Anonymous wrote:I would not live in a red state. Period!

Thank you!

Please don’t EVER change this.


-Red State resident.

I would not live in a red state. Period!

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Anonymous wrote:Coming back to MD is a dumb idea. You’ll be going from a state with NO income taxes, to a state with some of the highest.

Believe it or not, some people don’t live their lives according to tax burden

Yeah, I find this a strange priority. Lower taxes means fewer services and worse education and, in the age of Covid, stupid, science-denying governors. No thanks.

Oh. As if higher taxes means better services (how about a DC DMV that isn't taking appointments now until October) and better education (DCPS - say no more)...??

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Anonymous wrote:Coming back to MD is a dumb idea. You’ll be going from a state with NO income taxes, to a state with some of the highest.

Believe it or not, some people don’t live their lives according to tax burden

Yeah, I find this a strange priority. Lower taxes means fewer services and worse education and, in the age of Covid, stupid, science-denying governors. No thanks.

Compare the COVID deaths per 100k in Florida to most other states, especially NY and NJ, then get back to us.


We’ll wait.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I should add that I don't think Florida is a great place for retirees, either. Even with a lot of money, you're dealing with traffic and more and more rude people.

Guess where they are from?

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Anonymous wrote:Coming back to MD is a dumb idea. You’ll be going from a state with NO income taxes, to a state with some of the highest.

Believe it or not, some people don’t live their lives according to tax burden

Yeah, I find this a strange priority. Lower taxes means fewer services and worse education and, in the age of Covid, stupid, science-denying governors. No thanks.

Pretty much OP. We are in DC for the job market, and there are other perks as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Coming back to MD is a dumb idea. You’ll be going from a state with NO income taxes, to a state with some of the highest.

Believe it or not, some people don’t live their lives according to tax burden

Yes. They are the super-rich. And most of us aren’t among them. For most people here, taxes are a factor. If they’re not for you, then you’re either a disgusting 1%’er, or you earn so little that you don’t pay taxes at all.

DP.. I pay a lot in taxes, but I'd still rather live in MD than FL. Of course, that's just my opinion. For a person who is still relatively young and working, DC are is better than FL. Even when I retire, I wouldn't want to live in FL.

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Anonymous wrote:Coming back to MD is a dumb idea. You’ll be going from a state with NO income taxes, to a state with some of the highest.

Believe it or not, some people don’t live their lives according to tax burden

Yes. They are the super-rich. And most of us aren’t among them. For most people here, taxes are a factor. If they’re not for you, then you’re either a disgusting 1%’er, or you earn so little that you don’t pay taxes at all.

I would love to live in Miami for a few years but would never consider moving anywhere else in Florida.

Anonymous wrote:Coming back to MD is a dumb idea. You’ll be going from a state with NO income taxes, to a state with some of the highest.

Believe it or not, some people don’t live their lives according to tax burden

So where are you? Tampa? Orlando? Somewhere else?

Coming back to MD is a dumb idea. You’ll be going from a state with NO income taxes, to a state with some of the highest.

OP here. I should add that I don't think Florida is a great place for retirees, either. Even with a lot of money, you're dealing with traffic and more and more rude people.

I moved to Florida from D.C. in 2015. I must have moved too soon. I'm moving back to D.C. I miss the walkability of D.C. I miss the culture. I miss the better paying jobs. I have another job lined up. I'm thinking that since I'm single with no kids, I am actually going to be valued (and alone) in the office. I can go into the office a lot easier than colleagues with kids at home when the school year starts. I'm a 49-year-old white woman. I moved to Florida because I thought Tampa or Orlando would have job opportunities in my field, similar to those in D.C..

However, Florida is really not a great place for people who still need to work. I'm too young to retire. I'm really not sure if I would ever want to return to Florida to retire or live. There is a shell game going on in Florida with young people. The University of Central Florida is the largest university system in the country. Lockheed Martin is the fourth largest employer of ALL majors who graduate from UCF.

To get a job, you have to first work for an agency like Robert Half. That's a contractor, who will then place you at a contractor office. I've never worked as a contractor in that way. The jobs are mostly just copy and paste, really easy mindless jobs. There is a trend to testing job applicants in basic skills, like English, PowerPoint, Word, Excel.

Disney World is the largest employer in the state of Florida. They set the tone for employment here. I also find that many companies have outsource only their Human Resources departments to the state of Florida. This leads to workplaces dominated only by women. The women tend to bully each other in a weird pecking order way. They like to put a bully man in charge, like a rooster in the hen house sort of mentality.

I'm looking forward to leaving Florida. I would caution anyone who is serious about their careers not to move here, thinking it will be easy to work from home.