New Hampshire has no sales tax or income tax. At least it didnt 5 years ago when I left.

Kurt

G44 wrote:New Hampshire has no sales tax or income tax. At least it didnt 5 years ago when I left.

Kurt

I stand corrected. Thanks Kurt.

Ross

Nice thread. I’ve been on one of the Finger Lakes my whole life, including 40+ years of flying; so I’ll weigh in.

We’re roughly in the middle of the region. The lake is 20 miles long with about 70 miles of shoreline. Nice town of about 5,000 at the end of the lake; good schools, services, etc. Some trips of an hour or so are necessary for big box stores, some medical needs, etc. The lakes are surrounded by vineyards, wineries and breweries.

Most of the Finger Lakes places are second homes. For year-rounders this creates a nice ebb and flow between busy and quiet times.

Nice summers, generally low humidity. Winters not too harsh, I’d say an average daily high is in the mid twenties. Virtually no bugs at any time of year.

The flying is beautiful. Fantastic area for floats, lots of options. The Finger Lakes themselves, the bays on Lake Ontario. The Adirondacks are about an hour and a half in a 180. Ski flying is great, yet inconsistent. ( No ice or snow currently). Lots of grass strips, lots of fly-in breakfasts.(til this year) We have a nice seaplane fly-in In September.

Yes, the taxes are high. But again, we have good schools. I’ll leave the affordability question to you and a Zillow search. PM if you’d like more info.

Here’s a piece, with a video, that AOPA did here last year. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all ... nger-lakes

Finger Lakes region sure looks nice. Hey, if ya need an overhaul Penn Yan is close by. Also, some states don't charge sales tax on airplanes or aviation related items, services or maintenance. If I am not mistaken New York and Massachusetts don't.


Kurt

I pass over the Finger Lakes region regularly in the higher altitudes and its certainly a very unique glacial lake formation.

Nice picture of my plane Rob.

Having sold real estate for a large portion of my life in New England, I'd offer some advice gleaned from observing buyers. 1. At the end of the day, if you're living where you want to live, taxes don't matter. 2. If you have high academic expectations as a parent, your kids will learn as much as they need and will be prepared to succeed in the world. Rural school systems that are under funded, or don't offer some of the myriad classes and programs that better funded or more suburban schools do, are still perfectly fine. In fact, I would argue that the K-8 elementary school my son attended was an amazing education since the entire school population of 9 grade levels, was only 75 students. No, he wasn't able to take a foreign language, but the care and attention he got could not be matched. If you're a parent who thinks that the school systems should take care of your child's education entirely and you can be asleep at the wheel, then that's a horse of a different color.

The Tcraft is always a strong addition to the fly-in, Jim.

Think snow!