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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by rootusrootus on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:58PM (#20648051)
Oregon and Washington are an interesting case. Washington has the most regressive tax system in the US. Oregon is one of the least regressive (yeah, all states are regressive). You would think that wealthy folks would really want to move across the river to escape Oregon's income tax. The problem, though, is that there are just two bridges across the river and they are frequently very busy, and 99% of everything is on the Oregon side. The only way I would move from Portland to the other side is if I am moving all the way to the Seattle area. And that is unlikely, I enjoy Portland too much.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by asdfman123 on Thursday August 08, 2019 @04:53PM (#20648614)
I think it comes down to the fact that people don't care as much about taxes as is commonly thought. They care about how much they like a city, or the general culture, or how close they are to mountains or the ocean.

Tax is belabored because it's so ideological, like when the Kansas governor claimed cutting taxes would bring a rush of new industries into Kansas (it didn't).

I know though when I chose to move from Texas to Hawaii to Washington State I never thought too much about taxes at any point.

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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by panzagl on Thursday August 08, 2019 @05:14PM (#20648858)
Retirees care.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by rootusrootus on Thursday August 08, 2019 @05:23PM (#20648934)
That may be somewhat true, but I know a lot of retirees in Portland that could easily relocate. Also I'm not positive in the case of Oregon how much the income tax really applies to retirees.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by tathougies on Thursday August 08, 2019 @06:53PM (#20649718)
The issue is washingtonians working in oregon would pay oregon tax. Tax applies if you work in the state not if you live there. Living in portland and working in Washington is the best bet if you can pull it off
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by rootusrootus on Thursday August 08, 2019 @10:00PM (#20650730)
Unless something has changed very recently, you pay Oregon income tax if you live here or work here. To avoid it altogether you would have to both live and work in Vancouver.

(until 5 years ago I lived in Portland and worked in Vancouver)

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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by tathougies on Saturday August 10, 2019 @12:19AM (#20660131)
Seems like im wrong. However this puts oregon in a minority of states i believe. Most states do not tax residents on income earned in another state though they certainly could
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