A new report has ranked the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area as the most expensive city in the U.S. to raise a child.
According to SmartAsset, the total annual cost of raising a kid in 2025 is $39,221, a price tag that may come as a shock to some, but not Daquan Thompson.
“When my child was drinking formula, there was only one that didn’t mess up his stomach and that was the most expensive one,” Thompson said. He’s been feeling the pinch for years. “Every jar was $60 to $70, and he went through the jars in two or three days,” he said…