Where to live?
12-21-2019 | 08:23 PM
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but we live just west of Dtown and love it.We live just south of the borough. Best of both worlds. Cheaper taxes but 4 minute walk to the train and 10 minute walk to town. Best place we’ve ever lived.
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12-21-2019 | 10:26 PM
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I just ran into a classmate who bought land to build by Reno, said its booming there. A lot of the Silicon Valley companies are leaving CA to escape the taxes. He said you can fly or drive to SFO, but the drive is a haul, he’s pretty senior and able to back things up and do two commutes a month.
12-22-2019 | 08:21 AM
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Currently Nevada funds their state budget through tourism (gambling and hotel room tax). As the amount of Nevada residents increase (Nevada is the fastest growing state) relative to the number of tourists, there becomes less and less money to fund these projects. Look for Nevada to institute a state income tax within the next 10 years.
43 out of 50 states have state income tax, and the average rate is around 5%.
5 of the 7 have high property taxes that make up for it (Texas, Florida, etc...)
Alaska gets all its money from oil drilling.
Nevada gets all its money from gambling and hotel taxes.
Every state gets money one way or another.
43 out of 50 states have state income tax, and the average rate is around 5%.
5 of the 7 have high property taxes that make up for it (Texas, Florida, etc...)
Alaska gets all its money from oil drilling.
Nevada gets all its money from gambling and hotel taxes.
Every state gets money one way or another.
12-22-2019 | 10:02 AM
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I'm always curious about how folks quantify "good schools". Having been sent all over the US with the military, I still haven't cracked the code with three kids, aged 10-15. The only school we feel that was "bad" for our oldest was a middle school in Florida. He struggled and ultimately repeated 7th grade due to a number of reasons. Ironically, the elementary school in the same district was fantastic for our younger two. What metrics are you using to pick a school district? Word of mouth? Test scores? Ivy League acceptance rate? Class sizes? Greatschools.org rating? All of those could be arguably inaccurate. Am I missing something?
12-22-2019 | 11:39 AM
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I'm always curious about how folks quantify "good schools". Having been sent all over the US with the military, I still haven't cracked the code with three kids, aged 10-15. The only school we feel that was "bad" for our oldest was a middle school in Florida. He struggled and ultimately repeated 7th grade due to a number of reasons. Ironically, the elementary school in the same district was fantastic for our younger two. What metrics are you using to pick a school district? Word of mouth? Test scores? Ivy League acceptance rate? Class sizes? Greatschools.org rating? All of those could be arguably inaccurate. Am I missing something?
I think greatschools.org does a pretty good job of compiling a lot of data into a 1-10 scale. It’s not perfect but definitely a pause for concern if you’re sending your kids off to a “4” rated school vs. an “8” or “9”...
Some counties in Florida have traditionally had failing schools...The creation of magnet and fundamental programs as well as class size restrictions have made for vast improvements but the downside is the schools without those programs are not conducive to learning because all of the behavior issues end up there...
Of course the student, teachers, parents and administration all work into the mix as well so it’s not always one size fits all at a highly rated school.
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12-22-2019 | 12:11 PM
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Currently Nevada funds their state budget through tourism (gambling and hotel room tax). As the amount of Nevada residents increase (Nevada is the fastest growing state) relative to the number of tourists, there becomes less and less money to fund these projects. Look for Nevada to institute a state income tax within the next 10 years.
43 out of 50 states have state income tax, and the average rate is around 5%.
5 of the 7 have high property taxes that make up for it (Texas, Florida, etc...)
Alaska gets all its money from oil drilling.
Nevada gets all its money from gambling and hotel taxes.
Every state gets money one way or another.
43 out of 50 states have state income tax, and the average rate is around 5%.
5 of the 7 have high property taxes that make up for it (Texas, Florida, etc...)
Alaska gets all its money from oil drilling.
Nevada gets all its money from gambling and hotel taxes.
Every state gets money one way or another.
12-22-2019 | 12:43 PM
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I'm always curious about how folks quantify "good schools". Having been sent all over the US with the military, I still haven't cracked the code with three kids, aged 10-15. The only school we feel that was "bad" for our oldest was a middle school in Florida. He struggled and ultimately repeated 7th grade due to a number of reasons. Ironically, the elementary school in the same district was fantastic for our younger two. What metrics are you using to pick a school district? Word of mouth? Test scores? Ivy League acceptance rate? Class sizes? Greatschools.org rating? All of those could be arguably inaccurate. Am I missing something?
I believe family income is the strongest correlate of whether a school is considered “good” or not.
12-22-2019 | 01:13 PM
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