Taxes

[kak125]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

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.

wow that is so crappy that you are getting taxed so much!! its not fair thats for sure. yeah maybe you should check into moving somewhere else. i live in pittsburgh and the cost of living is pretty low here. i live in the city so its a little more but you can get some cheap nice houses in the suburbs for 50-60k and the taxes on those are nothing. if you dont live in allegheny county the most likely you would pay 1%-2% in taxes so its not too bad. lol the weather isnt the greatest but the traffic and crime are low. believe me i would love to live in nyc but i know that it would be impossible to have the size house i do now and i cant give that up . i would miss my family and i am such a sports nut that i cant ever leave my steelers, panthers or penguins, ha ha!!
i love visiting nyc though. its such an awesome place! my favorite areas are soho and greenwich village. i love coney island too. the idea of hopping on a subway and going anywhere in the city is so cool to me. we have a small subway system here but it really only hits a few places in town and the south hills suburbs. i wish they would expand it to go further down in the southside where i live.