Replying to Shipping

So I'm down in VA, checking out the liberty dry slope.

I had a sale and boom shipped out some goods, good for me right?

Did usps shipping rates increase?

It cost me $12 to ship a hoodie from VA to Oregon.

As always I put it in a box, not a flat rate because it always cheaper when I'm in NY, usually around 6.50. In fact it was a box a fellow NS'er used to ship to me and it was 6.50 priority mail. I've shipped to NZ from NY for less then 10.

The package weighed 2.16lbs.

How the fuck did it cost me $12 to ship a hoodie us partial post aka slow ass balls when a NS'er shipped a bigger hoodie to me for 6.50 ? Is it Virginia?