northern VA or suburban MD?

which place cost more and more expensive to live?? taxes, gas, food, entertainment, daily living, commute, work, etc.

i vote for VA....how about u?

 

No contest: Virginia. This state has many clever methods of extracting the most money from your bank account. Northern Virginia is different than the southern 3/4 though; they are like two different states. That being stated, NOVA is immensely more expensive than the south.

The commute? Between the hours of 8AM and 8PM, VA has the largest parking lots in the nation.

I hate this state.

 

Some good points. What I hate about VA is personal property tax. If I paid for a car - and have already paid sales tax, why do I have to continue to pay to own it each year with the state? This is the biggest BS tax of them all. I have 3 cars, a boat and a motorcycle, all of which are paid for except the Z. I have to pay taxes each year to own them in VA. Thats ridiculous.

 

VA has the gayest laws ever

 

yeah, Fek VA...Fek personal property tax, Fek VA new speeding ticket fees!

but yet i'm still living here

 

Personal property tax is friggin ridiculous, I couldn't agree more. Is it just Fairfax County that imposes this tax?

 

I am just stationed here and I hate this place. Couldn't imagine actually living here due to all the weird laws. Also **** the new traffic ticket fees you guys have to pay.

 

No this is a state mandated tax, but the counties where you live collect it and benefit from it. Try moving from one city/county to another and getting tax bills from both. Or selling a vehicle and continuing to get tax bills for something you sold long ago. It bites *****.

 

who voted for md and what's ur reason?

 

There are places in MD where housing can be $$$+ but at least they dont have the gay taxes and weird fines like va

 

Montgomery County in MD can cost some serious money. But NoVA in general is more expensive.

 

especially mclean falls church area....i dont even consider those housing. those things are castles out there

 

http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lis...005/index.html

According to this table, in 2005, MD residents pay more taxes overall than VA residents.

http://ded.mo.gov/researchandplannin...ving/index.stm

According to this table, MD has a higher cost of living standard than VA.

Once again, popular perception is refuted by the reality of facts. It is an undisputed fact that living in VA is cheaper than living in MD.

 

i have to disagree with these because it's taking into account for statewide versus a region of the state.

northern VA and the rest of the state is in 2 different categories...it's like living in another country.

again, i'm not comparing statewide VA v. MD..i'm only taking a region of both states.

 

Neither for $200, Alex.

 

Yes but if you are comparing areas and not the state, Boston is one of the most expensive cities to live in through out the entire united states. It has a higher cost of living than San Francisco which has always been very expensive to live in.

 

+1 youre right

 

NoVa...although the Silver Springs/Bethesda is in the Top 10 most expensive places to live in America.

 

Why are we voting on this? If someone did the research, we could simply find out factually.