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So basically what you are saying is to form an S-Corporation or an LLC (S-Corporation flow thru profits?), set yourself up as an employee of that corporation, and then trade thru that corporation and make the corporation pay you a salary? Am I getting this right? If so question is does this...

Well Portland/Vancouver is #3 on the singles list and Seattle is at #5. Reno isn't listed and Las Vegas is at #52. Austin is #1 on the list, but then Texas is a love it or hate it type of state. No state income tax though.

Canadians do not have to renounce their citizenships. Dual citizenship is allowed in Canada. In fact it even states so right on the inner front cover of a Canadian Passport.

Do most people who live in Vancouver travel to Portland to get their cultural/partying/socializing or is Vancouver, WA too far away from Portland?

Trashy compared to Portland and Seattle or Trashy in a general sense? Maybe because I lived in Metro Detroit and I am immune to ugliness and trashiness, but it didn't seem bad to me.

I'm an EE too. Or at least I used to be. I had the same dilemma as you so when the buyoffs came around I took it and I am starting out with one of the prop firms now. Many EE's trade. Some firms in fact prefer engineers.

Get yourself citizenship or permanent residency in a country with no capital gains tax. Check your family tree to see if you descend from anyone who can to America from a low cap. gains tax country. Ireland is a low gains tax country that is actively seeking to repatriate Irish Americans...

Which US state is the best to trade from? Quality of Life is subjective and to each his own, but looking at climate, culture, and most importantly taxation impact which state in the USA is the best to trade from? Many will of course say NYC, but then lets not forget that the taxes in NY are...

I'm thinking long and hard about moving to the Pacific NW to trade myself. Quality of life issues mostly. I'm looking at Seattle and Portland but I'm open to any state that is in the Pacific Time Zone that is not California. Now Oregon has that high "worldwide" income tax which is not good...