kane

We have no sales tax, but they make up for it in other ways. We have a pretty big state income tax and our property taxes are through the roof. Housing costs are skyrocketing right now. I have a freind that just bought a brand new house. He paid 305K for it and a week a later someone offered him 350K for it. The company that built his house ( he's lived in it about 2 months now) are building a couple more like it in the same development and will be charging 375K for them now. So it's not without it's expenses.

Also, if you have kids you will want to look into some kind of private school because most of the portland area schools are in a constant, never ending, state of being under funded and poorly run.