New study says city second in affordability ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette FORT WAYNE - Fort Wayne residents can send up a rousing cheer based on the results of a new study that found the city the second-cheapest place to live among 150 of the nation's most populous metropolitan areas. Published by U.S. News and World Report, the 2021-22 version of the annual study ranked the Summit City just below Huntsville, Alabama, and just ahead of the Quad Cities -- Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa and Moline and Rock Island in Illinois. Other cities in the top five are Hickory, North Carolina, and Des Moines, Iowa. Green Bay, Wisconsin; Grand Rapids, Michigan; South Bend, Pittsburgh and Fayetteville, Arkansas, round out the top 10.