I see you’re from MA. I grew up there. Needham High Grad, ‘81. I also lived in Natick, Framingham, Saugus and Springfield before I finally left in ‘91.
I graduated from Central Catholic in Lawrence (about the only good thing in that God forsaken city)and grew up in Methuen. My brother has finally had enough and he plans on moving to Maine the next few years. New Hampshire is just Massachusetts north so going there really doesn't solve much. I probably won't be far behind him. I'm pretty much fed up myself. I've got relatives in South Carolina so that's an option too.
Interestingly enough, repeal of the state income is up for a vote. It's a waste of time as far as I'm concerned because the state legislature will never abide by it. They'll do what they did the last time we voted to decrease the tax: have a closed door session and pass a law to subvert it. Besides, how does anybody think they're going to pay for the BIG DIG.