[quote=EconProf]U haul truck prices are based on supply and demand.
It costs 983 to take a truck from San Antonio to San Francisco, and 1693 to go the other direction.[/quote]Thanks much! We love data here. This price difference may be due to either of these two (or a combination of them):
1. More people are moving from southern TX to the Bay Area than the other way around. 2. There’s more demand for trucks for intra-regional moves in southern TX than for the Bay Area. (Hence, U-Haul charges you a premium if you want to remove its trucks from there.)
#1 would argue that the Bay Area economy is growing faster than the one in southern TX. #2 would argue the exact opposite.
