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They need to break the states up too. Southern California $100 is a lot different than a Northern California $100. $100 living along the coast is a lot different than $100 living inland.

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SoCal and NorCal aren't as different as you'd think - having lived in both places and as one who spends a lot of time between them, I doubt there'd be much noticeable at all.

Now Central Valley life can be a lot cheaper than coastal life - no doubt about that. I have a vacation home in he Central Valley and everything we do here and for the home is cheaper. Painting, repair work, labor, gas, auto and boat repairs, everything.

I have lived in both and along the coast and there is a difference between North and South.

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