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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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