49er Fan Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Curious about the red/blue state breakdown. Red for me would be 2 red states - Texas (Austin) and South Carolina (Charleston). Blue - 14 + DC - Washington (Seattle), Oregon, California, Maryland (Montgomery County) Connecticut (southern), New York (New York), Colorado, Illinois (Chicago), DC, Vermont, Virginia (northern), Maine, Hawaii, New Jersey (northern) Red (2012): Idaho Montana Utah Arizona Wyoming North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Tennessee West Virginia Kentucky Indiana West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alaska Blue (2012): Washington Oregon California Nevada Colorado New Mexico Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Maryland Ohio Florida Virginia Washington, DC Pennsylvania Delaware New York New Jersey Rhode Island Connecticut Vermont Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Hawaii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 California, Florida or Texas. Politics means nothing, I want to get away from the cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Curious about the red/blue state breakdown. Red for me would be 2 red states - Texas (Austin) and South Carolina (Charleston). Blue - 14 + DC - Washington (Seattle), Oregon, California, Maryland (Montgomery County) Connecticut (southern), New York (New York), Colorado, Illinois (Chicago), DC, Vermont, Virginia (northern), Maine, Hawaii, New Jersey (northern) Red (2012): Idaho Montana Utah Arizona Wyoming North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Tennessee West Virginia Kentucky Indiana West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Alaska Blue (2012): Washington Oregon California Nevada Colorado New Mexico Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Maryland Ohio Florida Virginia Washington, DC Pennsylvania Delaware New York New Jersey Rhode Island Connecticut Vermont Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Hawaii well, as it appears you want to live in cities primarily, id venture your red/blue breakdown falls pretty heavily within the idea that a large progressive city can often carry a state blue (sans texas). just a cliffnotes version that might be more accurate in your case is "cities you would live in" and not states for a lot of them. out of curiousity - where do you live now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 California where I live now. Even if the politics is !@#$ed up I still love it. However during retirement I will most likely leave and move to a state (at least as my primary residence) with no state income tax. Having 10% more money during retirement is huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 As much as I like Cali the tax situation is bad. Not sure how it is in Arizona but I don't mind the heat and have always loved the desert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49er Fan Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) I've lived in Manhattan, New York for the past 6 years.. Lived in DC/NoVa for 12 years before that. I should probably add New Hampshire - they still don't tax booze there right? And they have ski mountains, just not as good as VT. Edited November 21, 2012 by 49er Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Lil' Rhody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Denial Confusion Suspense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 California, Florida or Texas. Politics means nothing, I want to get away from the cold. You do realize it gets cold (below freezing) in Texas in the winter, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 You do realize it gets cold (below freezing) in Texas in the winter, don't you? Meazza is a Canuck, freezing is a way of life, and Texas freezing ain't nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Meazza is a Canuck, freezing is a way of life, and Texas freezing ain't nothing... I think it's just slush down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Anywhere south of the Mason-Dixon line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 You do realize it gets cold (below freezing) in Texas in the winter, don't you? Do you have any idea how !@#$ing cold it gets here from January to mid March? I'm not that worried about a little Texas cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Large Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Denver or Fort Collins, Colorado... Sunny all the time, easy winters, realitively well run state... Great sports town, skiing, hiking, and I think we have one of the healthiest populous in the Nation.... Otherwise, Northwest Wyoming or Parts of Montana.... Wyoming is a great place in certain areas much like Denver, low taxes, no income tax.... Places I would not live.... NYS, California (unless I was a wicked rich trust funder), mostly anything east of Colorado.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I wouldn't mind living out west, like Montana/Dakotas/Idaho. Big wide open area, decent weather, and people mind their own business. Maybe Hawaii, but everything there is so much more expensive I would not want to live in California, New York, Illinoid, DC, Northern Virginia (I live in Southern VA), Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New England, Eastern Pennsylvania (I'm originally from Western PA), Florida, Texas, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Alaska, Lousiana, Mississipi, or Alabama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Red or blue, we'll see more and more of this....... After the election, my wife and I are going partial Galt. We’re in California, so our state income tax went up in addition to what’s sure to come out of Washington. My wife quit her job last week. I increased my participation in a tax deferment plan offered by my employer to bring my taxable income as close to $250K as possible. We’ll be cutting back a little, but the government is going to getting a whole lot less. My wife’s entire salary barely covered our tax bill – she was 100% slave to the government, while I was a 10% slave. Now she is 100% free, and I’ll be a ~35% slave As a couple, 17.5% of our time is slaving on the government plantation from an astounding 55% previously. My wife is deliriously happy, our children are delighted to have mom home, the dog gets more walks, and I find not spending money rapturously satisfying. http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/158375/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 WHEN I move out if NY it will be to either the mountain west or southeast. Any of the following TN NC SC GA VA(not near DC) CO UT WY ID MT OR SD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Euphoria.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxrock Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) Denile. Edited November 26, 2012 by Oxrock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Denile. Egypt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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