Has inflation and prices of goods gotten out of hand in the seattle area??

I live in northgate.

For the superbowl weekend I have been visiting my parents

Two blocks away from my parents house there is a baskin robbins and jamba juice.

My parents live in Encino,California.

Today at jamba juice in Encino I bought a large fresh squeezed orange juice made in store for $9.50 out the door.

At jamba juice in Lynnwood,Washington and jamba juice in Bellevue,Washington the same cup of orange juice is $17 plus tax which comes to almost $19.

This doesn't make sense. The California minumum wage for all fast food workers including jamba juice workers is over $21 and hour. Baskin robbins in California also has to pay $21 and hour by law.

In Bellevue and Lynnwood the minumum wage is $16.50 an hour.

At the baskin robbins in encino,California a large milkshake is $12.

At the baskin robbins in woodland hills,California a large milkshake is $9.

Now at the baskin robbins in northgate seattle the same large milkshake is $16.

If i want to pick up a pizza or get pizza delivered near my parents house i can get a good new york style pizza at mulberry street pizza or frankies Italian kitchen for a little over $20 for a large.

Pagluicci and ballard pizza charge over $30 for a large pizza.

Also st safeway on roosevelt way and 75th street is paid $7 for a pint of haagen dazs ice cream on sale.

At vons and gelsons markets near my parents house a sale for haagen dazs ice cream is $3.50 or $4.

Anyone know why seattle prices have become so high??

California has a high minumum wage equally as high as Washington state and seattle.

The area my parents live in within a block the cheapest house price starts at $2.5 million and goes up to over $10 million