It depends where you are and what stage the caterpillars are in, so it's hard to say. Hiking will probably be fine, but I was up in Camden hills during the peak last year and they were falling out of the trees everywhere we went.

Some kids are completely unbothered, others get miserable rashes. Think of it like traveling to an area with a lot of poison ivy.

For my money, If your kids are young I would avoid the woods during the peak.

No sales tax, no income tax in New Hampshire. Mil rates for property taxes are about 50% higher in NH for comparable towns, and real estate valuations tend to be much higher for similar properties. Excise tax on vehicles is about the same, NH adds a highway fee. Other miscellaneous fees tend to be higher in NH, sometimes significantly. Plus, tickets and fines in NH are higher than Maine. Another part of that equation is ticket revenue explicitly funds law enforcement budget items in NH while in Maine it goes into the general fund, in other words, police are incentivized to write a lot of tickets.

For all that, if you are poor, it is probably a wash. Maine has better services, lack of a sales tax means your money goes further. If you are middle class, fees and property taxes are going to eat up more money than saving on sales and income tax. If you are wealthy, who cares, your money isn't coming from taxable sources in Maine, and while you're paying more in property tax in New Hamshire it evens out.

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We lived in Idaho before moving here, and the taxes seemed a lot higher here.

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• Thems That Wait
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• Ogre
• Mound
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• One Hundred Thorns
• TheWorst
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Yup, it all comes out in the wash while you're still earning a paycheck. Where some states have major advantages in taxes is when you retire and are no longer paying income tax.

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Property tax is worse, though because at least with income tax, you only pay tax on money you have. If you don't make any money, you don't pay taxes. With property tax, you have to keep paying even after your home is paid off, after retirement when you're on a fixed income, or if you lose your job and have no income, the state doesn't care. They will literally take your home that you spent your entire life paying off because you owe property taxes. If you can't tell, I have issues with property taxes. You never really own anything because of them. You're essentially renting from the state.

Less than 3k where I live in Maine.

Ask them how much their property taxes are.

Maine state gov't spends about $7.7k per person per year. NH state gov't spends about $5k. Not that that answers your question, but I thought it was a useful fact.

Cost of living incorporates taxes and everything kind of washes out and is effectively only modulated by desirability (also a tricky think to nail down).

NH has no state income tax or sales tax, but they do have high property taxes. Everyone is saying that they come out about the same, but, it really depends on your situation.

I’m a relatively high income individual who is a renter, so I definitely make out worse than if I made my same salary in NH. Buy beyond that, salaries in NH are generally higher for my field. Portsmouth vs Portland is a big difference in software pay that I’ve seen, largely because of Boston spillover. Most jobs in Maine do not pay well at all. This state has an array of economic issues and challenges but the wages have to be the most severe, in my opinion.

Also, taxes paid, in and of itself, does not mean much of anything. It’s taxes paid relative to the services that those taxes provide. While MA tax is slightly higher than Maine, they get A LOT more services for those taxes. And the wages are multiple times higher in a lot of cases.

All this to say, I certainly don’t live in Maine for the money. I’m not complaining, but I’m not going to sit here and pretend like the taxes we pay relative to the services we get aren’t fucking shit, cause they are

I got 4K back from the state this year so I’m feeling okay with these taxes. I’m also a stem grad working in the stem field so that helps with credits

Yeah agreed, SO many other states don't have it at and they're all fine. Why do we stand for it every year?!

Man that is a good find for the right person close enough.

Overall, yes. At my company our bosses are from away and when I've had problems with payroll over the years I've had them look at my checks and when they have they've always commented on how much we're taxed compared to other company locations they've managed in other states.

Please dear god let a future candidate campaign for lowering taxes on the poor, the service class and working class. We're drowning already without considering taxes.

That's good, hope more salaries increase. Pay them as professionals and then demand good performance. They live local, so money stays in the local economy, pay people what they are worth. The various workers I dealt with were competent so I pay for that. Maines salaries need to catch up some to the cost of housing. Flowing money into an area via education where teachers, support staff, janitors, bus drivers .ears it all stays local, I see that as opposite of zero sum. It primes the pump some. Tax dollars that come back to the district or county really make a difference in quality of life in an area. I am a woodsy loner and yet admit that.

NH sucks

Let me save you some time. I brought signatures…

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To busy corrupting bears and burning historic buildings.

Less than I paid in Pa

You’re going to pay for it one way or the other or simply you’re not going to have the services most places have. There’s really nothing more to it.

Most people do not tale advantage of the tax programs they are eligible for. Homestead Exemption for Property Taxes. Student Loan Repayment Credit for Income. There are a lot of programs, and you have to make sure you are getting your moneys worth as well

The tricky part is that individuals often have wildly different lists of items they personally consider wasteful, when talking about waste at the city/county level. As an example, I've talked to folks that feel that locally funded bike paths and other expensive local park system amenities are a waste of their tax dollars.