[mvpel]

My wife and I pulled up stakes and moved to New Hampshire in November. We figured we spent about $12-$15,000 on income and sales tax alone.

That doesn't even count the much higher cost of everything out there since everything we bought had to cover the costs of the employer's high tax rates. We bought a bottle of California wine in New Hampshire and it cost less than it did in San Jose.

[ECM]

My folks live in NH and I'm this close to heading back east to join them (as a former New Yorker now residing in LA).

[Myrddin]

I made my first visit to New Hampshire in August 2002. It was a business trip. Nice place. Concord even had some conservative talk radio shows on in the evening.

My state income taxes are lower in Idaho than California, but my property tax is higher. The overall cost of living is still MUCH lower and my firearms interests are not under daily attack from the legislature.