Quote Originally Posted by ndavies View Post
There is definitely a big difference in costs between states. According to this site, there is at least %25 difference between what a $100 would buy in Michigan compared to California.
What, outside of housing, is significantly more expensive in CA? Nothing major.

Those COL websites are silly because they only take housing costs into account, and not housing returns. It's like saying a person feeding their 401k is poorer than someone who doesn't.