Every interaction with a business that has a presence in your HCOL area caries a price premium because those businesses are getting fleeced by their landlords who are getting fleeced by their plumbers who are getting fleeced by their landlords...
The HCOL area isn't the obvious net win it should be on paper. I live in a "blighted shithole" so to speak. I paid $10 for a buffet dinner and $0 for parking. All those nickles and dimes really add up fast.
The HCOL area isn't the obvious net win it should be on paper. I live in a "blighted shithole" so to speak. I paid $10 for a buffet dinner and $0 for parking. All those nickles and dimes really add up fast.