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yeoman6987

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10. It all depends on what you want and of course job

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2015, 10:24 PM

Jan 2015

My sister and brother in law live in Indiana in a huge home with 4 children and their home was 270 thousand. My home in Arnold Maryland was 750 thousand and is a smaller home by 1000 square foot. Their property taxes are crazy low compared to mine. With 4 kids they do well with the schools, but Maryland is better especially my county.

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Is Life Better in America’s Red States? [View all] applegrove Jan 2015 OP

"lower wages, higher poverty rates and lower levels of education on average than blue states" JaneyVee Jan 2015 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Recursion Jan 2015 #8

Even if a house costs three times as much? Recursion Jan 2015 #9

Absolutely. tblue Jan 2015 #12

Have you ever lived in "Walmart world"? Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #24

Yes... JaneyVee Jan 2015 #20

Interesting joeglow3 Jan 2015 #23

You and the guy who responded to you made non-economic choices Depaysement Jan 2015 #33

Terribly Biased article FreakinDJ Jan 2015 #14

Agree. Arugula Latte Jan 2015 #27

Lived in both relatively each half of my life.... VanillaRhapsody Jan 2015 #2

It depends on your situation and it depends on the red state Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2015 #3

It also depends on the area within the state Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #25

It's like Texas Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2015 #26

It's better if you're well off MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #4

It's tough for the Massa's edhopper Jan 2015 #6

That's what I think. Plus they get taxes from blue states. It is a racket applegrove Jan 2015 #7

New York and Connecticut have wealthy people living near NYC. Dawson Leery Jan 2015 #5

It all depends on what you want and of course job yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #10

My home in Calif was $265K FreakinDJ Jan 2015 #16

I am old Go Vols Jan 2015 #17

Lower Education and Higher Poverty rates FreakinDJ Jan 2015 #19

You! Lol. How on Earth did you find such an yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #22

Easy - Dump the Realitor that's screwing you FreakinDJ Jan 2015 #28

If you live your working-ages in a blue state, you can then retire wherever you want. DebJ Jan 2015 #11

I'm actually better off here than I was in California. bravenak Jan 2015 #13

Me, too, brave Blue_In_AK Jan 2015 #31

Each state is remarkably different from all the others. SheilaT Jan 2015 #15

Depends of what you want in life Neon Gods Jan 2015 #18

If you're white collar it probably is, Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2015 #21

I think it comes down to one four-letter word: JOBS. Brigid Jan 2015 #29

I'll never leave Alaska, Blue_In_AK Jan 2015 #30

Me neither. bravenak Jan 2015 #32

It is increasingly hard to live in a blue state AZ Progressive Jan 2015 #34