[gaius]

There are some things that you will nearly always pay the "world price" for, e.g. plane tickets. So tho' in a major metropolitan area food and rent may be proportionally more, those things are proportionally less. It all depends on what kind of thing you're into.

[anamax]

> It all depends on what kind of thing you're into.

Yup. Great museums are cheaper in NYC than ND but owning a horse is much cheaper in ND.

Plane tickets between two specific locations are world price, but you also have to take where you live into account.

For example, going to Singapore from Reno costs more than going from SF or San Jose.