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I have no idea, we do get a good school but I imagine there are tons of people on here with a good school paying 1/3 of what we pay. Other than that we get garbage pickup, police, (volunteer) fire department, (volunteer) ambulance, a library, snow removal, recycling pickup weekly, a couple of blue recycling receptacles, a community center and and light on the roads.
I assume that (at least partially) it has to do with the overall cost of living and goods pressures in these areas. If the school district needs to do construction, pay employees, hire other contractors, etc. it is going to need to pay more in an area where cost of living is higher.
Middlesex county is "reasonable " as far as Central NJ taxes go...don't you work in that county?
Yup. The day I move out of this state will be a top 10 best day of my life. I can't wait for that to happen!
Calcasieu, where our last three Assessors have all been convicted of felonies while in office!
Isn't most of it just a cost of living adjustment? It costs more to live in certain parts of the country but at the same time you get should be getting paid more to make up for it. Teachers also get paid more for living in that same place and that extra salary is covered by higher property taxes.
I work in essex
lol I'll pass
I moved south (LI to ATL) and I'm paying nearly half in taxes and more than 2x the house and property. School ratings are just as good or better, amenities better.
Except this is painting with a very broad brush...
Yep, moving to NC in a few months from the suburbs of Chicago. Much cheaper and same or better schools.
I agree with that, you don't get things for free, its just that in metro Tri-State area you are simply paying too much for bloated government salaries and pensions. I'd assume thats what is driving high taxes in Chicago area also.
Yep. Although Lake County Illinois (county north of Cook - not same county as Chicago city) has much higher prop taxes. I know the city/Cook county are going up but in general, Lake County is high prop taxes, Cook high sales tax.
Yep. Over $100 billion of unfunded pension obligations for IL too. Not sure if that includes Chicago or not, didn't look. Complete mess.
holy smokes. One property or more
Ever seen City Slickers?That was on Getzranch(RN).
Maybe if I owned them outright.
Tell you what, I moved from SI to NJ and while the property taxes are higher, the income tax (state only, no NYC tax and no more commuter tax) will save you a ton and forget about the bridge toll daily. I am down in Brick, paying little over 4K/year for a ranch and I would trade that for the well over 2k a year that you spend on the bridge in a heartbeat.shadyridr said:
This. While our tax and cost of living situation sucks in CA, for those that have lived in the same house for a long time Prop 13 is gold. I still pay about $4400 a year. If I sold and moved to something similar it would be 3-4X that. One reason I'm not in a hurry to move. Been in the same house 19 years now.
Was hoping you'd say one property, so I wouldn't feel like the biggest sucker here.
Isn't a good bit of the cost for the good schools? I'd think when you retire and no longer need top notch schools, you'd move.
Are you a native?cap said:
That's insane. What the hell does that pay for?
