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Old Aug 19th 2014, 1:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Bob
Mud season.

No, I'm not joking.

Between winter and spring, when the snow starts to melt, the whole place turns to mud for a few weeks and folks that work in the woods aren't able to.
So, Winter ... MUD ... spring ... summer ... fall ...

Nice excuse to get yet more specialized clothing from LL Bean.

Up here, we have a term called "claggy", sounds similar but not so bad. Over the winter 6 months the driving rain has nowhere to drain off so the local fields, moors, etc., become completely claggy. Poor horses look like they are standing in the Somme.
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Old Aug 19th 2014, 4:57 pm
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Originally Posted by dunroving
So, Winter ... MUD ... spring ... summer ... fall ...

Nice excuse to get yet more specialized clothing from LL Bean.
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Ooh good idea! We are driving over to Maine for a week this Saturday. Last year this same week, we had great weather so we were out on the lake every day. This year, looks like it may be shopping weather!
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Old Aug 20th 2014, 7:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
Good reason not to buy a house, how can anyone afford to own with taxes like that, boggles my mind.
You know that when you rent a house you still pay the taxes, it's just part of the rent?
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Old Aug 20th 2014, 7:47 pm
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Ooh good idea! We are driving over to Maine for a week this Saturday. Last year this same week, we had great weather so we were out on the lake every day. This year, looks like it may be shopping weather!
I'm sorry to say the forecast is sunny with highs of 80...
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Old Aug 20th 2014, 11:48 pm
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Originally Posted by nethead
Vermont does have a state sales tax it's 6%.

I love all of New England, and feel very settled and at home in Vermont.
Well I was just in Burlington and they didn't charge me sales tax on anything. Still got some of the receipts, says 0% on them.

Some weird exemption? Can't see anything on the web, now I am confused.
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Old Aug 20th 2014, 11:51 pm
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Originally Posted by Bob
Though you don't need to wear a seatbelt or have car insurance...which is the trade off
I thought NH had a seat belt law now, I remember reading in the paper in Montana that MT is the only State now that doesn't require it. Or more accurately, they do require it, but they can only arrest you for it as a "secondary offence", i.e. you have to be arrested for something else first.
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Originally Posted by kins
I'm curious to know what you pay in property tax.

My property is valued at $350k for tax and I pay over $7k a year - might help if you're thinking about Maine. I do live in an excellent school area but even in cheaper areas I'd be paying $6k+.
I suspect a lot less than that.
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Old Aug 21st 2014, 3:23 am
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Originally Posted by kins
I'm curious to know what you pay in property tax.

My property is valued at $350k for tax and I pay over $7k a year - might help if you're thinking about Maine. I do live in an excellent school area but even in cheaper areas I'd be paying $6k+.
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We moved her 2 years ago. Tax was $1600, just got our new one for november and its gone to $3800. Our home is worth about $250.000 its not the tax as such but how much will it keep increasing to per year. We did have homestead but it only reduced by a few hundred.
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Originally Posted by thinbrit
Does your hubby's business factor in to this? Is it preferential he is in a certain time zone, have access to a hub airport, etc?

Are you looking for the burbs or a rural retreat?

The cost of living, and hence quality of life, here in the DFW area of Texas is good.
Husband is self employed, he doesnt need a local airport or be worried With time zones. Luckily.
We had a large home with land in england and our kids love the outdoors. They miss not having the outdoor space and weather to play outdoors.
We want to have no hoa, be able to have chickens etc and grow our own veggies.
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Old Aug 21st 2014, 7:20 am
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Colorado, is hotter than maine, four months of deep cold and the rest of heat and rain. Property is cheaper but again all depends on income.

Originally Posted by Bob
If you want humid hot and freezing cold, which if you're considering Colorado, you might want Maine too. Tax is low, though compared to average salary there, is considered a bit high, depending on where in the state.

Over all, low cost of living though and if you're in the Portland area, close enough to Boston, for easy airport access to travel all over and it's got a nice quality of life, certainly scenic and a nice pace of life.

Cheap and similar would include New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Old Aug 21st 2014, 7:21 am
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Colorado, is cheaper and you cash goes further than say California but like all things it depends on what you really cannot live without.

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Husband is self employed, he doesnt need a local airport or be worried With time zones. Luckily.
We had a large home with land in england and our kids love the outdoors. They miss not having the outdoor space and weather to play outdoors.
We want to have no hoa, be able to have chickens etc and grow our own veggies.
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Old Aug 21st 2014, 2:26 pm
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OK so Michigan, in particular my little part of Michigan, NW lower peninsula. Hold your right hand palm up, I live at the tip of your 4th (ring) finger.

Beautiful landscape, fresh water lakes, 4 seasons, friendly locals and cheap housing and taxes. Along with low crime and great schools (our local schools here are 8's and 9's according to Zillow), crime level is very low, the local police are keen on catching speeders as they really don't have an awful lot else to do.
Our 1500 sq ft home on 2 and a half acres is valued at $145,000 (we bought it last year for 85K) our taxes are just over $600 a year

Summers are warm to hot, last year we had a scorcher this year not so much but still have plenty of days to get out and about, Fall compares to anything New England can give, fab colour and balmy days. Winter well yes we have snow, some years more than others, this last one was pretty brutal but nothing a good pair of boots and coat couldnt beat. Spring is trillium time, spring showers bring summer flowers, the lake begins to defrost everything turns green again as we slip into the long days of summer.

It may not be everyones cup of tea but I love it here, and now I'm off to help the farmer next door feed his twinnie calves.

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Originally Posted by Steve_
Well I was just in Burlington and they didn't charge me sales tax on anything. Still got some of the receipts, says 0% on them.

Some weird exemption? Can't see anything on the web, now I am confused.
Could it be a tax "holiday"? Many areas seem to have these in the run-up to kids going back to school.

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Old Aug 21st 2014, 3:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Steve_
Well I was just in Burlington and they didn't charge me sales tax on anything. Still got some of the receipts, says 0% on them.

Some weird exemption? Can't see anything on the web, now I am confused.
It probably depends on what you were buying, for example clothes are exempt from sales tax in VT I believe, it's complicated and I was wrong it's 7% according to my husband,,,,
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Originally Posted by kins
You know that when you rent a house you still pay the taxes, it's just part of the rent?
Depends. Can claim the tax as a expense, so it's not as obvious that you're paying it, plus if/when it's included, it's monthly in the rent, rather than a annual/quarterly bill. Unless the mortgage has it built in.
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