In a similar vein, industry-based cities had a tendency to have more expensive service costs than the average, especially for education and housing and community services. Here industrial cities would demand an extra half of their resources to finance quality education as compared to the average city. Being located in industrial zones would entail city governments to provide better schooling such that more skilled workers could meet a competitive market expectation. In contrast, suburbs were better off than the average city in that they exhibited relatively lower cost indices for most service functions.