Should Milwaukee Be The Capital of Wisconsin? (Madison, Paris: live, housing)

[Milwaukee City]

Yeah those condos you speak of probably look over the area that Laverne and Shirley was shot or Dahmer lived, therefore making it "historically" valuable

Yea I will take that as a joke...lol

Here's another stat enitre Madison area home over 1,000,0000: 56
Milwaukee Area homes over Million: 356

Face it there is more wealth in the Milwaukee area and more expensive housing in Milwaukee. Shows the 100 United States counties with the highest median household incomes colored red.

[Milwaukee City]

weird how every thread turns into Milw v Madison or city v city for that matter, just the nature of cdf I guess.

[gold*dust1]

Take it as a joke if you wish..I find myself doing that with some of your outbursts!

I wasn't speaking of the million dollar listings and I never brought up wealth.

[gold*dust1]

Originally Posted by Milwaukee City

weird how every thread turns into Milw v Madison or city v city for that matter, just the nature of cdf I guess.

Earth to Milwaukee City: you brought up the Mad-city in your original post. Take your own advice and be careful what you wish for

[Milwaukee City]

Originally Posted by gold*dust1

Earth to Milwaukee City: you brought up the Mad-city in your original post. Take your own advice and be careful what you wish for

I know I agree, I find myself guilty of this all the time. It's like a vice you try to stop but can't stop.

[gold*dust1]

Originally Posted by Milwaukee City

I know I agree, I find myself guilty of this all the time. It's like a vice you try to stop but can't stop.

Ehh you're kinda funny and actually seem more innocent than the kids around your age I bore

[Ron Burgundy]

Originally Posted by Milwaukee City

Our property taxes are very high in Milwaukee in a Nice area. 150,000 6,000 a year in property taxes.

Those numbers are way off. For a property assessed at $150K in Milwaukee County, you're looking at property taxes at about half the amount you listed. It's still bad compared to elsewhere (thank you county pension scandal!), but there's no need to distort reality.

[Milwaukee City]

My aunts house in west milwaukee is 155,00 and she pays 6,000 in property taxes so not way off, it also depends what area of town you live in.

[Ron Burgundy]

Originally Posted by Milwaukee City

My aunts house in west milwaukee is 155,00 and she pays 6,000 in property taxes so not way off, it also depends what area of town you live in.

The mill rate in West Milwaukee was $25.55 in 2007, which leads to a tax bill of $3960.25 for a house assessed at $155K. So either she's mistaken about the value of her house or her tax bill. A $6K tax bill is a mill rate of about $40 per $1K of assessed value at the $155K amount. It's bad now, but we're not at that point yet.

http://www.publicpolicyforum.org/pdfs/2007TaxPoster.pdf

And you're taking your example from the most tax-stressed municipality in the region (the WM rate is over $2.50 more than the next highest municipality), so yeah, that is a distortion.

[quijote]

The City of Milwaukee's webpage has a search function allowing people to check on assessed property values and tax bills. You have to have a specific address for the search engine, though:

City of Milwaukee - My Milwaukee Home