So you save $500 on vehicle registration only to spend extra $3000 for hurricane insurance.
We can keep comparing those costs forever, but fact is that most of people stay where the job is and wages usually follow cost of living.
But the fact is that annual cost of living spreads thin over the time.
It is daily expenses that hit you most. Now visiting California from Las Vegas I am scared with vegetable pricing. I can have 2 bags of fruits and vegetables in Vegas for $6, when in California single bag cost me over $20.
Funny Nevada doesn't have farms, so guess where all the veggies are coming from? Same with gasoline as well.