From the article:

The living costs measured in the new Salary Value Index include housing, food, transportation, utilities and state taxes. The index also factors in an area's employment and job-growth rates.

I didn't read it that closely, so ? And it depends on how they define DC metro area.

Totally beats a sauna or steam room.

For whatever reason, that cracked me up so bad, I had to explain to my coworker. REVOLUTIONIZED BATHING!!

But I hate baths anyway.

God, I love bathing. I also love showering. Basically I love things that involve me in warm water. It's a theme, although not without its exceptions.

I have a system set up now that involves starting running the bath, then going and taking a shower, and getting out of that just as the bath is filled up and awaiting the Lush bath bomb.

My sister was horrified at the prospect (she worked out I was lounging in the bath when I was on the phone with her), because although I wasn't sitting in ita-funk soup, I wasn't washing off the bath product before I got dressed.

She doesn't get the whole glitter thing, I guess.

Glitter = virus.

But ita should get this seating system.

Oooh, lori broke something. At least for my browser.

I have to rinse off after a bath. I can't leave anything on me that might irritate my skin, because it will.

I totally broke the board, and I can't edit my post!

Hey! Lori broke the thread.

I hate being in warm water. I like being in hot water OK, though.

I'm at the iHouse web site now, and I still can't find how much one of those tubs would cost. I fear that means I need to add a zero or two to the end of the cost I'd imagined.