Given that the houses are way cheaper and they keep more of their paycheck to help pay for it, it’s not a big deal. As a percent, it’s around 2% (depending on the county). Cali is typically around 1%, but you’re paying it on a more expensive piece of property so it evens out.

Incorrect. I know at least three people who moved from Cali to Austin because of no income tax.

OK, I do remember that I had it off for that battle. That fight also frustrated me enough to where I ended up taking a hiatus from the game (just like now, thanks to the Rom the Vacuous Spider).

I agree with Newsom on the middle class fleeing (lord knows I’ve thought about it a lot), but a lot of it is the state’s own fault for the way the tax system is structured. The tax brackets for married filing jointly are bizarre, with anyone making between $107K and $550K taxed at 9.3%. There is a HUGE difference in…

Well said. One thing I’m curious about around FC: ND is what your reaction was when you found out the sisters on the cover are the villains. I seem to recall that, in the initial discussion, there was a lot of excitement thinking they were the protagonists, but, when it went the other direction, did your feelings…

What could surpass my feeling when I finally realized that the way to beat Vicar Amelia was to turn off target locking?

I view them as two totally different experiences. Bloodborne for me is all about the combat and the exhilaration of progressing through insanely difficult areas and bosses. Witcher 3 was always about getting immersed in a new world. Yeah, the combat isn’t great, but I’m a sucker for a good story and side quests that…

This whole article is a hot mess of conflicting viewpoints, irrelevant information and ill-informed conjecture. To answer a couple of points:

Probably means bringing girls in from across state lines. My guess is that this is just an initial charge before they hit them with the bigger human trafficking charge. They likely need to gather more evidence first.

Indeed, of the ten chapters of information found on the digital layers, one is simply labeled, “Private Collections.”

Basically the launch price. I’ll wait til it gets down to $20 before I pick it up.

I’m somewhat surprised Amazon backed out so suddenly. That said, I always thought their decision to build HQ2 there was shortsighted. Even with the tax breaks, the cost to build and maintain there is way higher than other parts of the country.

While I’m intrigued by this, I’m not getting tricked into paying full price like I did on Primal and 5. Both had interesting premises that turned into the same game, only without some of the fun things you could do, like lob grenades down on bases from the small copter in 4. I also found the companion system more…

I would love for them to make an open world version of F.E.A.R., which was just a phenomenal horror FPS and the first game to give me recurring nightmares.

Had Kentucky thrown him a pass that slipped through his hands on a 2-point conversion, I’m pretty sure the internet’s collective head would have exploded.

I saw that headline picture after seeing the “poop museum” headline, so naturally my first thought was “man, he must really have to go!”

This was a complete misunderstanding, as Jeff Bezos actually told his assistant he was in the mood for a gyro.

Adding to the fun is what’s happened here in Orange County, where one of these companies was revealed to be recording inmate conversations with attorneys, which is HIGHLY illegal. Even worse, OCSD deputies in the jail were found to be listening to the conversations, which basically violates every facet of…

The Sopranos had a whole subplot around Junior being embarrassed about it.

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