[rjh200]

The property tax thing is a mute point if you ask me. I live in a 1k square foot ranch on just under a 1/2 acre and the taxes are $4k a year and people in NH complain about paying $6k on a 2500 square foot houses on acre plus lots. We pay lower percentage rates in MA (in most cases not by much) but are paying on much higher property values than the equivalent house would go for in NH so it almost balances itself out. Now add to that not having to pay income tax and all the other Bull shit MA taxes and you get good savings. Yet it is harder to find the same pay as you could make in MA.

Add it all up and what do you get: Pretty much balances out.