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| Re: Do you commute? said by Jon  :
said by drmorley :
We just looked at a couple of houses in Prairie Crossing in Grayslake where the property taxes were $7500.
It looks like the wife and I might be moving out of our beloved city this spring. Not to Grayslake though 
Yeah that's a lot, I suppose some burbs are pricey but it's one thing when you go in knowing that and another when they suddenly double with little or no notice.
I wouldn't even mind so much if I thought there was something good coming of it but where is it going?
They don't plow the side streets in the winter, our street looks like it hasn't been repaired in 50 years, the schools suck, the police don't come when you call them, Water bills have gone up, city sticker prices are going up, meters, tickets, etc, etc, etc...
I wouldn't really mind it if I thought it was going for something other than putting in bicycle lanes on the major roads. 
Recently they did property reassessments here in Naperville. They didn't raise rates, since they'd already significantly upped them just a year or two ago. But personally, from what I can tell, my property tax will go up to $8000.00 this next year because of the reassessment.
My wife and I every so often consider moving (within Naperville), but property tax rates make it a very significant disincentive to move up. I've got a mental block against paying $1000.00 or more a month for property tax on my personal house, which is where our next move would take us.
On the flip side, I do think that we get something good for our taxes. That's what makes it tolerable (barely). |
