What Is The Worst Town In Nebraska? (Omaha, Norfolk: camping, closing)

[Katiana]

All Coloradans ride horses to work and school.

[Yorkie_Mom]

Originally Posted by pittnurse70

All Coloradans ride horses to work and school.

I guess I will have to trade my PT Cruiser in for a horse, since I will be moving out there on Sunday. I wonder how much I can get for my PT Cruiser??? LOL, I just love humor, it makes a persons day, thanks for a good laugh. Have a great night. Yorkie

[Macrina]

Originally Posted by Macrina

LOL indeed!

BTW, I like your 'name under the name' and can relate, but I can't blame it on altitude

LOL, Pittnurse, I meant to say I can't blame MY deficiency on altitude, but you prolly guessed that... do we have a smiley face for YIKES?

[Margaret Jean]

Hi, just found this post site. Family and I were wanting to relocate to the Hastings area. Then read these postings. Sad to see that Meth is there too. My fault for thinking that it wouldn't since it's everywhere else. We also saw in research that the property taxes were bumped to 1.9% of every 100.00 of value. Math says that a 150,000.00 house would cost the owner 3600.00 in prop. tax a year (or 300.00 a month) on top of their house payment! You all must be rich out there to afford that and the meth users must only live in apartments to be able to afford it you know? But then I guess they're just taking their example from the city council that voted that tax rate in as apparently the council members are all smoking crack. Do they realize that the rate they voted in is comparable to the rate in San Diego, California? I'm pretty sure that, as appealing as Hastings was with all the other info. we found, Hastings does not compare to what San Diego has to offer. What was the council thinking?
So now we're looking at surrounding towns. Gonna do some more research and keep an eye on this forum.

[Katiana]

Margaret Jean: I certainly wouldn't rule anything out b/c of what I read on this forum! Look for yourself! What is drawing you to Hastings? If you need a job, I would say that should be your first priority.

[kosnebbear]

Margarey Jean,

Is the problems in San Diego and southern California better than they are in Hastings? Just like pittnure70 I to wonder what is the draw to Hastings if the property taxes are to high for you?

Most of the towns around Hastings are nice towns. Some are fairly nice in size, like 1,000 plus while others are small like less than 100 in size. If property taxes is an issue in your selection you can always check with the County Assessor Office for the county that you are looking at to see what the property tax average will be.

Good luck in your search for a new home.

[mattpoulsen]

Marg. Jean,

Hastings is a very clean and nice town. Its small (25,000ish), but its nice. I wouldn't worry about drugs in Hastings. Obviously, it can be found but Hastings is definitely not a "drug town". Clean, middle class, friendly town. Also, you're right about property taxes (they are often higher in the midwest), but you need take a few things into consideration. Mainly, what $150,000 will buy you. It will buy you much much more in Hastings than in San Diego. Property taxes do not work the way you are suggesting. Its not as though high population centers in California are more justified in having a higher property tax. That's simply not how levies are defined. In fact, you could argue that lower population cities are more justified in having a higher levy than high population cities because the cost of property is higher in large population centers thus providing more tax revenue. Look online and see what $150,000 buys you in San Diego and then look in Nebraska to see what it gets you. In order to get an equivalent home in San Diego you'd have to pay much more than $150,000, which then will cause the amount of property taxes to increase. This is part of the reason they have a lower tax rate...high property valuations. You could look in Omaha for example, but keep in mind Hastings homes will even be lower than that. Even with the $300 a month figured in its not comparable. Plus, you have to factor in other sorts of cost of living concerns. Living is just way way way cheaper in Hastings, NE than it is in San Diego...anyone will tell you that. Its dramatically different!!

I would also add that its not $3600/year...its 2850/year...making it about $240/month. Not to mention a $150,000 home will not be assessed by the assessor at $150,000...probably more like $135,000 to $140,000. Its kind of a no brainer...if you really want to come to the Hastings area you shouldn't let a 1.9% tax rate stop you.

[tablemtn]

Didn't Norfolk have a QUINTUPLE-murder a couple years ago? Sounds like a dangerous place.

[kosnebbear]

Yes they did. But the key words in your posting is "a couple of years ago". This does not make Norfolk a dangerous place, not like some areas in say like LA, Washington DC, Chicago, New Orleans.

[mattpoulsen]

Yeah, Norfolk had a multiple person murder several years back...have they had one since??? I heard from my grandpa that back in the 1960's, when he was the Marshall in the county of my hometown, a woman was murdered by her husband. Man, little did I know that my hometown was such a hotbed for dangerous activity!! Whew! I'm glad I made it out alive!