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Sure, but you generally don't buy a new iPhone or Honda Civic every month, while your mortgage/rent is due every month again. Furthermore, it is not only housi
by apexalpha 6y ago
Sure, but you generally don't buy a new iPhone or Honda Civic every month, while your mortgage/rent is due every month again.
Furthermore, it is not only housing cost that is lower outside major cities. Your hairdresser also has higher rent in a major city, as do her suppliers. There's more traffic so goods take longer to deliver. This is besides the fact that other states/places can and often do have lower taxes on goods than major cities. So your iPhone might actually be cheaper as well.
Everything is more expensive in a major city because everyone has more expenses and passes those on.
- Der_Einzige 6y agoPeople finance their cars, and increasingly even their phones these days. You DO make monthly payments on your car (and sometimes your phone)
- lsiebert 6y agoSales taxes generally go up in states with low income taxes fwiw.
- Zach_the_Lizard 6y agoA lot of the high tax states have high taxes in multiple categories. Moving to a high sales tax, low income tax state might actually "reduce* your sales tax. NYC, where I live, has an 8.875% combined sales tax. And a high income tax. Texas, meanwhile, has a maximum combined rate of 8.25% and no income taxes. High property taxes. Moving to Texas would cut the sales tax I pay.