If you have lived in more than one state, please read and answer?

Question

What is cheaper or more expensive in the states you have lived in.

I lived in NY most of my life. Cigs, cereal, gas more expensive

In Florida - Milk more expensive, fruit and veggies more expensive, cigs really cheap, cereal really cheap, bread more expensive , meat more expensive, ice cream cheaper.

How about where you have lived?

Answer 1

I've lived NY, NJ and CO - all expensive althought CO was the lesser of the three. I also lived in MS for 3 years, loved it, cheap, near the beach, great food and friendly people. I lived in TX for 8 years and that was great also, no state tax, you get a lot of house for your money especially around Dallas and the suburbs, sales tax is high though. Currently live in KY and it's kind of middle ground, not really expensive, ciggies are very cheap, house values are ok although not as cheap as TX. In summary, NY was the most expensive, TX was the cheapest and you got more value for money.

Answer 2

All of our coastal areas have a higher cost of living. All of our major cities have a higher cost of living. The major cities near a coastline have the highest cost of living.
Basically, the further you are from lots of people, the lower the cost of living, and the more difficult it is to find work. (And the work you find will pay less.)
Some states, such as New Hampshire and Alaske have no state income tax. This will lower the cost of living some.
There are shipping costs involved too. The average price per gallon of gasoline is over $7.00 in Alaska. All gasoline has to be flown or shipped in. They have a lot of oil, but no refineries. Gasoline is higher than average in Hawaii too for the same reason. I don't know for sure, but I'd bet that Washington and Alaska are the two most expensive states to buy tobacco products. (Made in the south east)
Hope this comes close to what you wanted to know.

Answer 3

I have lived on the east and the west coasts - both are expensive! Housing is SO high. Have also lived in Chicago, Albuquerque and Kansas City. I found that any major city's 'costs' are directly influenced by the incomes in that major city. Currently I live in a medium size town - am retired so this works for me - prices are as reasonable as can be expected when you factor in increased gas prices, the increased price of corn for ethanol, (which in turn will affect the price of corn based food products)! I don't believe we are going to enjoy lower prices in the near future.

Answer 4

I was born in chicago and it is way more expensive then where i live now which is in western ky. but in chicago u get paid much more than here. the milk, and food is super expensive in chicago then here. like yesterday i bought a seedless watermelon for 2.99 an in chicago it costs about 5.00 to get one. and their gas is much more there than here. so i appreciate where i live...

Answer 5

New Jersey
In Nevada now and eggs, cigs, beer all cheaper.