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Cake day: July 1st, 2023
  • fishpen0@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.world•Owning a home has rarely been this much more expensive than renting
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    9 days ago

    Yeah, MA and most towns in MA have made the choice to have higher income taxes and more business taxes and more sales tax than to have high property tax. Putting it all together, the COLA here is just as bad as LA, it just comes out of different types of spending and income cuts.

    I actually think part of what drives our property rates so high is that the tax rate is so low. Instead of paying a chunk to taxes, you just have a much bigger mortgage and suddenly it’s a wash.

    Plus to your point about condos. It’s definitely more fair to compare a condo to an apartment in terms of costs. since they are usually similar structures with similar sq footage and amenities. Standalone homes are usually what people are thinking of when they compare renting to owning and I think that leads to these extreme studies that are basically comparing apples and oranges.

  • fishpen0@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.world•Selling Stuff
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    10 days ago

    This is a joke about Craigslist and Facebook marketplace listings. That’s why the sales person keeps saying to look at the “post” and not the sign. If you ever sell something online you will get hundreds of people like this. They clearly have the literacy to log on to the site and to ask questions in written form but still don’t read the post.