no sympathy for people living in florida or any disaster prone area, that knowingly there is a chance that its expensive. just like the wildfires in california, where all the rich people were crying.
But they’re holding out hope that momentum around reform might arrive in time to help them stay in the home they’ve poured decades of love and savings into.
Yeah thats not going to happen
So you were house rich but they never reassessed meaning last year you paid 15k on a 3.9m home nicw
Yeah people bitching about the property tax they now have to pay after not paying it for a long time should probably stfu and take the L or W or whatever it is
That doesn't mean he can afford the taxes?
If you buy an affordable house somewhere and external developments drive the price up, it doesn't mean that you magically have the means to afford paying 5x as much for something you already own.
Sell it and live somewhere cheaper on your wealth. Oh nos the shitty market gave me 4 million dollars what ever shall I do!
Yeah because people love to be forced out of their homes. Does the amount of money really matter? It's gentrification, plain and simple.
People don’t see homes as a place to live, they don’t consider community, family, proximity to work as important. Homes are “investments” and being priced out of your home is “good” because you can “sell it and move somewhere cheaper”. The dominant ideas of any era are the ideas of the ruling class.
Yearly property taxes never made sense to me. So you supposedly bought and own something, except if you don't pay the government then they can just take it away.
Taxes are the price of civilization. You pay taxes on your land, because if you don't, a gang of armed thugs will come and steal it from you and bury you under it.
I see your point for general taxes, but if the federal and state government are already taking your income and many other things how come they're also taking so much in property tax? Many other countries seem to be able to protect you and give you what you need without property tax.
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