Maybe it's not just the money, but it certainly helps. These four California cities offer the most enviable lifestyles, according to a new poll.

Over in the East Bay, the Berkeley Unified School District is breaking ground on a new project to create 110 units of affordable housing for district staff.

Stacker compiled a list of cities with the most expensive homes in the Palm Bay metro area using data from Zillow. Charts show the monthly typical home value since January 2018.

$371,571: That's the salary needed for a family of four to live "comfortably" in one Bay Area city that surpassed New York as being the most expensive in the U.S.

The Bay Area’s largest city surpassed New York for this distinction, with San Jose requiring $147,430 for a single adult to live comfortably. For a family of four, that amount came to $371,571.

Stacker compiled a list of cities with the most expensive homes in the East Stroudsburg metro area using data from Zillow. Charts show the monthly typical home value since January 2018.