To me that's an easy one, we all choose where to live. It's not the role of government to factor in individual cost of living IMO. If you live in NYC, you know what you're in for financially and folks in Alabama shouldn't subsidize your choice.
Seems to me we've already had the "which states actually subsidize which states?" discussion here before.
Hint: High-tax states send far more tax dollars to Washington than residents in low-tax states. And the low-tax states get far more back than they send.
This might help: https://www.theatlantic.com/busines...tates-are-givers-and-which-are-takers/361668/