Waldo Peppers Moving!!!

[Mr. V]

Originally Posted by jrc

Well first off if you leave Oregon you'll save the 9% state income tax, NH has zero. When I work for the oscilloscope guys, they all drooled over that. As I remember property taxes in Portland are no picnic either. So if you're working you can take home the same money on less salary here. Of course if you're retired NH will no look so good.

You are correct.

But I do not live or work in Portland, although I hang out there a lot and take full advantage of the myriad cultural and other offerings of that absolutely wonderful city.

I live and work across the Columbia River from Portland, in Clark county, Washington.

There is no income tax here in Washington, therefore I pay no income tax.

Now, as luck would have it, Oregon (a mile or two away from my home, as the sea lion swims) has no sales tax.

I shop for all but the least expensive items in Oregon, and therefore pay little or no sales tax.

Thus, like you folk in NH, I pay no income tax and (essentially) no sales tax.

But what about that bane of us all, the real property tax?

That's the best of all ... (wait for it...) ... we have great, fully funded schools, superior city and county services, and my locale has a low real property tax rate.

Most of the money for government service comes from the state coffers, which is funded by income tax, of which I pay little or none.

Yeah, living on the border of Washington and Oregon and then milking the cow for free has its benefits.

Did I tell you that the Quality of Life here is to die for?

We all make our choices...