Washington State!  There is no income tax-only sales tax.   There is a higher cost of living than most places, though.   Your average 3-4 br house, with nothing special, in an average neighborhood will run you about $350k and up.   Two br townhouses or condos  run over $250k.  Traffic is horrific during the weekday rush-hour--4th worst in the country.   However, on weekends (i.e. for training), it is usually a piece of cake.  But...

 We train year 'round in Western Washington, as it is unusual for it to be either really cold or really hot.  Eight  to nine months out of the year, we can track at any time, as the conditions are essentially the same throughout the day.  Only at the very height of summer must tracking be done in the early morning, because it will be significantly drier and warmer the rest of the day.  

The area is very dog-friendly.  Seattle is the reputed to be one of the most dog-friendly cities in the country.  With 100,000 licensed dogs in the city, several dog-parks (one with its own beach on the lake!), dozens of doggie-daycare businesses and doggy toy/food stores doing business good enough to keep them situated  in the high-rent areas, it is apparently true. 

Eastern Washington is like a whole other country, though.  They have real winters and summers, as well as a lower cost of living. 

 

Shelley:  You are not talking about relocating again, are you?

MYSTERE:  SHHHHHHH HUSH!!!!! 

SHE WAS JUST KIDDING FOLKS - WASHINGTON IS AWFUL NONE OF YOU SHOULD EVER WANT TO MOVE UP HERE IT'S JUST AWFUL...........................

 remember many of the places which look inviting especially for anglos may not be so demographically and geo-politically suitable.

cheers

thanks for all the pointers , yes Im looking into moving to  the USA , and nice climat and  dogtrainingpossabilities are important , also we have horses ,
since there are people from all  over on thr pdb , its a good place to get this info

I have friends in owensboro , I will go there this summer to visit them , and look around

C,

Spent five years in Albuquerque! Originally from Michigan but get homesick for New Mexico. Got back there last October and the pic of me and Anastacia, (Here are my GSDs), when she was a pup was taken at the top of the Sandias.

They had this AWESOME Brazilian restaurant downtown, unbelievablr food. Property/houses are definately cheaper there than in Maryland. 

I was going to ask earlier in another thread where are you at in your avatar?

you might want to look around Georgia. several clubs near Atlanta. for weather, taxes, cost of living, the south east is hard to beat.

I lived in St. Louis for several years and liked it a lot.

Rik

Texas has been very good to me.  Austin has very nice trainers and close together.  It is culturally well rounded and I would recommend it over any place in the USA.  90% of the time we have no less than 3 USA teaching helpers at the field once a week.  That is a lot of experience in one place.  And I second what Sitasmom said.

W

Hi Alboe2009,
The restaurant you are thinking of is Tucanos Brazilian Grill. Yum, I love that place.

In my avitar picture I am sitting on a sand stone ridge, in Moab Utah, that over looks Arches National Park. You can only get there by foot or mountain bike. The views are breath taking. Moab's a great place to go hiking, mountain biking or white water rafting. It's about a six hour drive from Albuquerque and an eight hour drive from Phoenix.

Cheri