Taxes

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by kak125

wow that is so crappy that you are getting taxed so much!! its not fair thats for sure. yeah maybe you should check into moving somewhere else. i live in pittsburgh and the cost of living is pretty low here. i live in the city so its a little more but you can get some cheap nice houses in the suburbs for 50-60k and the taxes on those are nothing. if you dont live in allegheny county the most likely you would pay 1%-2% in taxes so its not too bad. lol the weather isnt the greatest but the traffic and crime are low. believe me i would love to live in nyc but i know that it would be impossible to have the size house i do now and i cant give that up as well as i would miss my family.

Oh, I did my time in Pennsylvania many years ago- 2.9% FLAT state income tax. Boy do I miss that! And although it took some getting used to, I kind of liked living there- just outside of Philadelphia. It was smack dab in the middle between NYC and DC and it was a breeze to get around. Ironically I met much more interesting people in PA... people I meet in NYC these days tend to be a bit aloof and really, really vapid. I tend to think I am now living amidst a city full of facebook zombies.