Want to be able to provide for your family of four? Move west. At least that seems to be the lesson of MarketWatch's list of the 10 most expensive places to raise a family. MarketWatch came up with the list by looking at data from the Economic Policy Institute think tank, which studied the cost of housing, child care, transportation, school supplies, food, and more in 618 metro areas. “This does not mean a middle-class lifestyle,” the institute's Elise Gould clarifies. “This is just living, no savings.” Here are the US' top-five most-expensive places to raise a family: