They built a stream-like fish bypass around the Howland dam. Milford dam has an inadequate fish lift.

I work from home, and I live in my dream house. I've worked in both NH and MA, so I have like 15 years of experience with this exact situation.

You can assume whatever you wish!

Bro you are taking this very personally. Almost sounds like you spend a lot of time sitting in traffic on I-93 rationalizing your life choices.

Awesome! …And all you need to do to get that return on investment is live in the backwards ass, Mississippi of New England.

Yes, a joke made by people who don't understand that you'll be living in a house that's 2 or 3 times the size of the one you left in MA.

No one making that move cares that they will pay an extra $5k in property taxes per year.

The "joke" sounds like copium from people who don't understand.

> talk to anyone who moved to the USA from places like Canada, Australia, many places in Europe. They often think they will be free from high taxes, only to discover it gets transplanted to other places, and they are paying for it elsewhere.

So, that’s exactly what I said. The US has relatively low taxes until you add in healthcare, then it goes up to be about in-line with other developed countries.

You agreed with me.

I'm very well aware that it's illegal and there are steep per-container fines for individuals lol.

Health insurance premiums in the USA are the highest in the world, the average for a single person being $500 a month and for a family $1300 a month. This doesn't include max out of pocket deductibles an other co-pays etc. That's brutal. Sure this is not a tax, but it is a de-facto required expense, as if you go without this, you are putting your life and livelihood at risk along with your family's. So it is not brining it "in-line" with other countries it is going above and beyond. Not to mention things like property tax and other forms of taxation in these states with no income tax or sales tax gets hidden from international comparisons. Honestly talk to anyone who moved to the USA from places like Canada, Australia, many places in Europe. They often think they will be free from high taxes, only to discover it gets transplanted to other places, and they are paying for it elsewhere.

But check out New Hampshires property taxes...

Maybe with coaching, and clubs, and a shit ton of extra duties, but no teacher is making even close to a base 100k salary in RSU-40.

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Remember when he bought Sisters' Salsa, changed the name and caused sales to go into the shitter? His name wasn't worth what he thought and the original name was valued more. Awesome salsa, BTW.

And I thought it was unfair to add more money to the pile, then incorrectly say the US has “some of the highest” when really that just brought the US in-line with many other developed countries.

Illegal

Sure. That might be fair. I don't have the numbers either way, but I thought it unfair to judge a guy on half his comment.

Pay no mind to what the fuck-muppets of the Granite State have to say about anything.

1000 k fine or 1 year in jail STILL for weed in NH - i think they have 2 medical weed dispensaries in the entire state

I know youre prolly joking but just in case you arent, as a small biz owner, folks need to know you cant return NH cans in Maine for a deposit anyway - there are fines associated actually for doing so.

I moved NY to ME - my income taxes went down but property taxes went up. It all seems to even out.

>https://smartasset.com/retirement/retirement-taxes

I spent some time once trying to find state SPENDING numbers, and although it ends up getting skewed because of states that in general are net contributors vs net beneficiaries of Federal dollars + military spending + deficit spending, over time, net revenue from taxes and spending will need to balance out. I basically took this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_budgets#cite_note-26 and tried to reason about it.

My guess is that state differ in how they treat local taxes & services vs state provided ones, as well as some states that have large 'external' income streams such as oil/timber/resources/tourism/federal spend, like Alaska & Hawaii, but have relative low populations end up spending more pr. capita.

The ~$1500/pr capita spend for Maine vs New Hampshire could all be state tax revenues from lobster rolls at Red's + federally subsidized BIW salaries, for example.

I mean that’s recreational cannabis for ya

Or you could say the US has some of the lowest taxes in the developed world, and when you add in expenses for healthcare it’s right on par with the other developed countries.

Safety & quality of life costs money. Maine is one of the safest states in the country and our states Medicaid is partly responsible. Mainecare is one of the most comprehensive medicaids in the country. Safety nets provide safety to society not simply the recipients. I recently sold land in Colebrook NH - 2 years ago i visited there for final time - the min wage was 7.50 an hour (has since risen) sidewalks & roads unplowed in winter 1/2 hour from Canada.They now have a stand your ground gun law. NH is considered the Arkansas of the north. Check out the crime rates of southern lower tax rate states vs Maine. Its not rocket science. And Maine gives plenty of tax breaks to huge corps - that should be addressed 1st to lower the overall tax burden instead of reducing services.

When talking about taxes, it's important to look at all taxes and look at income levels too. My go to for information is Who Pays from ITEP.

So if you look at Maine, for example, you can see in the lowest 20% of income you'd pay 8.7% of family income. In, for example, NH at the lowest 20% you'll pay 9.1%.

On the other hand, if you are in the highest 20% in Maine you'll pay 8.6%. in NH it's 3%

Just for fun if you're in the lowest 20% in Florida you'll pay 12.7% (ouch). If you're in the top it's 2.3%.

No

Im in Fryeburg and interested