Taxes?
BTW, we have friends in the midwest who spend more on weather related issues/problems + taxes, then we pay in taxes here in CA.
The sky high cost of heating, cooling, heating oil, damage from weather, damage to health from cold, the older ya get the worse it becomes....Special tires for ice/snow, rot and corrosion to their home, cars etc, from weather, etc. They paid more from just one hail storm, then we paid in a year of taxes. And they still pay taxes on top of all this.
Guess it depends where you live how high taxes are.