You can set up firewall rules to redirect the traffic destined for public DNS servers to your internal DNS server.

Not sure how to construct that rule in the unifi firewall but it comes down to “any outbound traffic on port 53 that’s not destined for the adguard server, redirect it.”

Sounds like a cost of living adjustment to me.

I’d also like to know where these surveys are being run, as the COL varies wildly between states.

Lemmynsfw.com has plenty

I really hope you have that backed up