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JFC! That would pay my mortgage for 10 months, or my property tax on my 4.2 acre residence for just under 20 yrs!!We just bought a place in NH. Property taxes are $10k a year.
it really depends on what you like to do for activities, etc.
But it’s not forever. I’m not saying it can be bad mind you. My buddy and I got out of the truck to fly fish West Outlet and we didn’t even get our shoes off for our waders before we bagged that so we went and had a few beers.Not for nothing, but the black fly season is just about to kick off in Maine...
If you have not experienced the joys of the season - you really owe it to yourself to travel up there and spend some time outdoors
You think the US is still going to exist as we know it in 5-10 years? That's cute.
Maine is doing it for me.
I would look to move out of New England completely. There are better states in the middle of the country. You don't want to move up here then have to move again in 10 years.
That's high, but no state income tax. We pay ~$11K per year in property tax plus the MA state income tax. If I were to leave MA and stay in New England, definitely would go to NH.
For anyone considering TN, property taxes will be somewhere near 1/3 or less than what they are for the same value in MA depending upon how 'nice' your assessment is. One year our new TN assessment came back high. I called the tax office and got the county assessor. Told him I'd be thrilled to sell my house at their value. He laughed and said let's pull it up in the system, then agreed that the jump was excessive. Right over the phone we agreed on a reasonable assessed value- it was that easy.
If you grew up in New England and actually like the climate, enjoy winter sports, have family nearby that you want to be able to see easily, etc. Going south is all well and good if that's your thing but keep in mind that you'll always be the Yankee and it's a different culture. I'm not saying it's better or worse, just different. Moving from MA to NH or ME requires no cultural shift. Half the people up here are from MA originally.
Yeah CACR8 failed to get the 3/5 vote to be moved to citizens for final say. But, SB154 has a very good chance of making it thru which prevents presidental executive orders from impeading 2A rights under NH Constitution.isn't NH trying to enact legislation to counter any federal 2A bans? because of that I would choose NH.
Something to consider in the TN vs. NH discussion: OK, NH property tax is significantly higher, but no sales tax in NH vs. sales tax as high as ~10% in some TN cities.
$5200 for a half acre in W Bridgewater? I'm going to LOL at the next person that complains about NH property taxes.I see where your goin, but you have to look at it on a much larger scale. I'll use what I'm doin as an example.
In Honkytown, Mass, or what the locals call West Bridgewater, my property taxes were at $5200 and going up. On a half acre.
In Rural Honkytown, or what the locals down there call Walden/ Signal Mountain Tenn, my property taxes on 8 empty acres is $325 a year.
Current build price, including the acrerage that we just paid off is about $620,000.
Estimated property tax on property in Rural Honkytown is about $1300 a year. About 3--40 mins outside Chattanooga.
Now lets look at sales tax vs prop tax. Full disclosure- I have a few dents in my head and have a skewed outlook on things.
I'll use $10,000 as a number, because it gets thrown around so much. I'm assuming that # comes from the more populated areas in and around the bigger n.h. towns/ cities-
So we have 10 vs 52 vs 13..
Fked in Mass. Sales tax of 6.25 (?) and Income taxes and fees on everything else, so theres that. Lets say $6 billion , because thats what it feels like.
Tenn has low prop tax, but sales tax can be 8/9/10% depending on the county and the item.
NH has no sales tax, but high prop tax depending on the area.
Lets use 10% sales tax as a number.
I would have to spend about $85,000 a year, for the Tenn sales Tax of 10% (plus prop tax) to equal that 10 grand n.h. property tax.
Know what I mean?
Plus. I got 8 acres. Enough privacy that I can stroll around the backyard in my goddam speedos waving my murican flag and nobodies going to see it! Or Broc can rent out the back 40 and have his Super Gay 9mm Dance Party.
If I tried that here, or in the Northeast in the burbs or near some city, the Staties would show up, AGAIN. And the news would show up, AGAIN. And my taxes would go up, AGAIN.
$5200 for a half acre in W Bridgewater? I'm going to LOL at the next person that complains about NH property taxes.
That is getting real close to what I pay up here for 1700 sqft, 2 car garage, and 6+ acres ~45 mins from Portsmouth/Manch/Concord.And it was going up.
Which is why I sold it.
That is getting real close to what I pay up here for 1700 sqft, 2 car garage, and 6+ acres ~45 mins from Portsmouth/Manch/Concord.
What state would you choose: Maine or New Hampshire? From a firearms point of view. Taxes, chances of future legislation, etc.
Not Maine with Janet Mills... NH might be better. Vermont is right out sadly.What state would you choose: Maine or New Hampshire? From a firearms point of view. Taxes, chances of future legislation, etc.