Since both countries have big cities and several high-income opportunities, lifestyles in these locations are expensive. Hence, you will need a good salary to sustain yourself and live comfortably in the city. But why should you need a good salary to live comfortably in these countries? When you live in the USA or Canada, you will need a high-income job because of the following reason. Meet Your Essential Needs Most services that you will get in the USA and Canada are expensive and demanding. This implies that you have to work with a good budget to meet these demands. For example, house rent, electricity, and other bills are expensive in these countries. You must have a good source of income to enjoy living in these locations. Since you cannot do without your essential needs, you must work extra hard to live up to expectations. Your basic needs involve food, shelter, clothing, and more. In the USA and Canada, you will be required to spend extra money to meet this basic demand. A good salary will enable you to overcome the fear of not meeting your essential needs and give you new hope. Avoid debt or filing for bankruptcy If you live in the USA or Canada, you will need a good salary to avoid debt or bankruptcy. Most low-income earners living in these countries find it difficult to live comfortably and meet their basic needs. Hence, they opt to debt or file for bankruptcy to avoid the trauma. However, a good salary would have helped these people escape the debt alternative. The most common debt options people always face in the USA and Canada are student debt, Medical debt, and more. Even if you receive a good salary, poor planning can still push you into debt. Whether you are a high-income earner or living from paycheck to paycheck, you still have to analyze your financial life to ensure you enjoy maximum comfort in the USA and Canada. To think about Investing in the future

There are millions of opportunities in the USA and Canada. However, you need to have a good financial backup before investing in these opportunities. Low-income earners don’t often think of investing, especially when struggling to meet the basic needs of life. If you must think about investing in your future, you need to upgrade your earnings first. To gain confidence about the future No one can predict the future. However, earning a good salary is considered one of the best ways of making the future appear more promising than ever. When you are opportune to earn well in the USA or Canada, you will have the chance of gaining financial freedom in the future. Plan and build your financial goals Some income earners in the USA and Canada find it challenging to reach their financial goals because of the high cost of living. But when you earn a good salary in any of these countries, you will stand the chance of building your financial goals. You cannot deny the fact that the rate of attaining your financial freedom can be determined based on your salary. Hence, focus on finding high-income jobs when you live in the USA or Canada.

How to Find Good Salary in the USA and Canada

You may possess great income skills, but you find it challenging to find jobs that will pay you for your jobs. When you live in the USA or Canada, you have to hunt for a job on the right platforms if you hope to secure a high-income high-income job. Some high-paid jobs are not often advertised on most job platforms. Hence, endeavor to be creative while hunting for jobs in the USA and Canada. How do you find a good salary job in the USA and Canada? When you hope to work in big establishments, you should find jobs on the following platforms. LinkedIn One of the best job platforms to find high-income jobs in LinkedIn. Almost every top recruiting company in the USA and Canada has an account with LinkedIn. This implies that you can easily connect with top recruiters and stand the chance of working in your dream company. However, you focus on things that work out well for you. LinkedIn also has a premium version that increases your chances of landing your dream jobs. Do not think twice to sign up with LinkedIn’s premium version, as you will easily find great opportunities on the premium version than on the free version. Another great way to find great opportunities on LinkedIn is by participating in a skill acquisition test. When you complete any skill test, LinkedIn will automatically attach your badge to your profile. Recruiters can easily find you competent enough to work in their companies with these badges. Job Banks

Job Banks are more popular in Canada than in the USA. But you can still find great opportunities in Job Banks. Here, recruiters often upload several high-income jobs hoping to connect with qualified candidates who can meet the company's demands. Before searching for jobs in any job bank, your resume must be professionally written to increase your chances of becoming a successful candidate for the job. As you prepare your resume, endeavor to showcase your skills and job histories to convince the recruiter that you are the perfect applicant for the job. When you land in any job bank, make out time, to find your way around the platforms. There are thousands of opportunities you can consider on this platform. Company’s career site If you hope to work with a particular company in the USA or Canada, you should endeavor to check its career site regularly. Sometimes, the company may not advertise on any external job sites. Instead, they will list the job details on their career page for interested candidates to apply. When you are always visiting companies’ career pages, you will likely come across an opportunity that will transform your life for good. Networking Most high-income jobs are usually hidden from the general platforms. Since companies may be looking out for highly qualified personnel to occupy these positions, they will prefer to network the opportunities directly to the qualified candidate. However, if you are smart enough to walk your way through, you will likely come across this high-paying opportunity and take advantage of it. One of the best ways to network is to build a great relationship with the HR of several companies. If they live within your location, you can hang out with them and share your interest as well. When you closely associate yourself with people working within a company, they can easily inform you when an opportunity comes out.

What is a Good Salary to be comfortable in USA and Canada?

When searching for jobs in the USA or Canada, focus on finding high-paying jobs. Even if you have high-paying jobs, some factors can still limit your chances of enjoying comfort while living in the USA or Canada. Keep in mind that the average salary required to be comfortable in the US is quite different from that of Canada. When it comes to the USA, about fifty states make up the country. The cost of living comfortably in these locations is also different. Therefore, you need to carefully study the cost of living in each location within the country before concluding on what amount of money can sustain you for a given period. The average salary to be comfortable in the USA is $67,970 per year, while the average salary to be comfortable in Canada is $77,500. However, this salary range may vary depending on the province or territory you wish to live in, in Canada.

What is a Good Salary to be comfortable in each State in the USA?

The cost of living in the USA is different. Hence, your state of residence will also determine what a good salary should be in such a location. When searching for jobs, you should have your expectations on how to avoid debt or bankruptcy while you are still working. So what should a good salary look like in each state in the USA? To live comfortably in the USA, you will need a job that pays you a good salary. The following amount will sustain you in each state in the USA. Alabama One of the cheapest states to live comfortably in the USA is Alabama. As a result of its low cost of living, average income earners can enjoy comfort while engaging in regular activities. If you want to live comfortably in Alabama, you should endeavor to find a job that pays up to $60,016. This figure is the estimated living wage in Alabama. Alaska Unlike other parts of the USA, Alaska has more exciting nature including beautiful wild forests, mountains, Glaciers, and more. More people are attracted to this region because of the comfort. If you hope to enjoy living in Alaska, you should find a job that pays up to $91,996 per year. This figure is the living wage in Alaska. Arizona The cost of living comfortably in Arizona is quite expensive. So you will need a good income job to have a great lifestyle in Arizona. The living wage in Arizona is estimated to be $68,504. Hence, you need a job that will pay you up to this amount to enjoy comfort within this region. Arkansas Living comfortably in Arkansas actually comes with a price. You must be willing to find a good-paying job for you to enjoy comfort within this region. The living wage in Arkansas is estimated to be $59,641. Hence, find a good job opportunity to meet your basic needs in this region. California California is one of the most popular states in the USA. Most of the biggest companies in the world have their headquarters in Silicon Valley located in the Northern part of California. Hence, if you want to live in this state, you should prepare to sustain a high cost of living. The average living wage you need to comfortably in California is $99,971. This implies that you need a $100,000 per annum job to enjoy maximum comfort in California. Colorado Colorado is one of the best states in the United States with a great landscape and exciting view of nature. However, the cost of living in Colorado is quite expensive. The living wage in Colorado is estimated to be $74,215. This implies that you need a high-income job to enjoy comfort in this state. Connecticut

Like most parts of the US, Connecticut is a great state to get started with your career. However, living comfortably in this state is expensive. Read the full article

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Spokane Diaries

In case there’s anyone reading my words who wonders why I’m putting so much effort into leaving Austin, and especially because I feel the need to rededicate myself to this purpose after a few recent setbacks, I shall restate my reasons for wanting to leave.

I moved to Austin in 1996, because my sister and my two best friends lived there, and it was two hours from Mom. At the time, I could get a nice one bedroom apartment for about $500 per month. I was able to work, and live, and pay rent, and buy food. The city was big, but it wasn’t huge. Warm summers, plenty to do and see.

Now, in 2018, my two best friends are gone and Mom passed away. We pay twice as much in rent for a less-impressive apartment than I think I’ve ever lived in. It’s measurably, noticeably, dreadfully hotter here now than before, and the city is twice as big. Now I’m married, a whole extra income, and we’re still just. Barely. Making it. We have our monthly expenditures covered, but that’s it. Anything out of the ordinary--a car breakdown, a co-pay for a doctor, or dentist, or glasses, an expensive prescription, a sick kitty--it all goes on the credit card, or else it just doesn’t happen.

A trip to Alamo Drafthouse, for a movie and a burger, costs about $75. We shouldn’t ever do it, but we do it anyway. We shouldn’t eat Taco Bell, but we sometimes do, to treat ourselves. (That may be the most depressing thought I’ve had all day.) My healthcare is too expensive for me to use it. My car is 10 years old. My gallbladder wants to secede. Obviously, a lot of my problems are with America, but I try not to take it all on at once. Basically, we can’t afford to pay rent and still have a life we want in Austin any longer.

So the plan, initially, was this. We leave Austin and move to Spokane. Spokane has affordable dwellings. It has snow. It has legal (you know, frisbee), and casinos and liquor in the grocery stores. Then we thought, wait, why did we pick Spokane again? Not to disrespect Spokane, but might’nt there be other cities in America with snow, affordable dwellings, frisbee, the whole package?

The answer turned out to be: we picked it because it satisfied a bunch of our needs, without checking to see what other places serve even better, and that AREN’T a stone’s throw from Idaho. Two states immediately stood out: Maine and Michigan. So. Compare and contrast:

Maine

Pros: Cold. Snow, probably around 60+ inches per year. Bordered by Canada and New Hampshire. Not in The South at all, even a little bit. Steven King has a house you can walk by in Bangor. Legal frisbee (sorta). Fall colors. Access to New England! I can drive to Boston or New York!

Cons: I dislike seafood, and being killed by a hurricane. (Not many hurricanes hit Maine, but it’s not zero hurricanes, either.) Driving there, when we move, will take three days.

Michigan

Pros: Cold. Enormous amounts of lake-effect snow; approaching 200 inches per year in a city we’re considering. Borded by a huge lake, which, from the shore, looks just like an ocean, except there’s never hurricanes in it. Fall colors! Legal frisbee (soonish)! Driving here, when moving, will probably take two days. And we got friendlies in Ypsilanti. :)

Cons: Bordered by Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin, which...yeah. Michigan also borders Canada, but not the part of Michigan we’d be inhabiting, which is the Upper Peninsula. If I want to temporarily leave Michigan to do some non-Michigan things, it’ll involve a lot more travel, which I dislike.

There are problems shared by both locations, of course. First of all, as far as being near friends or anything familiar, we might as well be on the Moon. More importantly, though, is the tremendous gamble we’re taking. Will the safety net that we’re able to patch together before we leave our jobs sustain us until we’re reestablished in the new place? I’m giving up my job, which means I’m giving up my health insurance. Any affordable options for keeping it, I have to wonder?

But I have to do it! And because I’m making myself do it, or rather Zach and I are making ourselves do it, I can’t exactly come up with a credible excuse for not doing it. Because if I don’t do it, my life will continue like it is now, which largely consists of this:

I wake up, and think, “I need to work more hours. I need to work more hours.” And I go do some work, and I come home, thinking, “I should have worked more hours.” And maybe a weekend happens, then half of everything I think about is, “I need to work more hours. I need to work more hours.”

It’s like what I always imagined Rodrigo y Gabriela’s lives must be like: Wake up playing guitar, shower playing guitar, eat breakfast playing guitar, eventually go to bed while still playing the guitar. But their thing is more fun than my thing.

As to where this deposits me in the here and now, I need to know how a November vote goes in Michigan, to know our frisbee options. I need to know whether Maine can open frisbee dispensaries, which is supposed to happen soon, given the pants-crapping-insane governor’s three fucking vetoes, and the votes which overcame them. We are spending time researching it every day. Yesterday’s place of interest was Gray, Maine. Today it’s Millinocket, Maine. If I lived in a place named Gray, I think that would be fucking awesome, except this one is about 50% cemetery, and 50% some buildings on either side of a rural highway.

And why Millinocket? Because when you drive through it, it looks like this:

The searches, internal and external, continue.

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These are America's 10 most expensive states to live in for 2021

Gas prices are displayed at a Chevron station on June 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

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Prices are rising for a wide array of goods and services as the U.S. confronts a level of inflation not seen in decades. Labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and exploding demand as the pandemic wanes are all adding to pricing pressures. The situation is making it even harder to get by in America’s most expensive states, causing worries for consumers and companies alike.

Companies like to do business in states with a low cost of living, which can be attractive to workers and customers. CNBC’s annual America’s Top States for Business study considers cost of living as a factor in competitiveness, scoring states based on an index of prices for basic items. It is among our ten categories of competitiveness.

We score all 50 states based on an index of items from groceries to housing. Some states keep costs low and are appealing in a new era of pandemic-triggered migration. But not all.

The following are the ten states that were the most expensive to live in last year. We look at where prices have been heading in the volatile first half of this year versus one year ago, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Also listed are average prices for selected items, based on the 2020 Average Cost of Living Index by the Council for Community and Economic Research, C2ER.

10. New Jersey

A ‘For Sale’ sign is displayed outside of a house in Oradell, New Jersey.

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While prices in Northern New Jersey can seem like a bargain compared to those across the Hudson River in New York, they don’t look nearly as good when you compare them to the rest of the country. A four-bedroom house in Bergen County will cost more than three times what it would cost in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

2021 Cost of Living score: 15 out of 75 points (Top States Grade: F)

Consumer Price Index (June, New York-Newark-Jersey City): Up 4.1%

Average home price (Bergen County): $615,738

Half gallon of milk: $2.43

Monthly energy bill: $186.37

9. Rhode Island

Providence Skyline at night, Rhode Island

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America’s smallest state has some big costs, like energy. In Providence, expect to pay nearly three times what you would pay in New Orleans to heat and cool your home. And a yoga class in Rhode Island will set you back roughly twice what it would in Anniston, Alabama.

2021 Cost of Living score: 14 out of 75 points (Top States Grade: F)

Consumer Price Index (June, Northeast Region): Up 4.6%

Average home price (Providence): $430,197

Half gallon of milk: $2.52

Monthly energy bill: $240.57

8. Connecticut

A paramedic wearing personal protection equipment (PPE), tends to a 10-month-old boy with fever while riding by ambulance with the infant’s mother to Stamford Hospital on April 04, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut.

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The Nutmeg State has some of the highest prescription drug prices in the country. C2ER researchers found insulin costing roughly twice as much in Stamford, Connecticut as it does in parts of Tennessee. And a visit to the doctor costs nearly twice what it would in Tupelo, Mississippi.

2021 Cost of Living score: 12 out of 75 points (Top States Grade: F)

Consumer Price Index (June, Northeast Region): Up 4.6%

Average home price (Stamford): $615,372

Half gallon of milk: $2.65

Monthly energy bill: $261.22

7. Maryland

Mic’Kale Smith, who works as a security guard but has had to take time off to care for her son during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, wears a face mask as she shops with her son Da’Mier at the Tiger Market in Oxon Hill, Maryland, May 20, 2020.

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The Old Line State can’t seem to hold the line on prices. A new home in Bethesda, Maryland, will cost roughly three times what you would pay in Jefferson City, Missouri. And get ready for some sticker shock at the grocery store, where you will pay twice the price for a loaf of bread as you would in St. Paul, Minnesota.

2021 Cost of Living score: 11 out of 75 points (Top States Grade: F)

Consumer Price Index (June, Baltimore-Columbia-Towson): Up 4.5%

Average home price (Bethesda): $854,529

Half gallon of milk: $2.49

Monthly energy bill: $193.98

6. Alaska

Electric plant on river, near Healy, Alaska.

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Residents of the Last Frontier face unique challenges, confronted with extreme weather, long winter nights, and some truly astronomical Alaska living costs. In Fairbanks, expect to pay more than five times the energy bill you would pay in Oklahoma City. Even a can of tuna will cost you nearly twice what it would in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

2021 Cost of Living score: 9 out of 75 points (Top States Grade: F)

Consumer Price Index (June, Urban Alaska): Up 6.2%

Average home price (Juneau): $581,906

Half gallon of milk: $2.64

Monthly energy bill: $273.38

5. Massachusetts

Johnny D’agostina digs into a pizza outside Quattro restaurant on Hanover Street in the North End neighborhood of Boston, MA on June 11, 2020.

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Food prices in the Massachusetts are almost high enough to spark a revolution. A dozen eggs in Boston will cost twice as much as it would in Joplin, Missouri. You’ll pay around 25% more for a pizza than you would in Burlington, North Carolina. And your apartment rent will be about four times what it would be in Monroe, Louisiana.

2021 Cost of Living score: 8 out of 175 points (Top States Grade: F)

Consumer Price Index (June, New England Region): Up 4%

Average home price (Boston): $744,522

Half gallon of milk: $2.27

Monthly energy bill: $233.86

4. Oregon

Stumptown Coffee Roasters is shown on display in the SE Division Street location in Portland, Oregon.

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Oregonians love their coffee, and at these prices, they had better. It is more than 40% more expensive in Portland, Oregon, than it is in Portage, Michigan. Expect your monthly house payment to be about twice what it would be if you lived in Enid, Oklahoma.

2021 Cost of Living score: 6 out of 75 points (Top States Grade: F)

Consumer Price Index (June, West Region): Up 5.1%

Average home price (Portland): $623,494

Half gallon of milk: $2.12

Monthly energy bill: $143.85

3. California

A customer browses avocados at a Whole Foods Market 365 location in Santa Monica, California.

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Roughly 75% of the nation’s leafy green vegetables are grown in California, yet a head of lettuce costs about 30% more in San Francisco than it does in Fayetteville, Arkansas. California produces more milk than any other state, yet it costs nearly 50% more here than in Arizona. The Golden State lives up to its name when it comes to prices, including the highest gasoline taxes in the country, according to the American Petroleum Institute.

2021 Cost of Living score: 5 out of 75 points (Top States Grade: F)

Consumer Price Index (June, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim): Up 4%

Average home price (San Francisco): $1,362,163

Half gallon of milk: $2.83

Monthly energy bill: $267.84

2. New York

People wait to visit a house for sale in Floral Park, Nassau County, New York.

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If you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere, because almost every place else is cheaper to live than New York. The average home price in Manhattan — $2.2 million based on 2020 figures — is easily the nation’s highest, and more than ten times the price in Brownsville, Texas. Even upstate in Albany you’ll pay twice what you would pay in Brownsville. And it’s not just housing. A box of corn flakes will cost you twice what it would in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

2021 Cost of Living score: 3 out of 75 points (Top States Grade: F)

Consumer Price Index (June, New York-Newark-Jersey City): Up 4.1%

Average home price (Manhattan): $2,227,806

Half gallon of milk: $3.11

Monthly energy bill: $157.70

1. Hawaii

A trip to the supermarket in Honolulu is practically an exercise in high finance. Expect to pay more than $5 for a loaf of bread, or twice what it would cost in parts of Kansas. A five-pound sack of potatoes will cost you four times what it costs in Kokomo, Indiana. Home prices are through the roof, and so is basic maintenance, like getting your washing machine repaired. That will cost more than twice what it would in McAllen, Texas. There may be no more breathtaking a place than the Aloha State, but prices in Hawaii, America’s most expensive state, will take your breath away, too.

2021 Cost of Living score: 2 out of 75 points

Consumer Price Index (June, West Region): Up 5.1%

Average home price (Honolulu): $1,386,483

Half gallon of milk: $4.31

Monthly energy bill: $470.38

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