re: "I'm taking a cottage in Salisbury Ma. in August about ten yards from the NH line to avoid that 9% NH rental tax."
Ah, but I bet you walk back across that line when you need to buy a towel or sunblock.
I sort of like NH having a high tax on foreigners who rent NH cottages. I just wish it would drop its high property tax on the people who actually want to live there. The state has no sales tax or income tax, and that's just fine though it doesn't impact me when I'm not living there. But the high property tax certainly does.