Moving to New Hampshire...

[lordmetroid]

... As soon as my education is finished, probably.

I am a Swede who singed up for the freestateproject. Gonna finish my education in Sweden first though. I am in the last phase of my Biochemistry degree. I would say I have about 1 year left for my Master's degree. In sweden our Gymnasium(old greece word for secondary school) teach what the first years in an american college does so one can start on a Master's degree of a total of four years of education as soon as you enroll in an University if you like.

In many ways Sweden is superior and in others New Hampshire is superior. Yes, Sweden have the highest tax burden of any other non-commie state in the world. But there are other things on the freedom scale I appreciate with Sweden. The main issue I have about moving to New Hampshire is how the federal system is so fascistic. At present I am actually afraid to emigrate to the "nation of freedom". Also one has seen the cheating that occured at the elections, the Reporters Without Borders report stating that USA being at 53rd place when it comes to freedom of the press together with Botswana. While Sweden is loosing positions as well it is still much better(14th, 7th last year), the civil anarchystic system based on an excessive rule of the courts in various lawsuits is disturbing as one will be afraid to offend anyone and the laws being subject and declared by the whim on a juridical system and then there is the my property is my property and you can not even look at it kind of way that reminds of ferengi culture. While in Sweden land even if it is privately owned still can be used by the public for non commercial benefits like for picking berries and fungi or just enjoyement or overnight camping as long as no damage is done to the property and it's invested assets such as planted trees or agricultural products if one so wishes.

Also the elective system is better in my opinion in Sweden because of the proportional representation rather than winner takes all kind of system. Even though proportional electoral systems have it flaws as well I belive they are less damaging. How are the more local electoral systems set up?

I wonder what is the taxburden in New hampshire, also I noticed the property taxes varies enourmosly from municipality to municipality. What basis of assesments determines the property tax? What does a small house cost to build in New Hampshire? What are the wages of a descent work?

[Dave Ridley]

Very glad you are almost ready to take action, and place faith in our ability to deliver more freedom in new hampshire...
Most folks move here because they think of it as already half free but you are willing to move even though you consider it no better than Sweden...just becuase we are doing it.  That is cool.

[d_goddard]

In many ways Sweden is superior and in others New Hampshire is superior.

Make no mistake; on several issues, states other than NH are more free.
The issue is not which state is *already* free; if it were, we'd be done and there'd be no FSP.
The issue is which state can be *made* free.

The structure of NH government makes it most amenable to being freed. A large part of this is because of the low tax burden, and hence the low amount of government involvement in many areas of life. Another large part of the equation is the large number of State Representatives in NH, and the fact that they are paid only $100/year -- this weeds out much of the corruption so common in other states.
If you haven't seen it yet, many of the reasons why the NH government is so amendable to freedom are listed here:
http://www.lpnh.org/pdf/101reasons.pdf

I noticed the property taxes varies enourmosly from municipality to municipality. What basis of assesments determines the property tax?

The biggest expense is typically the local school, which is government-funded.
Indeed, one of the most immediate-impact things people can do, upon moving to NH, is to just show up at their town & school board meetings. Just 1 or 2 votes can decide whether the town will need to raise $5-10 million of taxes on building a new school.
Anyway, the best place to find the lowest tax rate in the state is to check the Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers (CNHT):
http://cnht.org

Based on their latest info, I suspect Derry will have a very low tax rate for the forseeable future.

What are the wages of a descent work?

Depends entirely on the work, my boy

There is a state minimum wage, but it is among the lowest in the nation. A single person can live on minimum wage, but they will probably need a roommate (not hard to find among the Porcupines).

There are a lot of jobs in IT and in the Financial sector, they pay quite well.

[Njal]

Du gamla du ofria.........

May Sweden one day lead the world again in freedom. Of course you would have to blaspheme the state religion of socialism.

Last night I had a vivid dream that I travelled to NH and was looking around. I remember the mountains, the trees, the rain. When it was time to drive back to Utah, I found I had only twenty bucks left to my name and so was trapped. Interesting.....

I am dying to come to NH. I hate this people's republic ruled by small minded fools. (Orrin Hatch anyone?) The ONLY thing tethering me here is my children. If I leave, I lose them. (Divorce anyone?) anyone else in a similar position?