Posted on 01/03/2006 5:47:13 PM PST by Visioneer
Given the following features, where are the best communities in the US for conservatives?
Idaho. Montana. Wyoming. Utah. Western Slope of Colorado. South Carolina. Heard Tennessee has low taxes too. Live in Montana but LOVE South Carolina.
http://www.tokalaskainfo.com/
Alaska wages are high, due to the higher cost of living.
Land is cheap, very little traffic, low crime, beautiful scenery, and all the hunting and fishing anyone could ever hope for.
It depends on what you like.
For example, if you like to go to a chamber music recital three times a week, then Manhattan is for you. If you're a surfer, then southern California.
You have to consider that the whole idea of conservatism is not to let politics control everything.
Billings, MT
Utah? Which cities or towns do you recommend... I had considered Utah but was a bit iffy on SL City... thanks
Wyoming has no state income taxes, LOTS of wide open spaces, generally nice people, and some fantastic mountains. The weather can get a little rough and some consider it remote.
The Black Hills are an undiscovered treasure. The area is much like Wyoming, with a little better access to services (Rapid City is very close).
Panama City...LOL...I hear the view is great there!!!
Well, no mountains, but beautiful gulf views. Solid conservative country, though.
Idaho!!!!
Colorado Springs is very Conservative, but so much of it seems to be only religiously based.
Vegas Cowboy, I love the arts and culture...especially museums of the historical or technology type. On the other hand, at my age (57) I am more interested in something less metro and more hometown where I can carry concealed but really don't need to. I strongly want to be close to mountains either rocky-type or heavily forested like those east of Seattle... Don't mind wide weather variations but would like a lower cost of living if at al possible with low state and local taxation-especially on groceries.
Thanks for all comments...
The reason I chose this area is because of low taxes, a business friendly environment, and access to outdoor areas. If you like to ski, you are within 30 minutes of 5 or 6 ski resorts.
If you like to frequent casinos, then you have that as well. Casinso grow tiresome, but they have good restaurants and buffets. And like I said, it's nothing like Vegas. That's a tourist mecca.
My aunt & uncle built a home in Carson City. Nice community. He loves trains so the museum is a plus!
Where the fok is Tok?
Carson City?
Um, hate to tell you, but with all the Kalifornicators moving in the last few years CC is beginning to lean so far left it may fall over!
Coupled with the liberals of Lost Wages (Vegas) and Reno/Sparks western Nevada is in real trouble.
Look for Lost Wages to take total control of the entire state by the next legislative session. They are itching to move the capitol, and enact a full time legislature. Then Nevada will be just like the Kalifornia they escaped, but miss so much!
If you are a conservative you need to head toward the east side of Nevada as quickly as you can.
You have heavily forested mountains here and you can carry in Nevada.
Loved it
Laramie was a really nice town with friendly people.
Liked Cheynne also
Teton Mountains are just so beautiful and then there is Yellowstone
Geography is really different, goes from green, forest to desert country
Winters can be really severe
I am thinking of moving West myself
Defintely considering Wyoming, Montana, central Idaho and possibly S. Dakota ( I like snow)
Carson City is great -- and Virginia City, one of my favorite places, is right next door. Elko and Winnemucca have their charms, as well.
No state income tax here in Nevada, either. Rebates, in fact, this year.
Roaring gold mines (some of the world's largest), rustic ghost towns, sprawling ranches. Nevada is more than just Reno and Vegas.
End of commercial!
New York Leads U.S. in Taxes, Tennessee Is Last Sep 9, 9:45 AM (ET)
By Joan GrallaNEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers pay the highest state and local taxes in the nation, shelling out nearly $131 for every $1,000 of income in 2002, according to a new study.
Tennessee taxed its citizens the least -- they paid just under $84 for every $1,000 of income.
Massachusetts, ridiculed in the 1980s as "Taxachusetts" fell to 40th in 2002, as its residents only paid $96 in taxes for every $1,000 of income, according to a Boston-based business group.
On a gauge where a low ranking is positive, that was a marked improvement from a decade ago when Massachusetts came in 25th.
The study was done by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which assessed states' competitiveness using the most recent data available.
Taxes often play a big role when companies decide where to expand or relocate. For years, New York business groups have argued that high taxes have hurt job growth.
Five states have no personal income tax, and at least two of them, Florida and Nevada, are among the fastest-growing in the nation.
New York's tax system is the nation's most progressive, however. Its residents paid just more than $44 in personal income taxes per $1,000 of income, up about $2.50 from 1992.
"For Joe Blow, I think (the study) provides him with some context for his own feelings about what the tax burden feels like," said Cam Huff, senior research associate with the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.
When the total bill for state and local taxes and fees was examined, the average U.S. resident paid out more than $152 per $1,000 of income. That was down $6 from a decade ago, which suggests some states cut levies fairly aggressively.
Arizona, for example, fell to 39th from 18th. It assessed just under $144 per $1,000 of income, about $20 less than in 1992.
Hawaii has the most regressive tax system when it comes to sales and excise taxes, which sock the poor hardest. Hawaiians pay almost $64 per $1,000 of income in these levies. But the state also relies heavily on tourists, who get hit too.
Oregonians paid the least at just under $9.
Property taxes, which can bedevil homeowners, were highest in Maine, at nearly $55 for every $1,000 of income. New Hampshire came in second at just over $51, trailed by New Jersey, where the levy topped $48.
Alabama was last in this category. Its property taxes only added up to slightly more than $13 for every $1,000 of income. Delaware came in 49th, at just less than $16 per $1,000, while Arkansas took the 48th spot at just over $16.
Well, the winters are hell.
I'd choose somewhere in the South, like TN or SC, if I could.
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