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Originally Posted by Bandwagon Surfer
Having personally lived in many of the high tax and low tax places in Canada and the US, I have never really understood the focus on taxes when it comes to places to live. Sure at the extremes it could theoretically make a difference, but for most places the difference is not that much. Especially when you factor in actually living there, most of the costs balance out anyways.
For example I currently live in the US, and my federal/state taxes are lower than in Canada. But when I add what I pay for healthcare, property tax, and road/bridge tolls, it is a wash or more expensive for my base life costs here. With paying for private school because the public ones here are so underfunded and horrible, I am actually paying a lot more to live here than I did to live in Canada. Even in the states, moving from Texas to California, the tax differences were an absolute non factor for me.
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You just might not be in the same bracket as the players. Taxes are way lower for the rich in the US and even out more at the bottom end. Anyway, hockey players aren't paying health care wherever they play. Not many have school aged kids and the ones who do probably use private schools even in Canada (lots of people I know do even where I can't see the difference). Toronto has tolls.