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This means that states without income tax (WA, NV, TX, TN etc) are yet still more enticing for most high-earning professionals. I agree with other commenters sa

This means that states without income tax (WA, NV, TX, TN etc) are yet still more enticing for most high-earning professionals. I agree with other commenters saying this doesn't do much except help the people who always were considering moving to OK/VT.

walrus01 8y ago
If you want to work remote AND live in a very quiet area, there are some nice rural areas of WA state... Remote parts of Chelan and Okanogan counties. Mountains, snow, forests, fruit farms, etc.
- seanmcdirmid 8y ago
  Eastern Washington is kind of bland on everything but natural scrub scenery. Better to work in Vancouver without a state income tax and then shop in Portland without a sales tax.
  - walrus01 8y ago
    it really depends where - a rural area outside of the tricities is going to be super dry, scrubby and bland... If you like mountains with real forests, go to north Okanogan county near the BC border, or Ferry or Stevens counties which are similar to northern Idaho. https://www.google.com/search?q=ferry+county+wa&num=100&client=ubuntu&hs=bqW&channel=fs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9-OH47tfeAhUHK3wKHcSRCW0Q_AUIECgD&biw=1409&bih=874 https://www.google.com/search?q=ferry+county+wa&num=100&clie... The area around Lake Chelan is nice but it get super hot in summer. Not Arizona or NM hot, but nearly. https://www.google.com/search?q=lake+chelan+wa&num=100&client=ubuntu&hs=prW&channel=fs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO8PSc79feAhXJwVQKHfj8C1UQ_AUIDygC&biw=1409&bih=874 https://www.google.com/search?q=lake+chelan+wa&num=100&clien...
    - seanmcdirmid 8y ago
      Ha! I lived in West Richland as a kid, and that was exactly what I was thinking about. But even north of I90 (eg grand coulee) is scrubby. It isn’t bland, I meant that this was the area’s best appeal.
jonathankoren 8y ago
The problem though, is you need a job. I've looked at Vermont, and several of these other states, but and while I like the real estate prices, and the locale, the big problem is that I still need a job. Unless I want to work remote, there just isn't a lot of demand of for software execs there. Some place to retire I guess.
DareRight 8y ago
I've never understood this thinking. A state has a certain amount of expenditures in their budget. They have to acquire those funds somehow. If they don't collect income tax, they bump up food tax, or hotel tax, or restaurant tax, or diesel tax, etc. The money is coming out of your wallet one way or the other.
- xvedejas 8y ago
  It depends on your situation. I live in a place where I am able to live without a car, for instance, so local gas taxes don't affect my decision making for whether to live here. Income taxes always will.
- komali2 8y ago
  Or they just don't have nice things. Drive around on some Houston roads sometime... One time my bumper got popped off by a pothole.
- yardie 8y ago
  I live in a state without income tax and moderately high property taxes. This arrangement tends to favor the rich, inheritance owners over the working class. In a state income tax state, my taxes are dependent on me working, and a smaller percentage goes to property. In a property tax state, my taxes are entirely dependent on the property market, regardless of how much or little I make. When there is a budget shortfall the bureaucrats juice the millage rate. Property re-assessments go up, rarely down. And if you owned property for a long while you pay less in taxes than someone younger and on a lower salary.
  - j4kp07 8y ago
    > This arrangement tends to favor the rich... What a complete and utter lie. What hole are you pulling these "facts" from? > And if you owned property for a long while you pay less in taxes than someone younger and on a lower salary. You mean, someone retired and unemployed vs. someone at the peak of their career? Man...you are projecting so hard, it's palpable.

walrus01 8y ago

If you want to work remote AND live in a very quiet area, there are some nice rural areas of WA state... Remote parts of Chelan and Okanogan counties. Mountains, snow, forests, fruit farms, etc.

seanmcdirmid 8y ago
Eastern Washington is kind of bland on everything but natural scrub scenery. Better to work in Vancouver without a state income tax and then shop in Portland without a sales tax.
- walrus01 8y ago
  it really depends where - a rural area outside of the tricities is going to be super dry, scrubby and bland... If you like mountains with real forests, go to north Okanogan county near the BC border, or Ferry or Stevens counties which are similar to northern Idaho. https://www.google.com/search?q=ferry+county+wa&num=100&client=ubuntu&hs=bqW&channel=fs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9-OH47tfeAhUHK3wKHcSRCW0Q_AUIECgD&biw=1409&bih=874 https://www.google.com/search?q=ferry+county+wa&num=100&clie... The area around Lake Chelan is nice but it get super hot in summer. Not Arizona or NM hot, but nearly. https://www.google.com/search?q=lake+chelan+wa&num=100&client=ubuntu&hs=prW&channel=fs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO8PSc79feAhXJwVQKHfj8C1UQ_AUIDygC&biw=1409&bih=874 https://www.google.com/search?q=lake+chelan+wa&num=100&clien...
  - seanmcdirmid 8y ago
    Ha! I lived in West Richland as a kid, and that was exactly what I was thinking about. But even north of I90 (eg grand coulee) is scrubby. It isn’t bland, I meant that this was the area’s best appeal.

jonathankoren 8y ago

The problem though, is you need a job. I've looked at Vermont, and several of these other states, but and while I like the real estate prices, and the locale, the big problem is that I still need a job. Unless I want to work remote, there just isn't a lot of demand of for software execs there. Some place to retire I guess.

DareRight 8y ago

I've never understood this thinking. A state has a certain amount of expenditures in their budget. They have to acquire those funds somehow. If they don't collect income tax, they bump up food tax, or hotel tax, or restaurant tax, or diesel tax, etc. The money is coming out of your wallet one way or the other.

xvedejas 8y ago
It depends on your situation. I live in a place where I am able to live without a car, for instance, so local gas taxes don't affect my decision making for whether to live here. Income taxes always will.
komali2 8y ago
Or they just don't have nice things. Drive around on some Houston roads sometime... One time my bumper got popped off by a pothole.
yardie 8y ago
I live in a state without income tax and moderately high property taxes. This arrangement tends to favor the rich, inheritance owners over the working class. In a state income tax state, my taxes are dependent on me working, and a smaller percentage goes to property. In a property tax state, my taxes are entirely dependent on the property market, regardless of how much or little I make. When there is a budget shortfall the bureaucrats juice the millage rate. Property re-assessments go up, rarely down. And if you owned property for a long while you pay less in taxes than someone younger and on a lower salary.
- j4kp07 8y ago
  > This arrangement tends to favor the rich... What a complete and utter lie. What hole are you pulling these "facts" from? > And if you owned property for a long while you pay less in taxes than someone younger and on a lower salary. You mean, someone retired and unemployed vs. someone at the peak of their career? Man...you are projecting so hard, it's palpable.