Taxbraska - You have to pay WHAT in property tax?
Well, we've been in Omaha for 4 weeks in horrific temporary housing. We are on the second floor, so to do anything, I have to pack up a bag complete with milk, extra milk, more milk for someone else, water, snacks, and all my stuff, grab Maggie, and hope Sophie follows me down the stairs so the car. This existence is making me crazy, so I am looking for houses.... Perhaps all my Omaha misery is because of my living situation?
This weekend we went out with our wonderful real estate agent Charlie to look at property. I found some things I liked, but the property tax here is literally $14,000! I am horrified! I thought I was moving from Taxachusetts, but maybe we are moving to"Taxbraska". There's a ton on the market, but everything that's nice is in that $14K tax bracket, or needs a new kitchen, new tile, new carpet, new bathrooms, new walls, new floorplan, new garage, new yard, new everything! While I don't mind a little work, I want to get out of here, and find some normalcy... not more chaos!
Back when Neal's company was wooing us, they talked about how great it would be coming from Boston to Omaha and what a wonderful house we could buy with all the money we'd make/save from moving to "America" with a lower cost of living. I thought it was BS at the time and now I know it's BS. We pay $6K a year on our house in Boston, in a cool city with free trash pick-up, snow plowing, etc. Here you pay extra for those things, AND you pay more than double the tax, which is sunk money. At least you get some of your interest back.
So, people from Taxbraska, I'd suggest moving to Boston. I would be happy to sell you a 4 bedroom house with a great layout in a cool neighborhood and your monthly payment would probably be less than it is here. And you'd live amoung cool people near the water with professional sports teams, great restaurants, and mountains nearby. You could get to Europe on direct flights, and Broadway shows would come to your local theater before going to New York. It's the next best thing to heaven!
Well, we've been in Omaha for 4 weeks in horrific temporary housing. We are on the second floor, so to do anything, I have to pack up a bag complete with milk, extra milk, more milk for someone else, water, snacks, and all my stuff, grab Maggie, and hope Sophie follows me down the stairs so the car. This existence is making me crazy, so I am looking for houses.... Perhaps all my Omaha misery is because of my living situation?
This weekend we went out with our wonderful real estate agent Charlie to look at property. I found some things I liked, but the property tax here is literally $14,000! I am horrified! I thought I was moving from Taxachusetts, but maybe we are moving to"Taxbraska". There's a ton on the market, but everything that's nice is in that $14K tax bracket, or needs a new kitchen, new tile, new carpet, new bathrooms, new walls, new floorplan, new garage, new yard, new everything! While I don't mind a little work, I want to get out of here, and find some normalcy... not more chaos!
Back when Neal's company was wooing us, they talked about how great it would be coming from Boston to Omaha and what a wonderful house we could buy with all the money we'd make/save from moving to "America" with a lower cost of living. I thought it was BS at the time and now I know it's BS. We pay $6K a year on our house in Boston, in a cool city with free trash pick-up, snow plowing, etc. Here you pay extra for those things, AND you pay more than double the tax, which is sunk money. At least you get some of your interest back.
So, people from Taxbraska, I'd suggest moving to Boston. I would be happy to sell you a 4 bedroom house with a great layout in a cool neighborhood and your monthly payment would probably be less than it is here. And you'd live amoung cool people near the water with professional sports teams, great restaurants, and mountains nearby. You could get to Europe on direct flights, and Broadway shows would come to your local theater before going to New York. It's the next best thing to heaven!
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