Pros and Cons of De?

Kman · Feb 23, 2014

DE is cheaper and less restrictive (for the most part)
Lower property taxes.
No sales tax.
Much lower fees (permits, etc.)
Slightly lower income tax.
No SBR's, No suppressors, No full auto.
All firearm sales are walk in and walk out.
CCW fairly easy (as America should be)
No "night life" nearby.
Crappy secondary roads.
Some areas have pretty high utility costs (mostly town operated)
What feels like 4 snow plows in Sussex County.
No real neighborhoods coming to mind where you are describing, but reasonable acreage in rural areas.
Mostly nice, laid back folks.

Good luck.

swinokur · Feb 23, 2014

The no NFA stuff is a deal breaker if I was thinking about moving there.

Gummy · Feb 23, 2014

SBR's and AOW's are allowed in DE. No supressors,DD's, full auto or SBS's.

dieselfarmboy · Feb 23, 2014

Alot south of the boarder towns. All gun sales must go through a FFL. Beach towns are little DC's. About like MD the big cities run the state.

BlackBart · Feb 23, 2014

No rifle season..............

The water makes one stupid...............

annihilation-time · Feb 23, 2014

Name Taken said:
PA? Really? Didn't that state go to Obummer?

Because of the cities, leftists win the state wide elections. However, PA is huge. It'll be a really long time before they can consume enough districts to destroy PA's strong gun culture.

Mark75H · Feb 23, 2014

Kman said:
DE is cheaper and less restrictive (for the most part)
Lower property taxes.
No sales tax.
Much lower fees (permits, etc.)
Slightly lower income tax.
No SBR's, No suppressors, No full auto.
All firearm sales are walk in and walk out.
CCW fairly easy (as America should be)
No "night life" nearby.
Crappy secondary roads.
Some areas have pretty high utility costs (mostly town operated)
What feels like 4 snow plows in Sussex County.
No real neighborhoods coming to mind where you are describing, but reasonable acreage in rural areas.
Mostly nice, laid back folks.

Good luck.

DE's sales tax is hidden as a "Gross Receipts" tax. Didn't know that until one of my cousins who is a book keeper in DE explained it to me; but they have that instead of both a sales and business income tax. Dramatically easier for the book keepers and accountants to calculate and its still lower than the combined taxes in neighboring states.

Uncle Duke said:
I've thought about that too. But I've been told that outside of the "slower lower" shore, Delaware politically isn't a whole lot better than this state is though.

That's exactly what my cousins that live there say ... Kent and Sussex complain about being ruled over by New Castle exactly the same way we complain about the I-95 axis. I guess its not a coincidence that I-95 goes thru New Castle and not Kent or Sussex.

Name Taken · Feb 23, 2014

annihilation-time said:
Because of the cities, leftists win the state wide elections. However, PA is huge. It'll be a really long time before they can consume enough districts to destroy PA's strong gun culture.

If the majority in the state is voting D it won't take all that long. Just a fact of life.

BigDaddy · Feb 23, 2014

Docster said:
Forbes or MSN Money rated Delaware the #1 state for retirement. I'm considering it and PA. Delaware is always in the top 3

Sales tax and estate tax count big on these types of "best places" articles.
Delaware has no estate or inheritance tax.
Maryland's inheritance tax is 15% over a million and 10% if you leave money to non immediate family.

Contrary to what Obama will tell you, someone 60 or 70 years old with 2 million dollars never made a million dollars a year in their life. They lived their whole life below their means. When they refinanced their house, it was to lower mortgage payments, not to use their house as a piggy bank.

Baltimorejake · Feb 23, 2014

Honestly The east coast as a whole is not 2A friendly

swinokur · Feb 23, 2014

yeah, with the minor exception of all the states south of MD

Overboost44 · Feb 23, 2014

Ifdot said:
This is my main concern. And what I have noticed going through De. There are some nice neighborhoods but the areas seem undesirable to be in. I know the school system is horrible, was planning on private school for the kiddies anyway.

That is a good idea to send the kids to private schools. It is a shame about the public schools and he has one school age child, so he will do the same. He got back to me a little while ago and said it was going to save him only about $5K/yr., but a lot of that was property taxes. YMMV. He is getting over 20 acres and over 3000 sq. ft of house, plus garages etc. for under $500K.

annihilation-time · Feb 23, 2014

Name Taken said:
If the majority in the state is voting D it won't take all that long. Just a fact of life.

Here's a fact. The majority of people in PA have been voting D for a long time.

Skins_Brew · Feb 23, 2014

Baltimorejake said:
Honestly The east coast as a whole is not 2A friendly

VA, NC, SC, and GA are pretty friendly.

annihilation-time · Feb 23, 2014

Skins_Brew said:
VA, NC, SC, and GA are pretty friendly.

So are Maine and New Hampshire.

swinokur · Feb 23, 2014

so much for the gun unfriendly east coast.

Mr H · Feb 24, 2014

I'm really torn about whether to look at DE or WV for us in the next several years.

Leaning to WV, but if DE? Personally, I would probably look at Lower-Slower, but some areas in the middle of the state are interesting as well.

PapiBarcelona · Feb 24, 2014

I would recommend WV, the natural resources are so much more impressive unless you want to be near the beach. WV is a lot more 2a friendly.

swinokur · Feb 24, 2014

And no Bidens

Mr H · Feb 24, 2014

PapiBarcelona said:
I would recommend WV, the natural resources are so much more impressive unless you want to be near the beach. WV is a lot more 2a friendly.

caught me in mid-edit

Yeah... WV would be preferred, though neither is ideal for family availability.

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