Lowest taxes

[ALLEGHENY]

Which of the fourteen states along the AT corridor has the lowest property tax? I live in PA and would like to move someplace to retire and hike my senior years.

[Jeff]

For sure NOT Vermont.

[ALLEGHENY]

For sure NOT Vermont.

That's two scratched off. Twelve to go.

[bamboo bob]

For sure NOT Vermont.

You got that right.

[schultz104]

try GA.
thanks
eric

[Lone Wolf]

Which of the fourteen states along the AT corridor has the lowest property tax? I live in PA and would like to move someplace to retire and hike my senior years.

west virginia
http://taxes.about.com/od/statetaxes...rst-states.htm

[mak1277]

west virginia
http://taxes.about.com/od/statetaxes...rst-states.htm

If I liked to hike (and I do), and I looked at this list, I wouldn't be able to see anything besides "Wyoming" as the logical answer.

[moose717]

Definitely NOT NJ!

[ALLEGHENY]

Thanks LW.

[Mags]

Don't know if it is the lowest property tax overall, but my Dad went from the highly taxed state of Rhode Island to the consistently rated high North Carolina. Virginia was rated high. In that Forbes article I linked, other AT northeast states are also rated terrible for retirement (New York, Maine, Mass, Maryland, PA).

Basically, north of the Mason-Dixon line seems terrible for retirement. South? Not so much. (Many northeast transplants in North Carolina now it seems!)

[WingedMonkey]

South? Not so much. (Many northeast transplants in North Carolina now it seems!)

We call them Half-backs. They move to Florida, can't deal with all the other northerners that moved to Florida, so they move half way back north. To North Carolina.

[youngr]

I could suggest South Carolina. It is not ALONG the trail but within decent distance of the AT as well as many others.

[gypsy97]

And then they move into gated communities in NC so they don't have to be near the local riff-raff.

[darkbyrd]

We call them Half-backs. They move to Florida, can't deal with all the other northerners that moved to Florida, so they move half way back north. To North Carolina.

Yeah, we're getting ate up with the halfbacks

[Patrickjd9]

We call them Half-backs. They move to Florida, can't deal with all the other northerners that moved to Florida, so they move half way back north. To North Carolina.

Many of us also couldn't tolerate the hot climate. I'd get through a winter in interior Alaska better than I would a Florida or Texas summer.

[FarmerChef]

Don't know if it is the lowest property tax overall, but my Dad went from the highly taxed state of Rhode Island to the consistently rated high North Carolina. Virginia was rated high. In that Forbes article I linked, other AT northeast states are also rated terrible for retirement (New York, Maine, Mass, Maryland, PA).

Basically, north of the Mason-Dixon line seems terrible for retirement. South? Not so much. (Many northeast transplants in North Carolina now it seems!)

Can't comment on Virginia property taxes as compared to elsewhere but in the Forbes article Mags quotes we ranked 5th BEST state to retire in

[colorado_rob]

Well, sorry for the drift and not answering your specific question, but forget the east coast and come on out to God's Country, Colorado, where taxes are very low. My 2500 sq. ft. house has $2100/year property taxes. 3.5% state sales tax (some counties and city's have more; I pay 4.5% in my Denver suburb). 4.6% income tax. I'm sure there are even cheaper states out west, but I'm happy as a lark for my retirement income tax burden.

[Old Grouse]

Forget Connecticut, too. Take a look at New Hampshire & try to find a town there with few or no services, hence less need to tax.

[TEXMAN]

I had a cottage in Maine that I sold last year >>> it sold for $130,000 an my property taxes were $900 a year ..that's pretty low ...
also I just read in one of the financial mags that Bangor was listed as one of the best places to live on a retirement budget (but it is a long winter)

[bamboo bob]

Forget Connecticut, too. Take a look at New Hampshire & try to find a town there with few or no services, hence less need to tax.

NH property taxi is higher than VT becaus ethey have no income tax and no sales tax. They have a view tax!