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10-13-2009, 09:35 AM
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Palm Springs
Am thinking about moving to the Palm Springs area. I'm not a millionaire. What are the best communities to move to? What can you tell me about Palm Springs and surrounding communities? I've heard that the cost of living is quite a bit higher than national norm. What is price of gasoline (regular)? What are bus fares? Are there property taxes? Are there school taxes? What is taxed?
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10-13-2009, 01:48 PM
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Lots of people who are not rich live in the area, they work for the people who are rich  Desert Hot Springs recently had a major meth bust, I think the arrested a few hundred people..
There are walls around many of the developments and actual armed guards at a few. As you move down the Coachella Valley beyond Indio prices get cheaper but there are some pretty darned rundown neighborhoods.
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10-13-2009, 02:47 PM
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I live in the area and have been here for a long, long time. Never seen any ARMED guards though, and I've lived in both Palm Desert and La Quinta and am super familiar with everything around the valley. Lots of people live here. There's a mix - rich, poor and middle class. I would suggest to anyone moving here that the good areas are Palm Desert, La Quinta, Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells, the Shadow Hills area of Indio and parts of Palm Springs. I would steer clear - WAY clear ... of Desert Hot Springs and Cathedral City. As far as gasoline goes, I pay a little under $3/gallon. Our property taxes are quite reasonable. We lived in TX for a short period of time and our property taxes there were OUTRAGEOUS - 3% of the assessed value of your home - every year! Not sure what bus fares are.
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10-13-2009, 03:48 PM
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I was there at Easter break visiting family, I do not know the name of the place that the cousins rented, but it was homes behind a high wall, armed guards in golf carts.
The other family lived behind a wall with security gates also, but no visible security personnel.
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10-28-2009, 07:56 AM
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Was that all of Texas that had the 3% property tax? Here in Allegheny County in PA (Pittsburgh) we have a 2% property tax. I wonder which areas/states have the lowest property taxes?
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10-28-2009, 02:42 PM
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Was that all of Texas that had the 3% property tax? Here in Allegheny County in PA (Pittsburgh) we have a 2% property tax. I wonder which areas/states have the lowest property taxes?
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No, I think the tax varies by county or by city. I was in San Antonio (Bexar County). Had a beautiful home built in a gated country club called "The Dominion". My parents have 5 acres outside of SA - in the country, but I think it's still Bexar, but their taxes are not as high. |
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10-28-2009, 02:46 PM
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CA property tax is limited to 1% of assessed value. Often there are additional "fees" but it is less than 2% overall.
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