Was looking at an out of state vacation home. Everything looked perfect until I noticed the property tax was 2% of the home. That’s ridiculous. I pay $1200 a year on a 1.5 million dollar home. Why aren’t you people overthrowing your state governments?
My kids are adults, we're from NY State but they both live in "low tax" states. They notice what they don't have that we have in NY.
Among them are the care for the roads, things like that.
You get what you pay for. I can't imagine actually CHOOSING to live in Florida or Texas, Nevada, places like that.
That's cope. The sad reality is low tax states don't have "things you have in NY state." Care for the roads lmao. Must be a different NY.
That's why millions of Americans are fleeing high tax states, including your kids.
home 600k, property taxes 11k/yr, no state income tax.
Yes, high property taxes but in my location great schools, hospitals, city/county services, etc and no state income tax. They gotta take our money somehow I guess.
At my first home(Ohio), roads were garbage. Public schools were terrible. Public services were ok, nothing special. Property taxes were very high plus there was an additional CITY income tax(still blown away this exists) on top of state federal taxes.
I then moved to a very nice Phoenix suburb with excellent schools, pristine roads, great parks and great public services. Property taxes are less than a 1/3 in AZ of what they are in OH. Plus no city tax. Somehow everything is far better here. I still can't figure out where all that money goes in Ohio. The return on investment is comically bad.
Fresh builds in AZ, wow. Another 30 or 40 yrs should do the trick. I'd bet they are already scrimping on maintenance and the various gov bodies only ever get bigger too.
Was looking at an out of state vacation home. Everything looked perfect until I noticed the property tax was 2% of the home. That’s ridiculous. I pay $1200 a year on a 1.5 million dollar home. Why aren’t you people overthrowing your state governments?
LOL that is such low tax on a $1.5M home. If you think that is high, you must live in true backwater.
If $100 per month is a decision-maker for you, it sounds like you're simply not in the market for a home over $1M.
That's OK, I have two. :)
The other funny thing is that people who LEAST support taxation are those who use the MOST publicly provided services.
My kids are adults, we're from NY State but they both live in "low tax" states. They notice what they don't have that we have in NY.
Among them are the care for the roads, things like that.
You get what you pay for. I can't imagine actually CHOOSING to live in Florida or Texas, Nevada, places like that.
Ok I have to step in here.
I'm from Texas but live in CT and have lived in NY.
The roads definitely aren't better in NY or CT than Texas.
Property taxes are pretty high in Texas but no income tax. Overall NY is the worst in taxes. Then CT then Texas.
Property taxes are pretty insidious. Where I live in CT, home values have risen so much there are some old timers getting priced out because of the taxes. That is ridiculous. There needs to be basic protections that the property taxes can only go up so much relative to inflation.
If you move to an area and buy your homestead you shouldn't suffer because other people decide they want to move there.
Weird. In texas we have great roads, where we're you driving in texas? On a recent trip through NY the roads were sj>÷t for us.
Fresh builds in AZ, wow. Another 30 or 40 yrs should do the trick. I'd bet they are already scrimping on maintenance and the various gov bodies only ever get bigger too.
Roads and infrastructure is maintained frequently here. I have no clue what above poster is talking about with road quality. It's excellent here even in older parts of town. Bear in mind westerners have been living in the Phoenix area for 150 years. We host visitors many times a year and they invariably comment on how smooth the roads are