US question

[LasseKongos]

I have some question for you how live in USA.


How much is the taxes?
How much do a apartment cost (3 room) at the west coast?
Rent= ?
Buy= ?


I´m sorry for my bad english but I can´t live in Sweden anymore. This fucking taxes kill me..... 50 fucking %

[LasseKongos]

Please help me with this...

[NBDesign]

approx 25%.....

Here in Phoenix, 1 bedrooms are about 600.00 per month... houses are average.... 90-100,000.00

California... housing is fucking outrageous... I was there 3 years ago (thinking i was going to move back.. a 2 bedroom at was 1450.00 per month.. I was renting a 2 bedroom townhouse here in Phoenix for 650.00 per month and it was twice the size of the apartment in LA.

We have a spare room if you need a place to crash till you find something... as long as you are not a freak or anything...

ICQ me sometime.. I will help you out...

[dougeetx]

Depends on where you live in the US. Here in Dallas, taxes are around 8.25% for sales tax and then you have income tax that varies. Oh yeah! Property tax. Houses are around $200,000 for a not so decent one.

[LasseKongos]

Any webmaster that have a apartment to rent out in L.A ?

[bringer]

Originally posted by NBDesign
approx 25%.....

Here in Phoenix, 1 bedrooms are about 600.00 per month... houses are average.... 90-100,000.00

California... housing is fucking outrageous... I was there 3 years ago (thinking i was going to move back.. a 2 bedroom at was 1450.00 per month.. I was renting a 2 bedroom townhouse here in Phoenix for 650.00 per month and it was twice the size of the apartment in LA.

theres your problem... LA. i live 1 1/2 hours from the coast and its $800 to rent a 3bedroom 2bath HOUSE
a 2bed 1bath apartment is about $550
nice too, nothing ghetto

[NBDesign]

Originally posted by bringer


theres your problem... LA. i live 1 1/2 hours from the coast and its $800 to rent a 3bedroom 2bath HOUSE
a 2bed 1bath apartment is about $550
nice too, nothing ghetto

Yea, but my work (where I was hired) was in Culver City... the cheapest I could find would have been in the SF Valley... I hate that drive over the sepulveda pass... fucking parking lot.

Na, lived there for 8 years... the beach is the only thing I miss..

I DO NOT miss the expense, the traffic, the polution (love that brown air), waiting in line everywhere you go....

Phoenix would be perfect if it had an ocean next to it...

So, when is the next big one? Drop that sucker into the ocean already and give me some beach front property just kidding...

Oh, I also miss the earthquakes.. those were fun... yea, I'm sick like that.

[RedShoe]

Originally posted by NBDesign


Yea, but my work (where I was hired) was in Culver City... the cheapest I could find would have been in the SF Valley... I hate that drive over the sepulveda pass... fucking parking lot.

Na, lived there for 8 years... the beach is the only thing I miss..

I DO NOT miss the expense, the traffic, the polution (love that brown air), waiting in line everywhere you go....

Phoenix would be perfect if it had an ocean next to it...

So, when is the next big one? Drop that sucker into the ocean already and give me some beach front property just kidding...

Oh, I also miss the earthquakes.. those were fun... yea, I'm sick like that.

I've lived here for 10 years. I like it here. I can get ANYHTING I want at ANYTIME of the day or night.

However if it were up to me, and if I could have my way, I'd drag the wife and kid back to her homeland and live there forever.

[NBDesign]

Originally posted by RedShoe


I've lived here for 10 years. I like it here. I can get ANYHTING I want at ANYTIME of the day or night.

However if it were up to me, and if I could have my way, I'd drag the wife and kid back to her homeland and live there forever.

Where is her homeland?

[maxjohan]

The prices looks so high in US. This bedrooms and bath..I don't understand that?? it's 3 rooms and kitchen here. Can some one explain this for me? so all you have is bedrooms and bath? or is it more rooms?

What are you going to do in US when you can't speak english??

[ADL Colin]

Originally posted by maxjohan
The prices looks so high in US. This bedrooms and bath..I don't understand that?? it's 3 rooms and kitchen here. Can some one explain this for me? so all you have is bedrooms and bath? or is it more rooms?

What are you going to do in US when you can't speak english??

Yeah, there are kitchens too. That's just usually assumed.

Also, California is one of the more expensive states.

[LasseKongos]

Learn to speak english??

[BigFish]

a lot of people don't speak english in America but that won't stop you from getting around. There are a lot of tax breaks that the U.S. government gives you through business deductions, cost recovery etc.. The tax that you will ultimately have to pay at the end of the year depends on how much you make. In 2003, the highest tax bracket for a single individual making $311,000+ a year is 38.6%.

[NBDesign]

Originally posted by maxjohan
The prices looks so high in US. This bedrooms and bath..I don't understand that??

A bedroom is where you put your bed and sleep at night... a bath room is there you shower and shit...

Does that help

[GeXus]

Damn.. where I live a 3 bedroom an apartment will cost ya about $1200-$1500... and houses.. well they range.. but for a nice 3-4 bedroom... your looking at about 3-400k..

[com]

Souther California > * (I would recommend looking in Cardiff California for something)

[Amputate Your Head]

when I left California over a year ago, my rent on a one bedroom apartment was around $1700 a month. God only knows what it's up to now.

[Carrie]

I'm stunned that we even have to explain this, but... here goes

Ads for houses and apartments focus on how many bedrooms and bathrooms there are in the house, because that determines how many people can live there comfortably. There is *always* a kitchen and *always* a living room area - if there is also a den or family room or sunroom, etc, that will be specified in the ad.

Many times if you're sharing an apartment with a roommate, you don't want to have to share the bathroom with a messy person, so you'd look for something with 2 bathrooms.

Or if you're a family with two small kids - you need a bedroom for yourself and hubby/wife, at least one bedroom for the kids if not two, and preferably another bedroom you can use as a guest room or an office. So you'd need to look for a house with at least 3 bedrooms, if not 4.

I would absolutely *hate* having to look through ads that simply said "3 rooms". Well, what kind of rooms? Is it a full bath or a half bath (just sink, shower, and toilet - no bathtub)? "3 rooms" doesn't tell me anything - that could be a kitchen, living room, and bathroom and there isn't even a bedroom, you've got to use a fold-out couch. That's just... weird.

[Carrie]

Btw, if you want to get away from taxes, California is *not* where you want to move. Don't even get me started on the fucked-up liberal thinking of that state that rules how they make laws and determine taxes.

Plus housing there is automatically at least twice as expensive if not 3-4 times as expensive, simply because it's California.

[com]

Originally posted by Carrie
Btw, if you want to get away from taxes, California is *not* where you want to move. Don't even get me started on the fucked-up liberal thinking of that state that rules how they make laws and determine taxes.

Plus housing there is automatically at least twice as expensive if not 3-4 times as expensive, simply because it's California.

It's worth it! ;P

[sperbonzo]

Heck with all that. I lived in Southern California for 12 years, and Phoenix off and on for 6. I live in Miami now and I love it! No state income tax, housing is still reasonable, great beaches, very international flavors/people from all over the world, etc....

The only thing I miss is....no mountains, it's very flat. But then again, you can't have everything

[Jakke PNG]

How are you planning to make your move there legal?
I've been pondering on how it should be done. How to get a greencard etc.. I can't just move in.