Ha! I spoke to my Mom yesterday. She and her husband are moving to Sarasota, FL. Less taxes, better weather, less $$$$ overall.
Too funny.
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I would definitely expect a cheap cost of living and taxes in SW Virginia
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In PA, taxes are highly dependent on which school district and municipality you live in. My taxes are very reasonable for the property I own, and lower than others quoted on this thread. PA also has a fairly low income tax. Home prices are reasonable. It all depends on where you live in the state. Some places in PA have high taxes, others just the opposite. Overall, I like it here. Tons of parks, trails, public land; best of all, in 6 hours I can be in Maine, ADKs, or southern/central Virginia. There is good to be found wherever you live.
I'm patting myself on the back, after looking at this thread several times I still have not gone on a rant about taxes and gotten myself into trouble.
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A year and a half after hiking the trail my mind keeps going back to it. I started thinking about moving closer to it and posted this question.
From the responses, I see that I have it good here in PA. The school tax is the bigger concern and my county tax is lower with a homestead and senior exclusions. I'll look to down size to the middle of PA and look for other less expensive communities. But then again GA has a longer growing season for my garden and has a lower living cost.
I didn't want to start any trouble here.
For what it's worth, one of my best friends spent a good amount of time looking into what state would be best for his intention to homestead. He looked at a lot of things including taxes, growing season, cost of living, hunting and gun laws, and local zoning laws as well as the general attitude of the locals. In the end he decided on Georgia, he moved there four years ago and he hasn't regreted the decision for a moment.
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Check out Central VA.. ROANOKE VA !! Yeehaw!! We got it ALL! ;0)
Unfortunately, the overall tax burden is a combo of property taxes, income tax, retirement benefits, etc
Here's one list for example (slide show free...I hate slide show for online content! )
http://deslide.clusterfake.net/?o=ht...tes-Taxes-2014
No surprise, six of the top ten are in the north (sorry..Maryland is not a southern state. ).
Surprisingly, NC is on the list... Maybe the retirement benefits are better/lower cost of living.
Goes to show that different metrics slice the stats differently. Do the research and see what works for you.
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Hale location in NH has a tax rate of only 4.55/1,000 no income tax except dividends and no sales tax. It's about 30 minutes to MT Washington (Pinkham Notch) and ergo the AT, skiing and ice climbing in your back yard!
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One form of information that is important is the poverty level of a state/county/community. A higher poverty level usually means a lot more social problems in that given area.
And a lower tax rate might indicate a lower level of services in that given area, so of course, there are a lot of variables.
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Try this out Alleghany:http://taxes.about.com/od/statetaxes...rst-states.htm
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