Texas has very high property taxes. They get you one way or the other.
RE: Texas has very high property taxes. They get you one way or the other.
Interested to learn how high is high ... In Nassau County, Long Island, property taxes average $9,500 a year.
In Bergen County, NJ it averages $9.000 a year.
Five counties in New Jersey had average annual burdens topping $8,000.
Can Texas top that?
As does, New Hampshire. *Live free or die*
“Texas has very high property taxes. They get you one way or the other.”
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But no state income tax. Yes, my property taxes are higher here but I’ll pay a little extra not to live somewhere else.
VERY HIGH. The neighbors on the left of us can't retire because of the high property taxes and they are very wealthy (a very mixed neighborhood of dirt poor and rich). The neighbors on the right side had to put her salary straight into an account specifically for the taxes. We have been hanging on for dear life the past few years because taxes take over 3 months of income. We live in an old small crappy house that's falling in on itself because after taxes, we can't afford simple repairs. I haven't had a dishwasher for years and am using a second hand washer and dryer that we've had to learn to repair ourselves. The A/C is on it's last leg and a BIL is, knock on wood, keeping it on life support. Every penny spent is squeezed and debated because the property taxes come first.