Oh nuts: moving to NY (State), help me figure what's legal

[LawBot5000]

My parents in NYC have usually made more than twice what I do, but after taxes they are only a tiny bit ahead. When you add in sources of income other than salary, I am often ahead. You pretty much can't speculate in real estate in NY unless you are a billionaire.

You pay income tax locally, at the state level and at the federal level. You pay increased cost of living for EVERYTHING because every person that handles it or sells it is also subject to those higher taxes. Not to mention the various other taxes on things you might want to buy, like gas. What might sound like an outstanding job opportunity in CA or NY is really a trap because most of the salary increase gets pissed away in taxes, fees and higher housing and living costs.

I lost about 20k in salary coming from CA but I ended up with more cash in pocket at the end of every month. All you are doing working in those socialist cesspits is making the government richer.

 

[Prince Yamato]

Plan would only be to stay one or two years. Likely only take the job if I can get another extra couple K tacked onto the salary to compensate for the wallet abuse.

Alternatively, if any of you THR fiends need an IT guy well versed in Linux administration and a mediocre C-style programmer, do contact me with an alternative.

Dude, have you looked in Texas? There's ALWAYS need for IT people. Try Plano... the silicon prairie

 

[Caimlas]

I will admit that a large part of my motivation is that family lives within an hour's drive - my parents, uncles, and grandparents (who are both at the end of their roads).

I'm looking all over, yeah, but no substantial motivation for any particular area.

 

[Prince Yamato]

Well, that's good reason to move. Your life won't suddenly end if you move to upstate NY. It'll be a little more difficult to get things like pre-ban AWs (or AWs with collapsable stocks and bayonet lugs) and hi-cap mags. But other than that if you collection is basically 1911s and ARs... well, you're not going to really notice a difference. Not all New Yorkers are screaming liberals. Upstate has MANY conservatives.

 

[ctdonath]

BTW: Legally (IANAL & IMHO), rifled shotguns* are completely unregulated in NY.
(But good luck trying to explain it to the cop.)

* - has to be that way from original manufacture. These are not uncommon in NY sporting goods stores.