(photo by richardmasoner)

There is no sales tax!

You read that correctly. There is no sales tax in Oregon. While this is generally very useful—in the grocery store, when you don’t have to waste time calculating that extra 9% or when I want to completely revamp my wardrobe (which hasn’t happened since I moved here, believe it or not)—I think this came in handy the most when I bought a new car. While I fully expected tax, title and license—a given in any other state—to run me around $1500, I ended up spending $200 on the title and license. And that was it.

This is probably my favorite thing about Oregon. Well, in my top 5 favorite things about Oregon.