One thing to keep in mind when doing these sorts of comparisons as well are the small lifestyle changes that kick in when you live in a really urban place. Befo

One thing to keep in mind when doing these sorts of comparisons as well are the small lifestyle changes that kick in when you live in a really urban place. Before, I usually bought about a weeks worth of groceries - go to the market, load up the trunk. Now, I only buy for dinner or maybe the next couple of meals. The whole infrastructure of CA still seems suburban, more driven by mindset and culture. Comparing the convenience of the day-to-day things would be very interesting, but I'm not entirely sure how one would do this outside of just "cost analysis", which seems pretty shallow.