Where to buy a house in the US?
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The problem is most Californians will turn where ever they move to in to another California by voting for the same type politicians and government programs and raising taxes. Sad to say but I have witnessed it for the past 40 years .
It's tough moving kids at those ages. A holding pattern is a great pattern sometimes, you know what you have. Good luck to you!!
I’m sorry, I probably should have specified. Portland Oregon not Maine.
Don't come to Florida, it's full.
Boise is Idaho's Portland Oregon. Portland Oregon was a nice city until the Californians swarmed there and turned it into another California like city.Wrong Portland.
Portland Oregon is a dread zone. I would not recommend going there to anyone. Neighborhood Scout rates cities on crime with a scale of 1 to 100. 100 is the safest.
Portland Oregon rating is 1.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/or/portland/crime
My parents retired to Fort Myers (note spelling) inland a bit in 1983 at a upscale Country Club within a short drive to the big RSW airport. Was good for about 15 years, then then area got way over built. Flat, hot, commercial and bunched up. Being under scorching sun then in AC all the time. When ever I visited it took me about 5 days to acclimate.
On the plus side there is No State Income tax. But instead a heady sales tax - including sutomobiles - of 6%. There are lots of shops and good restaurants. I don't like Naples.
You already know New Hampshire has no state income or sales tax - ZERO %. - just a diners/meals tax and a somewhat elevated property tax depending on town. They are even currently phasing out the dividend tax.
I will say Winters up here in NH are becoming less tolerable as I quickly approach 70 years of age.
But tax is a reality in retirement. You can easily pay the Feds 3.5 to 5 grand $$$ yearly if you supplement your modest SS income with 401K withdrawals to live comfortably.
If you find someplace nice, let us know!
Packed and growing very fast. It is heading down the same path Nassau and Western Suffolk counties on L.I. did decades ago. The same writing is on the wall, only at a much higher acceleration rate.
Once word gets out that we are crazy gun toting rebels the bad guys look somewhere else
Sales tax only 6%?
Boise is a nice place. It has been growing fast. I hope it stays the same.
If you think Portland is bad Tacoma is even worse. One that same scale of 1 to 100 Tacoma’s rating is 0. I can confirm that as I live there.
Idaho and Utah are very popular right now out west.
☝ This is exactly what I watched them do to my home (Washington State), word for word. Now they're scratching their heads on why it magically turned into
, all they need to do to solve that mystery is look above their bathroom sink.
No kidding! but very few tornadoes and hurricanes. Which is worse?
Seems like no perfect place exists. I don’t hate it where I am, so… likely to stay (plus the wife likes winter). My only concern is work now, if I change jobs I’d likely wind up having to work in MA—I wound up moving to where I wanted to retire to, not where I should be during my working years (but WFH was heavenly!).
something that came to mind is that whatever the rhetoric of the hour is one thing on the national stage, but make sure the basic institutions where you go are solid with reasonably grounded people.
If there’s a freak disaster, praying (while nice) or political stunts shouldn’t supplant action, you don’t want to see your power go out because someone decided they didn’t like X event in town or to protest whatever boogeyman, some accountability for officials (competition!), etc.
Taxes also vary as you know, just moving to TX slashed my income tax which is great for me, but highway tolls and property tax (the latter doesn’t apply to me though) are steeper so the state gets its dues somehow.
I’d lean towards someplace farther outside the outskirts of a city, so you have the option of those amenities for your mother too, as the city grows (assuming it does), your property value likely will appreciate, giving you more options and flexibility when you decide the city has gotten close enough in __ years - or at least that’s how I perceive Loudoun County in VA. East part closer to DC has really gone up in recent years (shopping centers! Homes! Datacenters!), but the western part is more like the rest of VA I’d say. A nice split with things still accessible.
If there’s a freak disaster, praying (while nice) or political stunts shouldn’t supplant action, you don’t want to see your power go out because someone decided they didn’t like X event in town or to protest whatever boogeyman, some accountability for officials (competition!), etc.
Taxes also vary as you know, just moving to TX slashed my income tax which is great for me, but highway tolls and property tax (the latter doesn’t apply to me though) are steeper so the state gets its dues somehow.
I’d lean towards someplace farther outside the outskirts of a city, so you have the option of those amenities for your mother too, as the city grows (assuming it does), your property value likely will appreciate, giving you more options and flexibility when you decide the city has gotten close enough in __ years - or at least that’s how I perceive Loudoun County in VA. East part closer to DC has really gone up in recent years (shopping centers! Homes! Datacenters!), but the western part is more like the rest of VA I’d say. A nice split with things still accessible.
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It's hard to compare taxes without a list of every tax that is paid, from property, to sales, to school, to vehicle because all states run on the residents money. It's ju9st who spends the least and we never know that, unless every tax is documented and posted.
I dont see Florida as a low tax state but people do because there is no income tax.
Many of those articles about low-tax states tout Virginia's "low" property tax rates (they aren't really that low in any part of the state with employment more substantial than "Wal-Mart Greeter") but somehow overlook the personal property tax (aka the "car tax") which is pretty high.
You didn't mention your age and your mom's age, what kind of income you and your mom have, and how you want your future to be.
If mom is 80 years old and living off social security I'd move close to family with her, but if she's 50 and you are 25 then I would recommend you move to somewhere that have job / affordability for both of you.
You will find nice and horrible people regardless of where you move to, politics is just one aspect of it, I'd pick a place where I would not be at the bottom of social ladder as my destination so I can live well for my career / affordability.
If mom is 80 years old and living off social security I'd move close to family with her, but if she's 50 and you are 25 then I would recommend you move to somewhere that have job / affordability for both of you.
You will find nice and horrible people regardless of where you move to, politics is just one aspect of it, I'd pick a place where I would not be at the bottom of social ladder as my destination so I can live well for my career / affordability.
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