For our latest report, Bundle looked at spending in three discretionary categories: travel, entertainment, and, above, cable and satellite. (Click here to read our story about what it all means.) Above, we examined spending habits when it comes to spending on cable and satellite services. Of note:

How much can you really spend on TV? If you live in Raleigh, N.C., the top-spending city: $1,033. That's about five times as much as residents of Detroit spent ($219), making them the most frugal cable-buyers in the country in 2009.

The average New York household spent $689 on cable in 2009, about 22 percent more than the national average. And if Manhattan were its own city, it would be the No. 1 city in the U.S. in spending on cable, with average annual spending of $1,064 in 2009.

People age 36 to 49 spent the most on cable ($633) last year — all those movie channels for parents who don't get out much, perhaps? — while seniors 65+ spent the least ($444). But as a share of overall spending, 18-to-25 year olds devoted the 1.8 percent of their spending (not including mortgage/rent) to cable and satellite, the biggest proportion of all the age groups. Gotta have that GameDay package.

The state that spent the most on cable, Connecticut ($711), spent more in the category than Alaska ($310) and Montana ($346) combined.

Things are very average in Denver. Residents there spent $566 on cable and satellite last year, the closest to the national average ($568).

Here are the top 10 spending cities for cable and satellite spending:

1. Raleigh: $1,033
2. Austin: $970
3. Scottsdale: $918
4. Irvine: $915
5. Tucson: $900
6. Durham: $882
7. Washington, D.C.: $881
8. Arlington, Va: $850
9. Seattle: $824
10. Madison, WI: $782

And the bottom five:

5. Chula Vista: $313
4. Toledo: $309
3. Columbus: $296
2. Hialeah, Fla.: $231
1. Detroit: $219

Methodology: Bundle's numbers are compiled from data provided by Citi (one of Bundle's investors), as well as the U.S. government and third-party research. Here's a complete summary of how we highlight the data and what's included in each category. The Bundle Report's city rankings measured the household averages of top 100 cities by population, according to U.S. Census data.

About the artist: Christopher Pace is an interactive designer in Brooklyn, New York. In his spare time, he hunts zombies.

Hat tip: To Fitzgerald Analytics, data crunchers extraordinaire and friends of Bundle, who helped with this report.


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Our discretionary life: The top-spending cities for travel, cable and entertainment

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Infographic: Entertainment spending in the biggest U.S. cities