I moved from PA to WA. In PA you don’t get to vote on tax increases. My property tax for a home that we sold for 250,000 was over 6 thousand. I paid the exact same 250,000 for my new home in WA, where my property tax is under 3000. PA has a 4% earned income tax, which means that you send in 4 percent of what you earn. Add in another local 1% local earned income tax, and we were paying over 6 thousand in income taxes. In WA, the income tax is zero. My home and car insurance in PA was over 3000/year. In WA, I pay half that. My water bill in PA was 70-80/month, and the electric/gas bill was 300. WA has the lowest electric rates in 50 states, I pay about 150 for water and electric, and 50 for gas. Overall, I am saving about 10 thousand per year by moving.
I am in 5 figures for property taxes.
Well, all I can say is that PA sucks worse than WA.
I hope you realize we’re still a pretty blue state.
BTW, I live in Pierce county. Where are you?