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as you know, i'm in lake tahoe, i live 5 minutes from the beach one way and 5 minutes from the ski slopes the other way. it's tourist hell and it's hard to find a job but i have a 3 bedroom house for $650 a month with a hot tub, but i definitely had to shop around and got pretty lucky and put in my own hot tub. usually you'd pay about $1000 for that which is a lot cheaper than the bay or LA.
house prices around here start at $240k for a small 3 bedroom fixer-upper if you want to buy which is still pretty reasonable by california standards. the other advantage is you can also live in nevada and save thousands a year by not having to pay california taxes. Tahoe is just a fun, relaxing place to live, party, ski and boat just make sure you're self employed or have lots of money to spend cuz the average job makes less than $10/hour and there's always a reason to go out and spend money!
closest cities:
Reno - 1 hour
Sacramento - 2 hours
San Francisco - 3.5 hours
Los Angeles - 7 hours
San Diego - 8 hours
hope that helps any of you looking to relocate, i moved here from Massachusetts 5 years ago and totally love the town and it's great being in california....
oh and i used to live in quebec many many years ago and income taxes were well above 50% once you start making a decent wage, plus sales tax is about 15%. that's the price to pay for free medical care and other social services like cheap education, easy welfare, etc.
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