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Originally posted by Hugh R
You want to see something amazing, I was at the elpasotimes.com website checking out where I'm going tomorrow and they have a tax calculator for property taxes. I put in $250,000 just for an example, and the friggin property taxes were about $7,800. BTW, in El Paso, that gets you a new two story 4 bedroom 2-1/2 bath tract house. About half of soCal prices for an "average" home. you'd pay about the same taxes on a $500k home here 1.25%. You ever been to El Paso?, right across from Juarez, Mexico!!
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Actually, El Paso is quite nice these days. As far as Taxes are concerned, I just moved to Houston. I'm paying about $10K/yr in local property taxes. In San Diego, I paid about $4500. Assessed values were about the same. This delta is more than offset by the removal of state income tax. If I add in my wife's, it's even better.
I'm in one of the best Neighborhoods in Houston and 3400 sq feet vs 1400 for 1/2 of what I sold my townhouse. I'm in a gated community, so I won't have to worry about some jack-off smearing Dog-poop on my 911.