Posted on 10/22/2007 12:25:03 PM PDT by 2banana
Looking to see an acceleration as Governor Tax 'em all Deval Patrick wants to ruin 3 more cities with casinos.
Somebody should chart population loss/growth against total tax rates. I bet there would be a high correlation.
Many....and as the libs destroy those areas they move to others...like Virginia, Atlanta GA, etc...
like a plague of locusts...
A couple of things all these places have in common:
1. High Taxes
2. Democratic Leadership
3. Unions
4. Bad weather.
Buffalo? Didn’t Clinton run on promising jobs to upstate NYers?
“how may of these cities are run as socialist/liberal fiefdoms?” I suspect there’s a very strong correlation between high crime + poor economies and exclusive democrat control (consider, detroit, b’more, new orleans, pre-Rudy NYC).
Notice that all of the top 5 are big union cities.
Look at the statistics: Gen-X is fleeing those cities and the younger demographic is inflated by illegals (and muslims in Dearbornistan) leaving lots of boomers and some older folks.....
You nailed it China. As an ex-San Francisco resident, the Marxist-Socialist city government there has driven small and large business out of the city. City-paid sex change operations, and universal healthcare coverage is bankrupting the city that has a budget almost as large as some states. Punitive business taxation has sent Bank of America, Chevron, and Bechtel headquarters to other cities.
I still own real estate there, but am bailing out as soon as the market comes back a bit. My property taxes are $4500/year on a 900 sq ft condo.
On a talk radio site, it said that a new real time radio listening measuring system was being planned for the top ten markets, and it was only Detroit's loss of population that netted Boston the tenth position.
Maybe San Francisco is declining because all the gays are moving up here.
Why is the author surprised that San Fransicko is on the list? Between astronomic housing prices, one of the largest gay populations in the US, and an oppressive local government why would anyone want to raise their family there? MEGA-Duh!
I'm curious. What is your tax appraisal value for the SF condo? I'm in the so-called conservative Texas and I pay $2100 on a $66,000 tax appraisal. I too am selling out but I haven't been able to find a buyer even when there was good economic times.
There are more dogs and cats than children in San Francisco. Wonder why? LOL!
....Notice that all of the top 5 are big union cities...
There are no big union cities any more. They have deterioriated into merely union cities.
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I think Property Taxes in Texas are about 3X California going by appraised value.
If you are paying $2K on $66K, in California, you would be paying about $2K on $200K appraised value, but this is just a guess.
Your $66K house in Texas would likely be nicer than a $200K House in California, so it's not really a valid comparison.
If Texas lowered its property tax rate, they would just make it up on the appraisal. Jerks.
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