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Originally Posted by ilduclo
nope, we gained it because the wages are high in Wa, and I got huge amounts of overtime. Plus the sales tax there didn't hurt much, since I've never been a real consumer. NO INCOME TAX in Wa!! Then, in Oregon, similar cost of living, way worse tax structure (IMO, but not according to many others). OR relies a lot on property taxes, which are horribly inequitable, even from house to house on a single block, let alone from city to city and county to county, etc. And then OR has a very non-progressive income tax, so that I pay the same rate as a really rich fuck, even though I'm far from that now, more mid-mid or lower mid now..the big problem here in OR was that I got a huge pay cut moving here, and then Ms Ild was never able to find good work here in Science. She did micro-biology lab work, very well remunirated in WA but in OR they hire college students and pay min wage......I did great in Wa, you can, too!
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Well, I struggled financially there... but that was... Jesus... 2001? Around there? I don't know. I ended up doing OK, but "rich" in Seattle is kind of unfathomable to me. (Actually scratch that, because I know Mercer Island and Redmond folks aplenty... but I can't quite fathom ever being one.)
Anyway. I really am considering sending out some resumes, but I've had two major career shifts in my life, and I like what I'm doing right now. If I can find sustainable employment in my (adoptive) field, I'll hop on a plane. I am sick of cities though, so not Seattle. Small-ish town life suits my revved up, anxious, neurotic state of mind.