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Unsurprisingly, it tells me Vancouver, WA is pretty good for me. I'm still not sure where exactly in WA is best (Seattle/Bellevue/etc. would be the default cho
by rdl 12y ago
Unsurprisingly, it tells me Vancouver, WA is pretty good for me. I'm still not sure where exactly in WA is best (Seattle/Bellevue/etc. would be the default choice, Vancouver is appealing, and there is some interest due to other non-tech activities in central WA), but WA seems pretty ideal overall.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoMight as well just live in Portland then, since you'd be working and shopping ere anyways. And let's not forget the exploding mountain problem. Bellingham is nice and they even have some tech there.
- rdl 12y agoOR has better gun laws, strip clubs, sales tax, WA has better income taxes and capital gains taxes and pot laws. (WA B&O tax is almost more annoying than OR corporate income tax) Live in Vancouver, shop in Portland seems to be highly efficient jurisdictional arbitrage. It's also a win if you spend years out of the country.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoIf you work in Oregon but live in Washington, you'll still pay OR income tax. Property tax in Washington is higher than Oregon, I think.
- rdl 12y agoIn 5 years or so I will probably have a non-profit-making business, but also personal capital gains to take regularly, so the WA/OR split is pretty ideal for that I think. Or be a US citizen resident in Europe or Asia, so having no state income tax makes a lot of sense. (A lot of datacenters are in OR specifically because of the lack of sales/use tax on servers; I used to think cheap power was the primary draw, but it actually is #2. Great fiber, supportive local governments with tax/etc. credits, etc. also contribute, but are less critical.)
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoAgreed on the overseas residence, but only California is known to be a jerk about this. As an overseas resident myself...it would really suck to own a house in California.