Thinking of moving
I don’t know why but my wife and I are thinking of packing up and moving. Not just across town or across state, but across country. Tops on our list right now is New Hampshire.
Yes, that New Hampshire. Yes, we know it gets cold. Yes, it’s a long way away. No, we don’t have any family or friends even remotely near there.
I think my desire to move comes from my younger years. The longest I ever lived in one place was about 5 years or so when I was growing up. I guess I’m used to a constant change of scenery. Right now we’ve lived in the same house in Austin for going on 9 years. Twice as long as I’ve ever lived in any one place.
We picked New Hampshire because of all the good things about it. Here’s a list I’ve gathered:
#1 in US growth in per capita income
#1 business climate in New England
#1 in US growth in wholesale & retail jobs
NH has the lowest Tax Burden in the United States.
No Income Tax
No Sales Tax
No Capital Gains Tax
NH has the lowest Crime Rate in the United States.
NH has the highest Standard of Living in the United States.
NH ranks 9th of the Highest Income Levels in the United States.
It is also a very libertarian friendly state. Very small government, home schooling friendly, gun friendly, and more. It’s also the state that the Free State Project picked as the state they’ll try to make even more libertarian. Not my reason for picking New Hampshire but a damn good addition to the plus column.
We are planning on flying up next month and spending a week looking around. We’ve got a few places in mind to look at and if things go well we’ll make the move. Before we move I’ll need a job. I’m not going to move up there unless I’ve got a job waiting. We’ll rent a place up there and rent out our house in Austin. If after a while we decide that we want to make it permanent then we’ll sell our Austin place and buy a place in the woods of New Hampshire.