Forgot one more thing: taxes. Taxes are high here. Gas tax is the highest in the Southeast (around .32/gallon now) which pushes gas prices here to bump $3.00 a gallon. Bringing in a car from out of state, you will get hammered for a “use tax” of 3% of the assessed value when you re-title it (up to $150), plus registration fees, plus tag fees, plus “transportation infrastructure” fee for Orange, Durham, or Wake Counties—we’re talking easily $200+ per car just to get it licensed in NC. Personal property taxes, at least in Durham County, are not as bad as they were in South Carolina, but still harsh. I don’t know how bad the income tax is, I just got my W2 and will be filling those forms out soon.
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You're gonna wish you stayed out of NC. Our tax forms SUCK. One of the reasons I'd LOVE to see either a flat tax or a NRST is that our state gov't would have to re-do the forms.
You're also going to learn about our "use tax", where if you buy something from out-of-state, you are supposed to report it on your state income tax form and pay taxes on it.
But no toll roads...yet.