Comments on: Cheapest State To Live In

By: Forest

Forest — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:40:26 +0000

Hey that is interesting Joshua, where did you find that information?

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:53:29 +0000

Actually I did some checking and the cheapest place to live over anywhere in Tenessee is Palestine Texas

By: Forest

Forest — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:11:38 +0000

Hey Doug, yeah finding a community that you fit in with is hard

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:47:56 +0000

I also have been really interested in TN, i’ve driven through there quite a bit and having lived in alaska and florida and now currently in KS, I miss moutains and hills. So far finacially it looks like TN is the best deal for my familys situation but kinda worried about fitting in, i.e. hillbillys lol. My wife and I lived in canisteo, ny and being from the midwest i waved to a passerby just to be friendly and they acted like i was waving a gun! so any info from anybody in TN would be nice. thanks

By: Forest

Forest — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:56:11 +0000

I don’t have a knowledge of the area Jimbo but it sounds like a great idea and I wish you the best of luck. If you remember please swing by and let us know how it is going.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:52:00 +0000

We live in southern Ca and have sold our haome and are looking for a change. We started to look in Tn and are intrigued by the sizes of the properties, taxes and home prices. My only worry is employment. We like the area east of Memphis like Yuma and the surrounding areas. My wife and I have an idea of farming on the local level and we are both experienced in Horticulture. I have a horticulture degree and it seems to me that a local farmer with good produce and the land for raising livestock would be a benefit to the area as well as provide a modest income. Does anyone have an opinion or pros and cons of this idea in this locale? Any info would be great! JIM

By: Macinac Harper

Macinac Harper — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:09:34 +0000

So what we need is a big spread sheet or some such that feeds in the various considerations. All the tax information is known, and can be fed in, but =type= of income matters (wages vs pension vs dividend vs social security etc). And then property taxes and sales taxes (and what the sales tax applies to: food? clothing? services?). And prices (gasoline costs more in California and less in Wyoming). And the things you have to do to get around local problems (like maybe private school insome of the lower cost states).

And THEN we would be in position to make comparisons.

By: Forest

Forest — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:10:38 +0000

Hey Macinac Harper, yeah it’s incredibly hard to work out exactly how much tax you will pay and different people will work out better off in different states!

By: Macinac Harper

Macinac Harper — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:47:30 +0000

Every state needs taxes to pay for the various government services. However, there are significant differences in =what= they tax. For example, Washington has no income tax, while Oregon has no sales tax. So, if you could figure out who taxes what, and compare that to your own situation, you might find a good deal. (perhaps you could work in Washington and shop in Oregon)

I know that some states tax interest and dividend income but not wages. (I think that would be New Hampshire and Tennessee.)

Some places have no taxes on military pensions, although they do tax other kinds of income.

By: Forest

Forest — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:22:31 +0000

Thanks for the info MIke, that really sucks .