Taxes

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Wow.

Location, location, location......

I've got a 4 bedroom house, on 5 acres, with an inground pool. Before the real estate market hit the fan, it was worth about 250K, and my taxes are 2K, and I thought that was high!? Well, for here, it is.

I believe our state passed a 1% cap on homeowners property taxes, and 2% on commercial properties, a couple of years ago.

And I DO agree with the no kid rant, on taxes. BECAUSE the people who have 6 kids, are almost always, the ones who don't pay ANY taxes. Which is bullsh*t, in my book. Those who can't afford kids, shouldn't be having them. But it seems like it's always the ones who can't afford them, that keep shooting them out of their like basketballs.

To add insult to injury, in my little development there are multi-million dollar waterfront properties with docks and boats that are paying only a little more in property taxes than me. I'm landlocked! Why aren't those bastards getting raped over a barrel like me? I would be lucky to sell my house for what the town is assessing it.

Maybe it's time for me to consider a lower cost part of the world to live in. I'm just really starting to wonder why I put up with the lousy weather, lousy traffic, high taxes and expensive real estate. I love NYC and the culture, but sometimes I wonder if I'm missing out on a better quality of life somewhere else. Every day is a struggle.