2006-11-18 15:44:12 · 6 answers · asked by karendb 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics
Cost of living. Employers factor in the normal costs to buy things (housing, taxes, food, fuel, etc) when setting wages. Some people in Southern States (TX for example) actually fare better than "higher paid" people in northern states because they wind up with more cash after buying/paying the above stuff.
A good way to see the difference is to use a calculator:
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/movecalc.asp
2006-11-18 15:50:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taxes and Unions in the north. Property taxes in upstate NY were 10000 a year for a 200,000 house. in the south it would be around 2000. Also gas as an example was .50 to 62 cents higher in the NY than every state up the east coast from Ga. all the way up.
2006-11-19 00:13:34 · answer #2 · answered by River 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wages are also lower in most rural areas than they are in urban areas. Cost of living tends to even things out, anyway.
2006-11-18 23:47:05 · answer #3 · answered by redhairedgirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cost of living is lower there.
2006-11-19 00:09:13 · answer #4 · answered by Lore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from what I see on TV shows about real estate and housing, a $100,000 house in the South would be $500,000 in California. That's just one example that I know of.
2006-11-19 00:05:09 · answer #5 · answered by winkcat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because life down there is not as expensive as it is up here, like where i live, NYC... my apartment costs me $1100 a month... for that money i would rent whole Texas... LoL...
2006-11-19 00:50:11 · answer #6 · answered by ILuvMe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋