I was shocked to find out that maple syrup was cheaper to buy in southern Nevada than it was in upstate NY (and by upstate I mean an hour's drive away from Montreal - not faux-upstate like Poughkeepsie) . Of course, before I moved it was nearly impossible to find maple syrup that wasn't from Vermont, despite living in an area with distilleries and just south of a place that has the leaf on the flag - Vermont's branding is just that good. In Nevada (or at least my corner of it), most of the maple available comes from not-Vermont, and as a result is actually cheaper.