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We moved to the suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee in 2005 after selling our Williston Park home where we lived for 34 years. After the move, we had three times the house and put $200,000 in the bank; and we pay one fifth the property taxes than for the smaller Long Island home.

Now before you say “what Tennessee”? let me give you a few facts. The people in Nashville’s suburban communities have ahigher average standard of living than those in the New York City suburbs.

Yes that’s right. Based on Median Household Income, when adjusted for the Cost of Living Index, the folks in counties surrounding Nashville have more spending power than those in the New York City area.

And Williamson County, just south of Nashville, has the highest Effective Median Household Income of any county in the nation. Surprised?

Well just look at the charts below; and remember we have NO STATE INCOME TAX.

Do you sometimes think, if only I could escape the taxes, the stress, the congestion, the road rage, the snow storms?

Well we felt that way after living in the same Nassau County home for 34 years, and we finally did something about it.

We spent years looking for a place that had the best combination of climate, affordability, low taxes and friendly neighbors; and we finally found the best of all worlds in a place most Long Islanders never consider.

We left our modest home where we lived for 34 years, acknowledging that taxes would only continue to increase, traffic would only get worse, winters would only seem longer and the opportunity we owed ourselves would only slip away more and more with each passing year.

Our new home is three times as large, costs half as much and has taxes that are one fifth those of the smaller Long Island home.

During the last six years we have saved an average of $8,000 per year in property tax. That’s $48,000 in the bank in addition to the $200,000 we made on trading up to a bigger home.