Minimum wage - Keep it local not Federal

The current debate on the minimum wage is pointless on both sides.  This is a case where local completely dominates federal.  In New York City a minimum wage of $15 should be declared where in upstate NY a $12.50 could be declared.  Alabama could probably take a $3 decrease in the minimum wage to equalize it with the higher cost areas in the Northeast. Barack Obama can have all the press conferences he wants about the inequality of income, but a national one wage fits all solution is not.