BobL43
DIY Senior Member
I posted a new thread here, cause that Hurricane one is long in the tooth already. This is copied from there, though:
Originally Posted by BobL43
LL,
Taxes are probably lower than yours in Montana, but I don't think that's where I want to live.
No Palace, as I wrote in response to one of Cookies posts. but the cost of living in the NY Metro area is extreme. I don't know how the pay-scales compare to the rest of the US or Canada, though. Everything is normally relative. I never felt that I was overpaid, who does?
Cookie's Reply:
It would be interesting to know how the prop taxes are done there, if separate always on land and structure, or both? How the laws play to it? And, lastly, if it is related to earnings? A comparision would be neat.
I know Ian sometimes doesn't understand how complicated the tax laws are and what is involved, it just isn't that simple. Especially, real estate law.
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On Long Island, if you earn big bucks, you live in a rich neighboorhood and pay the bigger taxes there; if you live in my neighborhood and are wealthy, you would be crazy, but your taxes would be the same as mine are based on the size of the land and house value. When you make a major home improvement, or enlarge your house, your taxes go up based on the new value of the home. Add a deck, taxes go up; finish the basement, taxes go up. put in central air: guess what- taxes go up. It is suffocating. About a half mile away from me, is one of Ian's examples of good government: County is paying an apartment complex to provide section 8 housing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing) to help the underpriveledged folks who seem not to be able to afford anything except drugs a cheap place to live. 3 days ago, a druggie stopped her car across the street from my house, overdosed herself and her car rolled 50 feet on my neighbor's lawn and crashen into a boulder on the lawn. We successfully woke her up. She was turning blue, the 2/3 empty syringe of whatever she gave herself was layin on the console of ther car. we called 911. medics came, police came, fire dept came. cops would not arrest her on drug possesion because they said they had no way to prove she had used drugs. she said when asked that she was not a diabetic, and had no idea of why that syringe was there, but her arm had several needle marks.She got out of her car, tossed her cookies (sorry Cookie) a few times and the ambulance took her away. I feel sorry for her, but my taxes paid for all that service that was not an emergency. Nobody wants their kids to get that way. I hope if I need emergency help one day, it will be available, and the crew I'll need to save my life was not out on a self inflicted emergency. I also get a kick out of these jerks that do dangerous things like surf in these dangerous hurricane driven waters and cause rescue teams to risk their lives in trying to save those lame ass inconsiderate morons.
AHH, that feels better! me starting a complaint in Ian's corner instead of the furner!
LL,
Taxes are probably lower than yours in Montana, but I don't think that's where I want to live.
No Palace, as I wrote in response to one of Cookies posts. but the cost of living in the NY Metro area is extreme. I don't know how the pay-scales compare to the rest of the US or Canada, though. Everything is normally relative. I never felt that I was overpaid, who does?
Cookie's Reply:
It would be interesting to know how the prop taxes are done there, if separate always on land and structure, or both? How the laws play to it? And, lastly, if it is related to earnings? A comparision would be neat.
I know Ian sometimes doesn't understand how complicated the tax laws are and what is involved, it just isn't that simple. Especially, real estate law.
If you're as serious as a heart attack, chances are you're going to have one.
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On Long Island, if you earn big bucks, you live in a rich neighboorhood and pay the bigger taxes there; if you live in my neighborhood and are wealthy, you would be crazy, but your taxes would be the same as mine are based on the size of the land and house value. When you make a major home improvement, or enlarge your house, your taxes go up based on the new value of the home. Add a deck, taxes go up; finish the basement, taxes go up. put in central air: guess what- taxes go up. It is suffocating. About a half mile away from me, is one of Ian's examples of good government: County is paying an apartment complex to provide section 8 housing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing) to help the underpriveledged folks who seem not to be able to afford anything except drugs a cheap place to live. 3 days ago, a druggie stopped her car across the street from my house, overdosed herself and her car rolled 50 feet on my neighbor's lawn and crashen into a boulder on the lawn. We successfully woke her up. She was turning blue, the 2/3 empty syringe of whatever she gave herself was layin on the console of ther car. we called 911. medics came, police came, fire dept came. cops would not arrest her on drug possesion because they said they had no way to prove she had used drugs. she said when asked that she was not a diabetic, and had no idea of why that syringe was there, but her arm had several needle marks.She got out of her car, tossed her cookies (sorry Cookie) a few times and the ambulance took her away. I feel sorry for her, but my taxes paid for all that service that was not an emergency. Nobody wants their kids to get that way. I hope if I need emergency help one day, it will be available, and the crew I'll need to save my life was not out on a self inflicted emergency. I also get a kick out of these jerks that do dangerous things like surf in these dangerous hurricane driven waters and cause rescue teams to risk their lives in trying to save those lame ass inconsiderate morons.
AHH, that feels better! me starting a complaint in Ian's corner instead of the furner!
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