How many monthly kilowatt hours, including hi-fi, do you use?

The whole green thing is bogus and a political power grab.

Go for a long run in Delhi or Beijing and you may think differently.

So all blue states are a lot pricier than any of red states factually.

@czarivey No, not all blue states in terms of math. I’m not gonna post the numbers here because it’s not the place, but there are several rural blue states that are comparable in overall cost to red states. Not every blue state is New York or California, and saying all blue states are a lot pricier than all red states is just flat out wrong. I’ll just give one example but there are more — New Hampshire that voted Democrat in last five presidential elections spanning 20 years has 0% income and sales tax that are lower than most red states.  If you put politics aside and just go look at the numbers this is easy to see.

blue states are always more pricey. I figured I either need to "run for office" or become homeless, because being working taxpayer in blue states is definitely the worst.

@czarivey Not to sideline or make this political, but that’s not completely true.  Less populated “blue” states (think Colorado, New Hampshire, etc.) have income tax rates that are comparable to “red” states.  Higher tax rates are generally more highly correlated to population than to political leanings although there are a few exceptions.  Interestingly, four of the five states with the highest sales tax rates are deep red states — for example, Tennessee’s sales tax at 9.55% is 45% higher than New Jersey at 6.6%.  Anyway, not all blue states are more pricey is the point here.