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Between Illinois and Indiana, it historically has been common for people from IL to go to IN for cheaper cigarettes, alcohol, fireworks(not legal in IL), and to get other things due to lower taxes. For IN people going into IL, I'd say legal pot would attract people from IN into IL, that's for sure! That said I remember reading the pot taxes are supposedly above average in Illinois, and supposedly a little less in Michigan(which also has fully legalized pot).
I used to drive across the river to Vancouver WA so I could pump my own gas (still illegal in Oregon) - and it was cheaper there too.
Or going the opposite way (to Portland) to buy big ticket items like laptops and LV bags without paying sales tax.
The first time I drove to Oregon, I searched forever at a gas station for a self service pump before the attendant came and asked if I'd like to get gas. I said I prefer to pump it myself and he (probably seeing my California plates) explained it like "son, it's illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon."
Or going the opposite way (to Portland) to buy big ticket items like laptops and LV bags without paying sales tax.
The first time I drove to Oregon, I searched forever at a gas station for a self service pump before the attendant came and asked if I'd like to get gas. I said I prefer to pump it myself and he (probably seeing my California plates) explained it like "son, it's illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon."
I always felt the ban on pumping your own gas in Oregon had little to do with safety. I feel it's an arrogance that is prevalent in Oregon. People can think what they want but that's my view from having lived in Oregon. It is a beautiful state but it's hard to deny. There is some self righteous controlling arrogance in how that state operates.
I crossed the state line most days for most of my working life. Lived in NJ, worked in Manhattan. The exception was three years working out of one of our NJ offices.
My older sisters used to cross the state line from NJ into Rockland County, NY (about ten miles) to drink when they were young. Jersey's age was 21, New York's, 18. By the time I hit 18, NJ had changed to 18. Now everybody's back to 21.
The county I grew up in, Bergen had and still has blue laws--malls and other stores are closed on Sunday. Has much less to do these days with religion than it does with traffic: The many malls in the county become infested on Saturday with shoppers from adjacent NYC because of the lower sales tax. The residents want a day free from bumper-to-bumper traffic.
So, when I was younger and wanted to shop on Sunday, I crossed the state line into suburban Rockland County and went to the malls there. The way the geography is--NYC to the east of northern NJ with Rockland County sitting on top of NJ on "our" side of the river--we were closer to both the city and the Rockland, NY suburbs than they are to each other.
I will say, though, that the isolation of the western Olympic Peninsula can be pretty cool. Rialto Beach, with the omnipresent fog and massive driftwood logs, truly feels like the end of the earth.
It’s funny you say that - I feel the same way. Being out there always reminds me of the Lord Huron song “to the ends of the earth.”
We always seem to do an annual trip to Portland for larger purchases. We make a weekend out of it. Get to hang out in Portland and get what we need without dealing with the Washington sales tax. The trip doesn’t always pay for itself but we love visiting Portland anyway for the food.
I grew up in Massachusetts and we would regularly cross the New Hampshire border to get tax free hard items, fireworks, cheaper gas and cheaper alcohol.
Someone in New Hampshire might cross the border to come to Mass to buy legal marijuana, go to better hospitals or see a big name sporting event.
Do you go out of your way to cross state lines to get something you can't get in your home state or something that is more readily available/cheaper in the next state?
Well, I'm in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Oklahoma border for much of DFW is 70 miles away. The ONLY thing you'll see Texans travel there to do/get is time in the two huge casinos just north of the Red River. It aggravates me to no end that Texas which has legalized dog and horse racing and lottery drawings won't allow for developments like this, with one Federal exception - Kickapoo Nations in Eagle Pass. But its TWO hours southwest of San Antonio. I'm deviating from the topic some but its ridiculous to see all of those Texas cars funding Oklahoma jobs and related projects.
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