I am from the Finger Lakes area. Back in the 70's, you could buy "camps" right on the water for a very reasonalbe sum.
Today, the taxes alone will kill you. All the locals Democrats get together and raise taxes on them like you would not believe. If you have a nice home on a lake like Skaneateles, you better have won the lottery or have made millions on Wall Street, even for a modest home like this.
I meant the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, referred to in my town simply as the D & C.
Most of the oldsters who bought “camps” for year-round living when they were young have had to sell out due to the taxes. I live one house from a lake view and have an affordable (for almost anyone) house and low taxes. My next door neighbor with the lake view has double my taxes (lake view is built into the formula). Lake access (cross a highway to launch your boat) brings higher taxes, and lakeside living brings astronomical prices and taxes. My lake has a railroad running the whole length on my side, so many of the properties are cramped and have trains running by just feet from the door.
Clinton’s buddy Terry McAuliffe has (had?) a place on Skaneateles Lake. Skan. is nice to visit, but I like my lake better.
I meant the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, referred to in my town simply as the D & C.
Most of the oldsters who bought “camps” for year-round living when they were young have had to sell out due to the taxes. I live one house from a lake view and have an affordable (for almost anyone) house and low taxes. My next door neighbor with the lake view has double my taxes (lake view is built into the formula). Lake access (cross a highway to launch your boat) brings higher taxes, and lakeside living brings astronomical prices and taxes. My lake has a railroad running the whole length on my side, so many of the properties are cramped and have trains running by just feet from the door.
Clinton’s buddy Terry McAuliffe has (had?) a place on Skaneateles Lake. Skan. is nice to visit, but I like my lake better.