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I had a good swim before work. If all goes according to plan today, I'll be getting my run done when the heat index hits 100 degrees this afternoon.
doing the final packing for 16 days on the road. Next 3 are going to be brutal, 2200 miles driving 12 hours a day. Salt Lake City Wednesday night, Ogalala Nebraska Thursday night and just west Chicago on Friday night. Stay a week at the show grounds then head back home.
Work today
Work today
Allo.
Made the mistake of doing some online house perusing last night, that was a humbling endeavor. I forgot how oppressive the property tax burden is around here.
Made the mistake of doing some online house perusing last night, that was a humbling endeavor. I forgot how oppressive the property tax burden is around here.
houses in our neighborhood have been going for asking price or slightly above asking, which is a good sign for if/when we sell (as houses that are smaller / more outdated than ours is are already selling for more than what we paid for ours)Allo.
Made the mistake of doing some online house perusing last night, that was a humbling endeavor. I forgot how oppressive the property tax burden is around here.
For property taxes here, we paid $7,852.32 for house and land and $4,903.32 for a total of $12,755.64. Mot sure how that compares to what others are paying.Allo.
Made the mistake of doing some online house perusing last night, that was a humbling endeavor. I forgot how oppressive the property tax burden is around here.
what's your parcel size, if you don't mind me asking
I can only dream about a trip like that nowadays.
78.3 acres at the house and 0.39 acres at camp with 300' of shoreline on Lake Champlain..
Okay, so that would be on the upper end of what we are facing. Seeing anywhere from $8K - $12K yearly for a house valued around $350K. Its been challenging finding anything within a hour radius of our desired location thats affordable, has enough bedrooms and bathrooms to support having a single kid, and isn't a deralict fixer upper. Well that and trying to swing this all on just my salary while maintain savings for all of the other things life has to throw at you.
Mind you this is coming from CO where my yearly property tax was $1,200.
Makes more sense now, that seemed like a lot for VT until accounting for the actual acreage. Here in PA I think we pay about $5k/yr for half an acre.
As unfair as stereotypes can be, they are incredibly convenient. The bony lady with scabs on her face at the convenience store who is twitching and begging for a cigarette MIGHT not be a meth addict, but I'm not going to waste any time thinking about it.
Shucks. The bicycle shop of my childhood, where I bought my first real MTB, where I perused the aisles for hours dreaming about 100mm of travel, Hayes hydraulic brakes, and Avid Arch Rivals has made the decision to sell their 3 locations to Trek after 100 years of independent operations. So long Goodales.
You could have prepared yourself by living elsewhere in the metro area instead. My bill is around $6k/yr.
I was trying to sneak that by y'all.I think your house was about 5x the value of @Adventurous's.
heh
Back from riding three days at Killington bike park in Vermont. Working today in upstate New York, then to Long Island to attend the wake of a dear uncle's Irish wake on Wednesday and the funeral on Thursday.
In that my neighborhood is innocent, as it was the airport beforehand. No prior residents to displace because there were no prior residents, just taxiways, runways, and lots of (remediated) pollution from Jet A, surfactant from fire stations, etc.who said gentrification was cheap.....
$7K for my place in Seattle with a slightly below median value. Not horrible if you consider there is no state or local income tax.
Undoubtedly. Of course, he also likely didn't have a convicted sex offender, a meth house (got raided), a Mormon family, and a house with perpetual visits from the police and was scene of a child being killed by an improperly stored firearm in his neighborhood, so maybe there's something to be said for the extra tax money.I think your house was about 5x the value of @Adventurous's.
I bet the remediate land at Rocky Flats is one heckuva deal too.
survived camping. back to normal.
Radiant heating!I bet the remediate land at Rocky Flats is one heckuva deal too.
(from the ground itself)
Love this hidden in the middle lol. Weird motherfuckers haha.
~$2500 in BZN @ $300k house
~$2000 in Idaho @ $200k house which includes sewage
what was there before the airport....
Kansas.
what's up SB?I really should swing by more often.
Not a whole lot... Month 5.5ish home with a 13 year old, both of us are in school online... Buffalo has been working through it all. The kid is finally stoked on shredding on his bike and has been visiting the local trails by himself even! He also hits gaps and drops and the mom in me is terrified a lot. Pretty rad!
Wow. What do you guys get for all them taxes?! I pay about $5900 (Cdn) per year for property taxes. I live in a townhouse downtown. People in big houses in the suburbs pay less. I frequently argue they use more.services than I do (roads, sewers, water, parks, schools etc...).
But your guys' taxes take the cake. Do they go to the counties too, to pay for highways and roads?
Find what you love and let it kill you?
I guess I didn't really love mountain biking.
Today marks the decade of decapitation.
I guess I didn't really love mountain biking.
Today marks the decade of decapitation.
Though in theory yes, they are for road maintenance, schools, police brutality settlements, the usual.
We pay about $10k in taxes on a ~$500k house on a .50 acre lot. More than I wanted to pay, but in the 2.5 years we've been here, I can see where the money goes. Some of the best schools in the area, own water/electric depts that have always answered calls/fixed issues within hours, and streets constantly plowed quickly, even our dead end street in the woods with ~12 houses. Lots of community programs and resources for kids, etc. Great library, parks, etc.
Sucks paying that much, but would suck more to still pay it and not see any of the benefits
Sucks paying that much, but would suck more to still pay it and not see any of the benefits