[gloryblaze]

I think everybody knows that.

[cgbg]

I am involved in some personal finance discussion groups on the web and while folks generally get that high cost areas are more expensive than low cost areas they are often not familiar with the details of the numbers.

I tell young people if you are broke and want to stay broke for the rest of your days stay in high cost areas....the numbers say that higher wages do not even begin to compensate for the cost of living in those areas.