The reason to move

Rogel in his blog brings up an interesting point that may only scratch the surface of the reasons we left New York but shows the growing trend that is immediately noticed when arriving here in North Carolina. The main reason for leaving New York was not taxes but did become one of the many contibuting factors in our decision. The truth to the graph which shows where people are migrating to is definitely true as far as the type of people moving into North Carolina. On my block, most of the people are transplants from the Tri-state area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut). Some of the main reasons that we left were the cost of living, overcrowding, schools and wanting a different pace of life. Staten Island is especially bad as far as the population. It is becoming more crowded by the day and the whole look of the island is changing in a bad way. I would advise that lower taxes should not be the only reason to move. Moving is a very stressful thing to do to yourself so you should be very clear and sure of your reasons for doing so.

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