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For me it would be Upstate New York, specifically the Watertown area. It looks like a nice, affordable little city between Lake Ontario with a coast that makes me think of Maine and the Adirondacks. Unfortunately the state of New York has extremely high taxes, horrible gun laws, and vaccine passports.
For me it would be Upstate New York, specifically the Watertown area. It looks like a nice, affordable little city between Lake Ontario with a coast that makes me think of Maine and the Adirondacks. Unfortunately the state of New York has extremely high taxes, horrible gun laws, and vaccine passports.
I love New York and the taxes, gun laws and vaccine laws are exactly what I believe in. So New York is a great fit for me. More freedom to not worry as much about being shot by certain weapons and more freedom to go into public places with less worry about getting COVID. I just don't like the climate.
Most of coastal California. Beautiful state but I can’t justify paying 9+ percent in income taxes when I don’t have to pay them at all here.
California has low property taxes. Significantly lower than the national average, with a typical rate of around 0.7% of the home value. US average is around 1.1%.
California also exempts all software and digital goods and services from sales tax.
California has low property taxes. Significantly lower than the national average, with a typical rate of around 0.7% of the home value. US average is around 1.1%.
California also exempts all software and digital goods and services from sales tax.
Yep, you’re 100% right. I’d save money in property taxes if I lived in CA as opposed to FL and I’m paying a lot on property taxes! Still though, the income tax rate would more than offset that for me personally. If it were 5% I’d accept that, but 9.3% is too hard to stomach.
Yep, you’re 100% right. I’d save money in property taxes if I lived in CA as opposed to FL and I’m paying a lot on property taxes! Still though, the income tax rate would more than offset that for me personally. If it were 5% I’d accept that, but 9.3% is too hard to stomach.
But you do realize that the tax rates are graduated, right? The 9.3% is only on income over like $63K. So your effective rate is probably going to be more like 7.5%. Either way, it's too trivial to worry about IMO.
I’d rather live in a state with low property taxes. Especially not in a place heavily gentrifying like Austin (in a state notorious for high property taxes) which is pricing people out even though they own their property with no mortgage. A home for most people is the highest value thing they own, and in a high property tax state you can be paying upwards of several thousands a year for it. A much harder tax to swallow in comparison to the income tax IF that income tax isn’t being supplemented by other high taxes. California makes up their income tax by less taxation on sales and property, a very progressive tax structure especially in comparison to no income tax states. However I prefer a balance across all taxes unlike Oregon (no sales tax) or Washington (no income tax) as examples.
I’d live in New Orleans, if it weren’t for the regressiveness and poorly ran Louisiana and the climate was more tolerable than what it is in. A beautiful mostly friendly city with a walkable grid, historic southern architecture, lots of unique culture and history, and lively with lots of things to do rather than being a sleepy one which is most American cities. Unfortunately you can really only find cities like that in Europe than in the US.
But you do realize that the tax rates are graduated, right? The 9.3% is only on income over like $63K. So your effective rate is probably going to be more like 7.5%. Either way, it's too trivial to worry about IMO.
I do realize that, thanks though. Every time I go there I want to justify it, but at the end of the day it’s just too much. Maybe that will change at some point.
San Diego. The city is enjoyable, the topography is gorgeous, and the weather is just about perfect, not too hot and not too cold.
But it's in California.
If San Diego and Imperial counties ever secede and attach themselves to Arizona, I think I'll have found my new home.
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