Pittsburgh has it too... my entire working life. Don't work in the city or live in the city is what it said to me...
If you could have a home anywhere in the world...
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Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
To be fair, there are three cities that do it in MI. They are our biggest failures.
But it seems like every city of some reasonable size in Ohio does it, even Rossford, a sleepy little podunk where my wife grew up.
If I were to move to another state the tax situation, and overall cost of living, would be tied with the climate in importance, and probably even more important.
FL doesn't have income tax if you meet some rule set right? Like lived there long enough or something. I though it was no income taxes period but heard something on the radio by a politician that sounded like there were like you had to live there for a while or something. I think I heard Kentucky and or Tennessee didn't have income taxes either .. those are pretty states but I'm not familiar with the year round weather there.
IL doesn't tax state or military retirement income (not sure about other retirements) so that is one plus being here, especially in retirement.
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
2nd choice would be somewhere on the Equator.....maybe Ecuador. Average year round temp is 80. Never snow and 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness every day. Cruising 365 days a year.
Now that's what I'm talking about... Central America gets pretty bad press, but I've been watching the posts of a car guy in Ecuador. Seems like he's pretty happy, gets to work on his car without Johnny Gov'ment up his rear, and I don't picture a bunch of splinter groups dreaming up problems to give their lives meaning. I know the media trashes anything it decides it doesn't like, so maybe I owe Ecuador a fair shake.
I could handle Wisconsin after I retire for good.
I would be staying indoors for the winter working on my Formal's in the heated garage or enjoying time with my future Mopar girls.
I would be staying indoors for the winter working on my Formal's in the heated garage or enjoying time with my future Mopar girls.
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Ya that's my demo....
Calgary AB circa 2011-2014 was a Mecca of economic success(or excess), conservative governments both provincially and federally and reasonable winters so for me it was Paradise. Now its my personal hell....Economic freefall, socialist governments both provincially and federally and it has rained everyday for the past month....so I'm more than ready to move to one of the Shangri-La's you all speak of....hopefully they will accept monopoly money...
I kind of like where I am in the real upstate New York. I'm close to the Finger Lakes and three seasons out of the year, it's pretty nice. Winter time can be an issue, Syracuse usually ranks first in the most snowfall of any large city. But on the other hand, I'm never "snow bound" either. They take care of the fallen snow pretty quickly and nothing closes.
Taxes are high, but the overall cost of living is low. You can still buy a good house in a good neighborhood for $150K.
We had talked about relocating, but family really keeps us here. In the winter, when it's bad, I don't have to go to work anymore, so that doesn't matter to me that much anymore. The cold does bother my wife though and it's not friendly to my worn out joints either. For that reason, we have been seriously thinking of spending our winters in the south. We've been kicking around some places and right now we might just do an extended vacation in Florida just to try it.
Taxes are high, but the overall cost of living is low. You can still buy a good house in a good neighborhood for $150K.
We had talked about relocating, but family really keeps us here. In the winter, when it's bad, I don't have to go to work anymore, so that doesn't matter to me that much anymore. The cold does bother my wife though and it's not friendly to my worn out joints either. For that reason, we have been seriously thinking of spending our winters in the south. We've been kicking around some places and right now we might just do an extended vacation in Florida just to try it.
Sounds pretty much like what I think ... when work is done winter won't be much of a hassle. And that is a great idea about test driving FL or anywhere once you are retired.
Wife and I have talked about living cheaply in my little town where cost of living is minimal and traveling in the winter instead of moving. She's from England and I love it there too, so that's a destination, my son is in TX so that's a destination, who know's where my girls will wind up in a couple of years, if not here that could be destinations, and then where ever else we want to go. I don't think I'm an RV guy so it'd be hotels and maybe camping occasionally if I could talk the wife into that but I doubt it
Sounds pretty much like what I think ... when work is done winter won't be much of a hassle. And that is a great idea about test driving FL or anywhere once you are retired.
Wife and I have talked about living cheaply in my little town where cost of living is minimal and traveling in the winter instead of moving. She's from England and I love it there too, so that's a destination, my son is in TX so that's a destination, who know's where my girls will wind up in a couple of years, if not here that could be destinations, and then where ever else we want to go. I don't think I'm an RV guy so it'd be hotels and maybe camping occasionally if I could talk the wife into that but I doubt it
My drunken ahole son inlaw's parents (who are nice folks), live north of here and have been gong to Fla for the winter for a couple years now. They have been renting and have stayed at a couple different places and have been very happy. Rent is around $1000-1200 monthly for a place that rents for that much weekly in the summer. They have some very limited finances, so while it's a stretch for them, they save some of that by not having to pay the high heating bills on their house.
What town / area is that John?
That's like having your cake and eating it too ... no worries cause you don't own it and waaayyyy cheaper than owning and maintaining not to mention the worry of what's going on when you are gone.
They were around Port Charlotte. I think that's near Sarasota.
Google is your friend here, there's lot's of places listed for rental. The issue is, of course, that the internet ad and real life might be two different things. They have friends in the area that helped them out.
I've got a friend in FL .. I'll see what's in Stan's neighborhood. We can tell lies and drink some cocktails and enjoy our cigars in the evenings over or-devours as we lounge on the lanai in our white dinner jackets before supper.
You can rent the house next door to Stan and I'll rent the house on the other side. That could get really interesting...
Really fun .. check out the post again ... I updated it. We could have a grand time
72Fury
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Ky has a state 6% & in some areas an additional city tax as well. Tennessee does not (but a higher sales tax). Tennessee is a milder & really better weather. Ky has so many extremes, from hot to cold to wet. Your roof, ac & furnace had better be good.
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
I have an older buddy who intentionally bought in TN, near the NC state line. No income tax and when he makes a big purchase, he does it in NC.
I was thinking the same thing when 75Fury mentioned the sales taxes in TN LOL
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