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Grew up there and left.... our 3 br/1 ba ranch on 4 acres we bought in 1972 in a very good school district in the 3rd ring suburbs of Buffalo ( almost half way to Rochester).... well, we will pay about $1200 school and $1400 town/county this year (max. $2600)....... taxes used to be under $2200, but STAR is gone. (It is even cheaper outside Erie County)
My family pays anywhere from $9000 to 14000 on the island. I am so glad I stayed her 40 years ago!
I lived in Buffalo for 4 years... while the burbs were nice, you couldn't pay me enough to stay upstate there year-round.
Grew up there and left.... our 3 br/1 ba ranch on 4 acres we bought in 1972 in a very good school district in the 3rd ring suburbs of Buffalo ( almost half way to Rochester).... well, we will pay about $1200 school and $1400 town/county this year (max. $2600)....... taxes used to be under $2200, but STAR is gone. (It is even cheaper outside Erie County)
My family pays anywhere from $9000 to 14000 on the island. I am so glad I stayed her 40 years ago!
I got family near Syracuse paying 5900 on a House thats worth 90k.
Her taxes are 60% of her mortgage payment
I lived in Buffalo for 4 years... while the burbs were nice, you couldn't pay me enough to stay upstate there year-round.
I bet you were UB.
You didn't stay in the right places!
I go down to the island now and realize that the intensity of stress in the lifestyle is insane. Stayed here, married a local, raised my 2 daughters here, worked my entire life past college here ( except 6 mos. in Manhattan)...... the only place I'd go is somewhere that had even a lower cost of living.
I've been to Buffalo numerous times. You would not believe how much of our tax money (Fed and state) go to paying for "The projects" up there.
Far from true. You get the electric we nicely produce from Niagara Falls to power NYC and lots of LI at cheap cost and we don't; Mine comes from PA!. Turn off the elec, you'd be sunk down there. Ever hear of the blackout of 1964? It turned off most of the Northeast : it was one circuit failing in Niagara Falls.
We also produce most of the dairy and produce for the state ( for any who don't know, this end of the state is actually full of farms; our back lot line is a corn / hay field). Drive most of this end of the state ( not on the Thruway and away from the cities) you will see mostly farms.
As to the "projects", they are in the cities. My taxes pay for that just like yours. Plus, we have actual citizens doing the work you give to illegals. Local companies hire local people. The only illegals we see are the seasonal pickers.
I grew up on a postage stamp lot of 50X100 feet and felt like my neighbors lived in my window. Here, the closest house is 150 feet away. I am on a "busy" road. The "busy" road = 1/10th a suburban street there.
Love it here, can't understand why people who work on computer or at home don't stop complaining and move up here & take advantage of the cheap cost of living. Work online, telecommute, do a few trips to NY a month? You cut your cost of living in half.
Love it here, can't understand why people who work on computer or at home don't stop complaining and move up here & take advantage of the cheap cost of living. Work online, telecommute, do a few trips to NY a month? You cut your cost of living in half.
Because ice storms & bitter chills are no fun? I will never forget the layer of impenetrable ice on the windshield when we wanted to go out... that was no fun. The most fun is where people wear the least.
Because ice storms & bitter chills are no fun? I will never forget the layer of impenetrable ice on the windshield when we wanted to go out... that was no fun. The most fun is where people wear the least.
Well, I detest hot weather..........
As to the cold last winter, I didn't even take out a parka here until Dec 28th, the year was so nice.
We have had many high 70s and even a few days into the 80s this spring. Odd year, but reeally a nice one here.
I generally find the weather here has been quite nice in comparison to the rotten winters you have been getting on LI. My sister and family are sick of shoveling. We just had minimal snow all winter and no ice to speak of.
after house shopping for over a year in better than descent SD's, I think $10k is the line.
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