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Old 07-28-2008, 06:53 AM
 
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Butler and Beaver are both North of Pittsburgh.
I need to be South, somewhere off 79 between Robinson and Canonsburg?
Any recommendations for nicer newer neighborhoods with recently built homes, close to major shopping, in a suburban type atmosphere with smaller lots (not 1 acre farmland lots) with LOW property taxes? Schools are not important to me at all.
Try Peter's Township. Venetia is where most of the building is going on right now for the nicer homes with the bigger lots.

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Old 07-28-2008, 07:20 AM
 
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That's why people are moving OUT of Allegheny County. The city may have pockets of delightful neighborhoods and great museums, schools, etc., but buying house in Allegheny County is almost stupid nowadays, no matter how *inexpensive* one thinks the house is.

Bulter (which is north) and Washington (which is south), are the two fastest growing areas now. Why? Because schools are good, amenities are coming fast, and the taxes are much lower!
Schools are good? I have heard Peters Township is alright, but Seneca Valley and Mars? I'm all set with that. I'd gladly pay a couple extra grand a year in property taxes to live in N.A.
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Old 07-28-2008, 07:24 AM
 
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Schools are good? I have heard Peters Township is alright, but Seneca Valley and Mars? I'm all set with that. I'd gladly pay a couple extra grand a year in property taxes to live in N.A.
I'm sorry, you are right. I completely forgot about Mars..... I don't know about Seneca Valley. I was just thinking about the affluent areas of those counties. My bad.
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Old 07-28-2008, 07:26 AM
 
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That's why people are moving OUT of Allegheny County. The city may have pockets of delightful neighborhoods and great museums, schools, etc., but buying house in Allegheny County is almost stupid nowadays, no matter how *inexpensive* one thinks the house is.

Bulter (which is north) and Washington (which is south), are the two fastest growing areas now. Why? Because schools are good, amenities are coming fast, and the taxes are much lower!
HOLY URBAN SPRAWLIST BATMAN!
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Old 07-28-2008, 07:26 AM
 
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HOLY URBAN SPRAWLIST BATMAN!
LOL, I know.....
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Old 07-28-2008, 08:07 AM
 
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Of course the cost of ownership in general (for comparable properties in equally nice neighborhoods) is usually higher the closer in you are. So one has to ask if it is worth the price to live closer in, or rather whether one would prefer to save on housing costs by living farther out.

Personally, we highly value short commutes by public transit, proximity to the City's amenities, and so on enough to make living close in worth it. But that is indeed a personal choice.
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Old 07-28-2008, 08:11 AM
 
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Personally, we highly value short commutes by public transit, proximity to the City's amenities, and so on enough to make living close in worth it. But that is indeed a personal choice.
This is me, too. I was surprised by how much my taxes go up from year to year, but no way would I want to live outside of the city, or even outside of Allegheny County. I feel that it's important to live in the city, be involved with my neighborhood, and vote.
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Old 07-28-2008, 08:57 AM
 
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The taxes paid to the County is very reasonable IMHO, 4.56 mills. In my township the rate is 1.5 mills. But when you throw in the School tax millage rate of 18.99, the old mortgage sky rockets. There has to be a better way to fund school districts, or at the very least, make the school boards be more responsible and not spend money like drunken sailors.

As to lower taxes in the surrounding counties, that won't last forever.
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Old 07-28-2008, 09:18 AM
 
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There has to be a better way to fund school districts . . .
Indeed--it really doesn't make much sense to fund schools through property taxes. You can make an argument for property taxes when it comes to things like capital projects, police, fire, public works, and other municipal expenditures where the value of the expenditures to the taxpayer may be roughly in proportion to the taxpayer's property value. But public schools aren't like that, and by tying school funding to property values you just end up with an unfair tax that also distorts the housing market, leading to enhanced economic segregation and inequitable distribution of school funding.
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Old 07-28-2008, 09:31 AM
 
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If I didn't make the city-suburb driving everyday then I would save about 60 bucks just a week in getting to work. If I could work in the city and take the bus, I would buy a bus pass for 70 dollars. That still saves me 180 a month in gas prices. That 60 bucks is estimating just getting to work. I took out using my car for my own personal trips.

I don't own in Pittsburgh, but considering not-using gas has to help living in the city better.

However, I will not live where I work. You would have to pay me 500,000 minimum to live in wexford.
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