Example, related to city/state above:
COLORADO State Sales Tax: 2.9% (food and prescription drugs exempt); many cities and counties have their own rates which are added to the state rate. Total could be as high as 9.9%. Gasoline Tax: 22 cents/gallon Diesel Fuel Tax: 20.5 cents/gallon Gasohol Tax: 22 cents/gallon Cigarette Tax: 84 cents/pack of 20
ILLINOIS State Sales Tax: 6.25% (1% on qualifying food, prescription & non-prescription drugs, medical appliances). Local government taxes can raise the total to a high of 8.5%. Gasoline Tax: * 36.2 cents/gallon Diesel Fuel Tax: 36.6 cents/gallon Gasohol Tax: 36.2 cents/gallon Cigarette Tax: 98 cents/pack of 20
TEXAS State Sales Tax: 6.25% (food, prescription and non-prescription drugs exempt); local option taxes can raise the rate to 8.25%. Gasoline Tax: 20 cents/gallon Diesel Fuel Tax: 20 cents/gallon Gasohol Tax: 20 cents/gallon Cigarette Tax: 41 cents/pack of 20 No state personal income tax Retirement Income: Not taxed.
MARYLAND State Sales Tax: 5.0% (food, prescription and non-prescription drugs exempt) Gasoline Tax: 23.5 cents/gallon Diesel Fuel Tax: 24.3 cents/gallon Gasohol Tax: 23.5 cents/gallon Cigarette Tax: $1.00/pack of 20
MINNESOTA State Sales Tax: 6.5% (food, clothing, prescription and non-prescription drugs exempt); Liquor and beer taxed at 9%. A few cities and counties also add a sales tax which can be as high as 1.0%. Gasoline Tax: 22 cents/gallon Diesel Fuel Tax: 22 cents/gallon Gasohol Tax: 22 cents/gallon Cigarette Tax: $1.23/pack of 20
KANSAS State Sales Tax: 5.3% (prescription drugs exempt); Cities and counties may add another 3%. Gasoline Tax: 25 cents/gallon Diesel Fuel Tax: 27 cents/gallon Gasohol Tax: 25 cents/gallon Cigarette Tax: 79 cents/pack of 20
ARIZONA State Sales Tax: 5.6% (food and prescription drugs exempt). All counties and some cities levy a sales tax that could bring the combined tax rate to 10.7%. Gasoline Tax: 19 cents/gallon Diesel Fuel Tax: 19 cents/gallon Gasohol Tax: 19 cents/gallon Cigarette Tax: $1.18/pack of 20 Water Use Tax: 65 cents per 1,000 gallons of water used.
IDAHO State Sales Tax: 5% (prescription drugs exempt); Some jurisdictions impose a local option sales tax which could add an additional 3%. Gasoline Tax: 25 cents/gallon Diesel Fuel Tax: 25 cents/gallon Gasohol Tax: 22.5 cents/gallon Cigarette Tax: 57 cents/pack of 20
CONNECTICUT State Sales Tax: 6% (food, prescription & non-prescription drugs exempt); cigarette tax is $1.51 (package of 20) and $1.89 (package of 25). No additional sales tax is imposed by local jurisdictions. Gasoline Tax: 35.5 cents/gallon Diesel Fuel Tax: 36.5 cents/gallon Gasohol Tax: 34.5 cents/gallon Cigarette Tax: $1.51/pack of 20.
States Ranked by Total State Taxes and Per Capita Amount: 2005
1. What do you think is the best place to live?
Fort Collins, CO 16%
Naperville, IL 10%
Sugar Land, TX 11%
Columbia/Ellicott City, MD 8%
My hometown 31%
None of these 24%
total responses to this question: 11324
Lots of McMansion 4-lane communities on this list.
Naperville, for instance, is my idea of hell ... gaudy houses for people who work 60 hour weeks and commute an hour and a half to Chicago every day...no yards, can't go to the grocery store without waiting in traffic.
Utah is off the list finally. Good. It's a terrible place. Don't flock here. Don't visit. Just go away.
Glad to see New Mexico did not make this list. Terrible place to live. Everthing living here has sharp spines, teeth, thorns, or is poisonous. If this does not deter you from coming here, we have a Democrat for governor. He has a pointed head.
I live in Ellicott City, MD and trust me--it is NOT one of the best places to live. It's infested with liberals and rude rich people. Figures CNN picked it.
Sugarland TX !?! As a former Houstonian I am LMAO.
I lived in Fort Collins for two years ending this May. Gorgeous place, friendly people - the perfect college town, for me. Would have been happy to settle there for a long time.
One of the choices was "None of these." ...no other choices? LOL!
I live in Overland Park, #6, but the city directly next door, Prairie Village, is a MUCH better and more conservative city.
We lived in #4 Columbia/Ellicott City until 8 months ago and high tailed it out of there for the North Carolina mountains....we love our new place because our county strongly reflects the Anglo-European Judeo-Christian culture of the old America....the one that the ACLU hates....I just got my NC concealed carry permit....try doing that in the Disarmed People's Republic of Maryland....the best thing that happened to us when we lived in Columbia/Ellicott City was the rapid price appreciation we got on our farm....that enabled us to cash out and head for the hills...
Ok, how would FReepers rate San Antonio? We might be talking ourselves into bailing from So. Calif., and S.A. is an area of interest. I know Texans probably cringe to see Californians checking out their cities, but would appreciate any general observations.
ROFL. I know some people who just left Boise because it was too conservative and they just couldn't stand it.
Makes me laugh every time I think about it.
I'd be interested in seeing current "best places" for retirement.
Interesting....bump to read later