Bethesda vs Vienna/GF/Reston? Violent crime in MoCo is concerning

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Anonymous wrote:For someone wanting to actually get a start on figuring out their tax burden in different jurisdictions, this would be good reading:

https://www.arlnow.com/2019/02/19/ask-eli-does-virginia-washington-dc-or-maryland-have-the-most-favorable-taxes/

Kind of stupid to simply say -- Maryland has a county tax, just add up that county tax, and you'd pay that much less in VA. That's like saying, Florida has no income tax, so you'd save 100% in state taxes by moving to Florida.

Tbh though it is a pretty good heuristic. It is very very hard to end up paying MORE tax in Nova than MoCo unless you waayyyyy overspent on your car. I make 400k and have 180k in cars and I still save $10k on my taxes in Nova than when I lived in Chevy Chase

Totally fuzzy math, but believe what you want. Taxes are so complicated, so it's always hard for folks to actually run the numbers to get a true comparison (e.g., you say nothing about your property taxes). Your scenario is actually pretty similar to one in that blog post ("Chris"), and the difference is nowhere close to 10K. VA probably does have the lowest total taxes for high earners, but if you're making $400K, choosing where to live based on a difference of $4000 is a bit silly to me. But sure, if everything else is equal, then by all means, save that extra $4000 and live in VA.

Dumb comment, again if in fact it’s 4k a year, over 30 year career that’s 120k! Ding dong, a lot of money when you’re retired. If you invest it and let it compound, it’s even more. You live in MD for the following reasons: commute or religious (big Jewish community) or mason dixon line or you like deep blue policies. It’s that simple. You don’t go there to save money.

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I'm a refugee from moco and love it here in nova. MoCo has really gone downhill with Elrich, my friends who are still there really hate him. MoCo sounds like it's infested with radical woke leftists who are soft on crime and anti business. All the jobs are moving out of MoCo due to socialists like Elrich, NoVa is becoming the powerhouse of the DC area. Much more business friendly here, and although there are still plenty of wokists it's not nearly as bad as in DC/MD. It feels more balanced here politically which I like, still leans blue of course but not to the point of utter insanity.