Any Pa. cities/towns with NO property taxes? (Pittsburgh, Scranton: sales, crime)

[TootsieWootsie]

Looking for a town or city in Pennsylvania that has NO property taxes at all. Is there any place in your State that has a law like that?
A few of the cities/towns are starting to consider this throughout America (very few, by the way, plus, the State of Florida thought about it...thought about it is all, tho). The reason being that it would draw more War Babies (born up to 1945) and, also, the Baby Boom generation, which brings nothing but $$$ into an area. Don't worry as they know they will more than make up the loss from not charging property taxes with either high sales tax or bringing in enough industry to compensate for the property tax loss.
But any place in PA. like that? No property taxes at all?????:c onfused:

[Richard163]

Originally Posted by TootsieWootsie

Looking for a town or city in Pennsylvania that has NO property taxes at all. Is there any place in your State that has a law like that?
A few of the cities/towns are starting to consider this throughout America (very few, by the way, plus, the State of Florida thought about it...thought about it is all, tho). The reason being that it would draw more War Babies (born up to 1945) and, also, the Baby Boom generation, which brings nothing but $$$ into an area. Don't worry as they know they will more than make up the loss from not charging property taxes with either high sales tax or bringing in enough industry to compensate for the property tax loss.
But any place in PA. like that? No property taxes at all?????:c onfused:

I do not know of any.

[BackToTheCityMouse]

PA already has the second highest percentage of state resident senior citizens. the highest being Florida. In many areas, property taxes are low compared with the rest of the US (but property values and wages/salaries are also low). A retired resident does not have to pay all the nit-pick little employment taxes that many townships/cities get you with here if you have even a part-time salary.

Am not aware of any municipality in PA with no property taxes. Many have no zoning though, which makes for some very ugly roadside views

PA generally discourages industry/large employers from locating here by having substantial corporate taxes, and generally does not welcome people born outside the state to move here -- has the largest percentage of residents born in-state in the US. Even if your people first settled in PA when they arrived during colonial times, even if you still have (distant) family here with the same last name, you were not born here...so the attitude is TAKE YOUR OUTSIDER $$$$ SOMEWHERE ELSE, STRANGER!

All that aside, I would love to see PA invaded by families from out of state. Maybe bring PA into the 20th Century...and even eventually into the 21st.

[karen_s]

I don't know of anywhere with no property taxes, but Plainfield Township in Northampton County has a 1 mill tax rate for the local tax. There's always a catch of course - they are host community to a landfill and their host community tipping fees have paid for so much of their budgets in past years. Now, however, the landfill is almost full under their current permit, so either it closes and they lose the $$ or their expansion request is granted and the endless line of smelly trucks toting waste from NY and NJ starts anew....

Even with that 1 mill local tax they still have "normal" property taxes on the county and school district level, so it isn't the greatest deal.

[gswpa]

Are you kidding? If there is a way to tax something...ANYTHING...then PA politicians will find a way to do it.
(A couple months ago a politician wanted a "parking tax" for every homeowner. Individuals would be taxed for each car they parked on their property.)

[TootsieWootsie]

Thanks for the responses so far.
I heard that Pittsburgh, who is making a true effort to lure retirees there $$$, is a city that is unfriendly to outsiders; so, I gather from the above comment, that the entire State of Pennsylvania is that way. Not surprised somehow, and that is one of the things that concerned me about possibly relocating there.
How are they reacting to all the retirees from NY and NJ and other close by States moving to the Scranton area? It is becoming a retiree mecca, I understand from all the numbers I have looked at.
Texas, when I got there right after the oil crash, in 1982 was so MEAN to outsiders that they all had bumperstickers that read stuff like, "Welcome to Texas. Now you've seen it, go home!" REALLY rude crap like that. They outright hated anyone not from the area, too, and let you know it right up front. Hopefully, they have chilled out a tad since then in Texas, but, now that I lived there over 20 years, they no longer pick on me to my face, anyway...haha!
So, how are the Scranton/WB people reacting to all the retirees moving in from other States and areas????

[FightinPhils]

There are towns in Lackawanna County with no borough property tax. Taylor, just south of Scranton, has no borough property tax due to a landfill being located in its borders, and I believe Blakely borough, just north of Scranton, either has no property tax or a very miniscule tax due the borough making money off of its own electric company (although residents of Blakely make up for it with very high electric bills).

But...even though these towns have no local property tax, residents of those towns still pay school and county property taxes.

[FightinPhils]

Originally Posted by TootsieWootsie

How are they reacting to all the retirees from NY and NJ and other close by States moving to the Scranton area? It is becoming a retiree mecca, I understand from all the numbers I have looked at.

So, how are the Scranton/WB people reacting to all the retirees moving in from other States and areas????

There really aren't that many NY and NJ people moving to Scranton. They're mostly going to the Poconos in Monroe and Pike counties. And those areas have become "little New Jersey" in my opinion. People moved there to supposedly escape the city, but every day that area is building up to the point where the Poconos is starting to look like another strip-mall and traffic infested North Jersey suburb.

They haven't flocked to Lackawanna County yet, because it would be a little far off for the NYC commuters, but we may be starting to see some longtime Poconos locals moving north to Scranton/WB as the cost of living skyrockets in the Poconos due to the NY/NJ influx (as well as the drop in quality of life in the Poconos...since the influx of NY/NJ people, crime has shot through the roof and Pocono schools have gang and drug problems).