Sometimes we leave town, and it costs a lot of money. Other times we leave town, and it costs less money. But it almost always costs money. Here are the places I have gone and am going, and what it cost or will cost me to get there (what I spend  when there is a different matter. I only go visit friends or family, really, so it ranges from zero dolllars to all of the dollars at my disposal, usually).

When I lived in Los Angeles, Calif. I went or would go:
• To San Francisco, Calif. (Fly, $150 to $200)
• To Norfolk, Va. (Fly, $300 to $500 or free, if my parents missed me)

When I lived in San Diego, Calif. I went or would go:
• To Los Angeles, Calif. (Drive, $50 roundtrip, or train, $80 roundtrip, terrible idea don’t do this)
• To Norfolk, Va. (Fly, $300 to $500 roundtrip, or free, if my parents missed me)

When I lived in Portland, Ore. I went or would go:
• To Los Angeles, Calif. (Fly, $250 to $300 roundtrip)
• To San Francisco, Calif. (Fly, $200 to $250 roundtrip, or free one time when my cousin missed me)
• To Norfolk, Va. (Fly, $300 to $500 roundtrip, or free, if my parents missed me)
• To New York, N.Y. (Fly, $200 to $500, roundtrip)
• To Seattle, Wash. (Drive, $60 roundtrip, usually split two or three ways)
• To San Juan Islands, Wash. (Drive, $90 roundtrip, split two ways)
• To the Oregon Coast, Ore. (Drive, $20 roundtrip, split two or three or four ways) 

When I lived in Norfolk, Va. I went or would go:
• To Washington, D.C. (Drive, $50 roundtrip, split two ways, or free if my parents were driving or train, $80 roundtrip)
• To Richmond, Va. (Drive, $30 roundtrip)
• To Charlottesville, Va. (Drive, $45 roundtrip)
• To New York, N.Y. (Drive, $150 for gas and tolls roundtrip, or train, $180 roundtrip)
• To Germany and then London  (Fly, $950 roundtrip plus $300 intra-country travel)

Now I live in New York, N.Y. I am going or have gone:
• To Norfolk, Va. (Fly, $150 to $200, or free if my parents miss me)
• To Washington, D.C. (Bus, $40 to $50 roundtrip)
• To Beacon, N.Y. (Train, $30 to $40 roundtrip)
• To New Haven, Conn. (Train, $30 to $40 roundtrip)
• To Burlington, Vt. (Bus, $25 to $40 roundtrip)
• To New Paltz, N.Y. (Bus, $41 roundtrip)