On Jun 5, 9:22 pm, Tim May > wrote:
> In article . com>, Owen
>
> Gilmore > wrote:
> > > Here in (Cerritos,CA) Its also a Big'n'Tasty but its like $2:49, You
> > > have it lucky =)
>
> > Everything is more expensive in CA. In Chicagoland the Subway special
> > is $2.49. In CA it's $2.99.
>
> Not everything is more expensive. For instance, I cited the 99 cents
> Value Menu prices at one or more of my local FF prices and Jerry said I
> was lying, as they were $1.19 or $1.29 in his area.
>
> For another example, "Two Buck Chuck" is indeed $1.99 at Calfiornia
> TJ's, but more expensive elsewhere.
>
> For yet another example, my area is the so-called Pajaro Valley, part
> of the larger Salinas Valley. Many vegetables and fruits are available
> here more inexpensively than in other parts of the country.
>
> Likewise, nearby fishing towns--Santa Cruz, Moss Landing,
> Monterey--often have fresh fish for less than what it costs inland or
> far away.
>
> Even some beef is not more expensive here than in other places. Besides
> the ultra-trendy Niman Ranch beef from the North Bay, one of the
> largest feedlots in the country is essentially due east of me, the
> Harris Ranch feedlot off of I-5 near Coalinga.
>
> So, no, we don't pay a lot more here for everything.
>
> So much for everything being more expensive in California....
>
> --Tim May

"Everything" is overgeneralizing, of course. But the higher real
estate and labor costs seep into many, many products.

After I wrote that, I saw the gas prices here -- $3.75 for regular.
(it's $3.39 at the ARco in san Mateo, less across the bridge). Then,
I saw the prices for produce. The quality of California's is far
superior, and cheaper for the most part.
I am not sure when (or why) gas prices here surpassed those in CA, but
it must have been since last summer when I was here last.

OG