Good states to setup life

[Jarlaxle]

Some know that my grandmother recently died. I was taking care of her. I now have the ability to move anywhere. I have lived in ny most of my life. I enjoy freedom. I want to have low taxes and politicians that are pro gun. Warm climates are nice but I’m not opposed to cold either. I want to know where would you live and why or why do you enjoy where you currently live? What are some things i should be looking for when looking for a new place to live!

Texas. I'm seriously considering moving there myself. (Got a job offer in Amarillo, in fact.)

Note that TX has no income tax.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Access to highways. I dislike piddling around for an hour to hit an interstate.

Lot size, proximity to neighbors, hospitals, stores, the usual.

Can the locals drive when the weather gets inclement?

How off the grid do you want to be? the further you are from it all, the more you need a generator, gas cans, firewood, etc.

Note that outside the northeast, there are LOTS of roads that are most certainly "highways", but not interstates. (Heck, there are a few in New England.)

 

[double vanos]

Sounds like you may want to check out Alaska.

Northrop Grumman.

Then Sierra Vista Az is your place. Army base plus defense contractor company there.

 

[supton]

Note that outside the northeast, there are LOTS of roads that are most certainly "highways", but not interstates. (Heck, there are a few in New England.)

Haven't spent much time outside of NH/ME, so I'll take your word for it.

My case, it'd be hard to leave, wife and I like our quiet town, and she loves snow&ice (that makes one of us, lol). 10 more years maybe I could convince her to relocate, but I have my doubts.

 

[Jarlaxle]

With regard to FL taxes, we have no state income tax, no tax on investments and no personal property tax (think cars) and a 6% state sales tax.

However, we have local sales tax in many locations. Palm Beach County adds 1%. We also have a law that sets a home's taxable value on the sales price.

I pay $6K in property tax, as the assessed value and tax rate is limited by law. The next owner will pay 3x what I pay. Any way you slice it, $18K in property tax for a 3/2 on 2 acres AIN'T low.

Many new residents are shocked at just how much they have to pay in property tax.

It's nothing remarkable by NY standards. Heck, there are people on Long Island paying 10+% of the house's value in taxes EVERY YEAR.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Haven't spent much time outside of NH/ME, so I'll take your word for it.

My case, it'd be hard to leave, wife and I like our quiet town, and she loves snow&ice (that makes one of us, lol). 10 more years maybe I could convince her to relocate, but I have my doubts.

One of the big highways in southern NH isn't an interstate. (Everett Turnpike.) US30 is a highway (not interstate-standard, with occasional side streets and U-turn crossovers, but 60+MPH) from at least central Ohio to at least Chicago. Many state or US routes outside the northeast are 55-70mph highways.

 

[Jarlaxle]

In NH i’ve had brand new cars get inspected. I’m sure it involved running the lift up and then right back down, but it had to be done.

But the way some drive, 12 months later it could be be in need of parts already.

I have no love for it but… i’m reminded of how locks keep honest people honest. i’d probably skimp on too many things if the yearly inspection did not loom over me.

I remember a shop demanding $100 to inspect my truck. He didn't need the keys, just the money! It's a blatant cash grab.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Yea-kind of sends up a red flag......

Does ANYONE on this site actually READ what they reply to?

He was CARING FOR HIS DYING GRANDMOTHER!

 

[LDB]

Or you could choose Clarksburg, WV to have the best lasagna in the history of cooking indoors whenever you want at Minard's Spaghetti Inn. Or choose Louisville to have Mike Linnig's whenever you want and Mark's Feed Store BBQ when you aren't enjoying Mike's. Definitely worse reasons to pick a place than delicious food.

 

[ammolab]

Everywhere is pro-gun nowadays, even CA, despite what the myths are in folklore.

Pro gun, “even California“…is this a joke, or satire, or what? How pro gun ownership is California? They don’t rank any where in the top ten in my book.
lots of guns banned
magazines banned
permits to buy - own
guns registered
permit to buy ammo

If CA is gun friendly?…where are the unfriendy states hiding?

 

[Dave Hess]

Tons of jobs here.

https://www.usajobs.gov/

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[brianl703]

Tons of jobs here.

https://www.usajobs.gov/

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Make sure that any Federal job pays at least $150K a year if it's in the DC area and you'd rather not live in a slum or have 2 hour commute (one way).

 

[thunderfog]

Or you could choose Clarksburg, WV to have the best lasagna in the history of cooking indoors whenever you want at Minard's Spaghetti Inn. Or choose Louisville to have Mike Linnig's whenever you want and Mark's Feed Store BBQ when you aren't enjoying Mike's. Definitely worse reasons to pick a place than delicious food.

I'm partial to Oliverios in Clarksburg/Bridgeport!

 

[Donald]

Everywhere is pro-gun nowadays, even CA, despite what the myths are in folklore. If you want pro-whack-someone-and-get-away you may choose Florida or Texas. But why would you even consider that as a criterion.

Low taxes are a different matter but you need to remember that with low taxes come low services that you end up paying one way or another.

There is no free lunch.

Delaware has low taxes and same services that I got in NY. In DE they don't fix the potholes because there aren't any. Much better roads. I think in Delaware there are many corporations that incorporate there and pay taxes. NY has a huge bill for social services. DE does not seem to have a supersize demand for social services.

 

[joegreen]

Wait, you've been unemployed for a year? And you're an "engineer"???

Never said I was unemployed just said I was looking for engineering work after graduating.

 

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

Never said I was unemployed just said I was looking for engineering work after graduating.

My apologies and my condolences about your grandmother.

You did say somewhere in the thread that you haven't had a job or found a job since you graduated "last year".


Sounds like you're fresh out of college. Did you intern or work during the summers?

You can pretty much get a job at any plant or engineering firm in the US right now. You might not like the pay, but give it a year and give them a year and see where it shakes out. At the firm I just left, we were paying no-experience graduates $55k, in the metro Atlanta area. They were getting $5-10k increases after 90-180 days of showing they are not going to be worthless.

After 1-2 years and passing the FE/EIT, they were making $75-80k.

More than likely you're going to have to be near a large city. To meet your other quals, that's going to have to be in GA, TX or FL, north AL (Huntsville area), possibly Knoxville TN.

 

[GON]

Delaware has low taxes and same services that I got in NY. In DE they don't fix the potholes because there aren't any. Much better roads. I think in Delaware there are many corporations that incorporate there and pay taxes. NY has a huge bill for social services. DE does not seem to have a supersize demand for social services.

Delaware has a like structure as Alaska. The elected officials in these two states mission is to get the other 48 states to pay their bills. There is nothing an elected official won't vote for from DE or AK if there is something big in it for their state.

 

[joegreen]

Yea-kind of sends up a

My apologies and my condolences about your grandmother.

You did say somewhere in the thread that you haven't had a job or found a job since you graduated "last year".


Sounds like you're fresh out of college. Did you intern or work during the summers?

You can pretty much get a job at any plant or engineering firm in the US right now. You might not like the pay, but give it a year and give them a year and see where it shakes out. At the firm I just left, we were paying no-experience graduates $55k, in the metro Atlanta area. They were getting $5-10k increases after 90-180 days of showing they are not going to be worthless.

After 1-2 years and passing the FE/EIT, they were making $75-80k.

More than likely you're going to have to be near a large city. To meet your other quals, that's going to have to be in GA, TX or FL, north AL (Huntsville area), possibly Knoxville TN.

Thanks for the info. Yes I am a college freshy

 

[pbm]

Delaware has a like structure as Alaska. The elected officials in these two states mission is to get the other 48 states to pay their bills. There is nothing an elected official won't vote for from DE or AK if there is something big in it for their state.

I really hope they put some of those offshore wind turbines that are planned for the ocean off NJ beaches off the Delaware beaches (Rehoboth, Dewey, Bethany etc...). They really should share in this 'progress' since their homeboy is so gun-ho on it. I won't hold my breath waiting for it to happen....he wouldn't do that to his home state.

PS: As far as 2nd Amendment rights go....I can get a CC permit where I live in NY (although it would take over a year with all the red tape) but I can't carry it when I go into NYC which is where I would really need it. Sadly, law abiding citizens are treated worse than criminals by NY politicians.

 

[chrlsful]

Boulder might B right for me (some of those things U mention), not sure abt U.
Sayings I've heard:
No geographic cures. Everywhere U go there U take urself...
Become part of the community, deeply, & it matters not which community
Some places have opportunity others do not,
Climate, both weather and financial matter
Go to a place that's small if U want to grow a business as it grows so will your business (I've experienced this is several town over multiple decades). Enuff.
I like the places west of the Mississippi, I like the ppl right... (near)... here... somewhere (WessssMasss). There's some
books that lay out the facts for these types of Qs