Yes.

ten char

Will do thanks. Will likely pay thru the nose but that's one place I'm willing to do that.

Good grief lighten up. Socialism is a tough burden on the soul; I understand. But please live a little, life is too short.

From a strictly financial standpoint it is hard to argue against preventing 6-10% of your income taken from you every year from a state now isn't it. Unless.....

…unless living in a city in which I want to live is worth it *and* living in base makes it easy to earn 6-10% more, anyway? And I don’t waste hours of my life commuting?

Based on your knowledge of LA and LAX base, I'm going to take a guess you live in California.

Make no mistake, IMHO California is the most naturally beautiful, ecologically diverse state in the country - hands down. I love wine country, the temperate rain forest up north Cali, the ruggedness of the Sierra Nevada, Sequoias, and the southern California (Orange county and south) vibe.

Cali has a total tax burden of 9.72% (Forbes). It has the #4 highest individual tax burden in the country (Forbes). You get a break on your property taxes (2% mas increase on value) thanks to Prop 13. So if your home is appraised for taxes at 750k, the property tax rate on that is 2.76% (Forbes). That's a 20k tax payment. State also gets its bite from you in the incidentals - fuel, sales, vehicle registrations, etc.

I'm not going to wager on your yearly earnings. None of my business. So going to just say for fed tax purposes you are north of 250k a year so that puts you in either the 24or 32% tax bracket. I would wager to say you pay in total over 50% of you earned income to some form of tax by living in California. That's cool if you like living there I guess. I don't care what you get in return or what your accountant does. I'm talking about outright tax burden.

Me? I prefer to keep as much of my hard earned $$$ for my family. I live in a state with little to no taxes on my income and property. Best thing about America right now is we all have choices. You choose to subsidize others and give away your money, I choose the opposite. Nothing wrong with either position.

Do you think I don’t understand that I pay a higher tax rate than most Americans?

property taxes and homeowners insurance will certainly eat into that 6%. and it’s not like you can’t make that up with the added flexibility living in base affords.

-Florida commuter.

yeah but still not even close to the total burden you pay in Cali, Maine, Minnesota, Vermont, NY or Hawaii.

- not a Florida or TX commuter.

I was thinking more vs Georgia.

Agree with you about the total tax burden of some places, but I don’t think GA is one of them.

Ah yah, gotcha

Sorry about that. I see what you're saying now.