I have been there, sort of, but never had time to leave the airport. So, I have never really been there, if you know what I mean.
It is also the furthest populated place from any continent on Earth. Everything shipped in from the Lower 48 has to go one third of the way to Japan. And it does not have enough population to have a network of warehouses, and direct shipping from other countries. Worse yet, its production is sucked up by East Asia. It produces a lot of beef per capita, which is then shipped to Japan, leaving it with a high price of beef.
I know all the arguments for it being expensive, but I have some money set aside, and could probably afford it.
And I am beginning to really hate the cold. Florida seems to be falling apart culturally. Much of the rest of the South is worse. I hate the dry heat of the Southwest, which goes for Israel too. I could get EU citizenship, and move to Cyprus, Italy, Spain, or Portugal, but again dry heat.