Retiring, WHICH State?

[Excaliber]

Ron, do you live outside the city limits? Rumor has it property tax goes down a bunch if you do. $3700 a year for prop tax? I know your place 'aint that big', whew, the horror!

[Ron61]

Ernie,

No, when they incorporated here they took Central Valley, Toyon, Project City and a chunk down the East side of I-5 into the city limits. That $3700 was before I went on Prop 13 and they had to roll it back. I sent you an e-mail telling you what I paid last year. If you never received it let me know and I will send all the particulars again. And yes my place is just 1258 Sq. Ft. with approximately 3/4ths of an acre. The house plans say 1567 Sq. Ft. but I left off the sunken den and made it a back porch which they can't tax and they came out about 5 times to measure and check to be sure that I wasn't lying. Also I had an asphalt driveway put in and they can't tax that. I can ask some friends of mine what their taxes are if you want. That could give you a good base of what they run up here now.

Ron

[wtm442]

Northern Mexico. Do not laugh. A lot of people are moving there.

On the other hand, western parts of Virginia and North Carolina are nice.

If you want low taxes and some snow during the winter, southern NH is fantastic.

If you can stand slightly higher taxes, less snow and the crazy K twins (Kerry & Kennedy), move to the historically rich Boston area. That is especially true if you want to go back to college for anything. No better concentration of higher education in the world. Also, if you get sick, there is no better concentration of top notch hospitals anywhere in the world. My real estate taxes are less than $5K for a 1/2 million value.

Of course, if you are a sports nut ...
Red Sox Nation
Patriots
The Boston Marathon
BC Hockey won the Frozen Four this year
Revolution soccer team came in second this year
Bruins (Ugh), but getting better. Took Montreal to 7 games before losing.

The Atlantic Ocean is nice too.

[Ron61]

Warren,

Why did you leave the Celtics out? I watched them last night and they are playing great. So are the Lakers. Lakers over Boston in 5 for the title.

Ron

[wtm442]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Warren,Why did you leave the Celtics out? I watched them last night and they are playing great. So are the Lakers. Lakers over Boston in 5 for the title.
Ron

Celtics rule this year. It will be their 17th championship when the beat San Antonio in 6 games.