Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12376003)

I'd look for 20 acres with a 45 minute commute :lol:

Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 12376449)

I'm with you on this, or even 10 acres with 25 minute commute. Unfortunately things don't work out that way.

Originally Posted by naomi (Post 12378005)

Lools like quite a few folks work from home. My commute is about 5 seconds as I currently wfh. It's great...until Comcast goes down. Naomi.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12376784)

Right now I have 0.25 acres with a 20 minute commute, so I can only go up from here! In reality, I don't think I'd need much over 5 acres, unless the majority of any additional acreage was woodland. Something around 1-5 acres is a very real option just over the line in Wisconsin, which would lead to a 30-45 minute commute and that's a tradeoff I can live with.

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12378186)

Not sure if WI is still lower tax wise vs IL, but when I worked at O'Hare (about 90 mins from Oak Creek near Milwaukee) and lived in WI, I paid taxes to WI and not IL, and I was certainly taking home a bit more per cheque then my IL resident co-workers, and there were no highway tolls (not sure about now) which also made things cheaper, and gas was usually cheaper as well, as were rent about 50% less compared to Chicago.

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12378186)

As for working from home, many days in winter I wish I could... but of course my job is impossible to do from home...

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12378453)

Taxes are a little lower I think. Property/land is cheaper, reduced sales tax on food and lower sales tax in general (about 5.5% vs 7-8% here in Lake County), still no tolls on the interstate.

Wisconsin is definitely in our sights when it comes time to move house, but we need to get a bit more value in our current house before we can sell.



I can do about 85% of my job from anywhere there is a computer, a phone and an internet connection. But the 15% of it that requires my physical presence in the office makes it too much of a pain in the arse to even bother trying. Plus I like coming in anyway, I have a nice office and since I moved offices, now I'm in the quiet building away from all the chattering hens (finally!!!).

Originally Posted by N1cky (Post 12378565)

...., oh and cake you definitely miss out on cake. ....

Originally Posted by N1cky (Post 12378565)

Working from home has it's definite downsides, the lack of human interaction, job prospects, missing out on general information that everyone else seems to know and you don't, oh and cake you definitely miss out on cake. There are plenty of upsides though, and they mainly outweigh the negatives for me.

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12378566)

But you don't have to share the cake! :sneaky:

Originally Posted by mrken30 (Post 12378585)

Does your company allow you to expense cake while working from home? It's fairly easy to expense breakfast for team meetings in the office.

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 12378571)

Nutek incoming in 3... 2... 1...

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 12378615)

I think the concept of "sharing" cake has scared him away. :unsure: