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minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoThere’s also no income tax, and relatively low property tax. Not saying that’s a good thing, as it shifts the tax burden too much onto the poor, but it’s worth noting.
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoTo be more specific, since I don’t know what property taxes are in New York, I have a house assessed at $280k and pay about $600/year each for city and county. If I were outside city limits, it’d only be county.
minus-squareVeedem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThat’s significantly lower than NYC area which is already considered fairly priced compared to many surrounding areas. My house is assessed at $650k (that’s nothing in NYC) and I pay around $5400 a year in property taxes.
There’s also no income tax, and relatively low property tax.
Not saying that’s a good thing, as it shifts the tax burden too much onto the poor, but it’s worth noting.
Useful context. Thank you
To be more specific, since I don’t know what property taxes are in New York, I have a house assessed at $280k and pay about $600/year each for city and county. If I were outside city limits, it’d only be county.
That’s significantly lower than NYC area which is already considered fairly priced compared to many surrounding areas.
My house is assessed at $650k (that’s nothing in NYC) and I pay around $5400 a year in property taxes.