Its worth noting in the Eastern metro areas it is completely possible to live without a car or even a driver's license. In Manhattan it can cost at least $500/month to garage your car if and car insurance is also very high, leaving many no to have cars, and those that do to park them at friend's or family who live in Upstate NY or NJ. In the D.C. area you can use the metro to get around, get to the airport, etc. Boston may be similar, but I have no references there. The attitudes of people are also very different on the East Coast. Thay live a faster pace of life, more in a hurry, but also can be more confrontational. If they don't like you they are more likely to give you the finger or tell you so. As the saying goes "people in the South are more likey to tab you in the back, and people in the New York stab you in the front." In the Midwest or Rockies people tend to be more laid back.
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com>wrote: > In some Northeastern states, like New Jersey, property taxes are > acknowledged to be high by the state government. When completing state > taxes, you are allowed to assume 10% of your rent is for property taxes and > deduct it. > > > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 1.4% does not seem bad considering there is no tax on income and no sales >> tax on groceries. >> >> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> The property taxes down here are under control. As Indiana did >>> recently, property taxes are now capped to a percentage of the property's >>> assessed (not market) value. That being said, the assessments are pretty >>> close to spot-on, even with the changes in the economic situation over the >>> last few years. >>> >>> On a house assessed at $155,000 (market is around $200k) with a $50,000 >>> homestead exemption, property taxes for 2011 were a little over $2,800. >>> Considering what I have paid in other states, I consider this reasonable. >>> This includes city services such as twice weekly trash pickup, I might add. >>> >>> The big problem was when the housing bubble was in place, and people >>> were buying houses which would then automatically reassess due to the >>> change in ownership. The taxes would then skyrocket from the previous >>> owner, sometimes making the house difficult, if not impossible, to afford. >>> >>> Our previous house in this area was assessed at around $200k when we >>> sold in 2008, and at that time the taxes were well over $3,000. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> On May 13, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Brian Toscano wrote: >>> >>> > Florida also doesn't have a state income tax, but does have relatively >>> high >>> > property tax and home owner's insurance rates (home insurance rates >>> higher >>> > than property taxes are not uncommon). >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> > >>> >> Florida only taxes prepared food, such as you might get at a >>> restaurant, >>> >> not unprepared food that you would typically buy at a grocery store. >>> >> >>> >> Dan >>> >> >>> >> On May 13, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Brian Toscano wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Some states tax all groceries, while others only heated/cooked foot. >>> >>> >>> >>> It has been so long since I've lived in the Northeast that I cannot >>> >> recall >>> >>> if they tax heated/cooked food. >>> >>> >>> >>> Grocery taxes are relatively common in the Southeast, though in the >>> past >>> >>> few years some states have reduced them. In the Southeast where >>> >>> city/county sales taxes are somewhat common, the rationale has been >>> to >>> >>> eliminate/reduce the state tax but keep the city/county sales tax >>> intact. >>> >>> For example, TN sales tax on food is roughly 8% (5.5% state + >>> 2.25-2.75% >>> >>> county where the normal rate is 9.25-9.75% (7% state + 2.25-2.75% >>> >> county). >>> >>> In MS groceries are taxed at the state rate of 7%. In VA 2.5% (1.5% >>> >> state >>> >>> + 1% local) where the normal rate is 5% (4% state + 1% local). NC is >>> >>> 2.5-4.5% (normal rate is up around 8.25% including city/county >>> taxes). >>> >> GA >>> >>> doesn't tax groceries. I'm sure other states tax groceries as well. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Allan Streib < >>> str...@cs.indiana.edu >>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> >>> >>>>> Tax wise, the Northeast is VERY HIGH particularly when it comes to >>> >>>> property >>> >>>>> taxes. At the same time, there is no sales tax on groceries, and >>> >> may/may >>> >>>>> not tax clothes. NY/CT fuel taxes are VERY HIGH. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Sales tax on groceries (I assume you mean food items excluding >>> "ready to >>> >>>> eat" prepared food) is pretty rare isn't it? 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