What do you mean? Some places in Virginia have a pretty high cost of living, especially the areas within the National Capital Region area. Not as bad as places like NYC or SFO, but still not exactly cheap unless you’re living in the boonies (which can be said of literally any state, excepting very small ones like Hawaii).
With cold hard facts like “some places in Virginia” where cost of living can be reported as “pretty high” I can see why you needed to post this scathing dismissal
Siskiyou County has an average house price of 240k according to this amazing logic, someone would be better off for these types of things in VA than that county.
But don’t worry, I get it, it’s not about facts or using sound logic, which is why you cherry picked all of CA vs Virginia, when the op mentioned only HCOL areas.
What do you mean? Some places in Virginia have a pretty high cost of living, especially the areas within the National Capital Region area. Not as bad as places like NYC or SFO, but still not exactly cheap unless you’re living in the boonies (which can be said of literally any state, excepting very small ones like Hawaii).
For middle incomes in the NCR in DC or MD it’s usually cheaper to get the same thing in VA, on an income tax basis alone.
The facts don’t matter, only the talking point.
With cold hard facts like “some places in Virginia” where cost of living can be reported as “pretty high” I can see why you needed to post this scathing dismissal
Anyway typical home price in VA is $377k while the typical price in California is $761k
Siskiyou County has an average house price of 240k according to this amazing logic, someone would be better off for these types of things in VA than that county.
But don’t worry, I get it, it’s not about facts or using sound logic, which is why you cherry picked all of CA vs Virginia, when the op mentioned only HCOL areas.
Where do you think people live who post about moving to lower COL areas?
HCOL areas, which aren’t limited to CA. In fact, Virginia has two of the top 10 HCOL counties in the country.