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I live in southeastern Ohio, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and I own about 5 1/2 acres, my property taxes went down this year, I was taken a little over $1000 a year and now it's down to $755 a year because of some certain programs that we qualify for, we don't have any zoning up here in this county were I'm at, 21/2 years ago I had a big building put up that here and didn't have to get a single permit for it its 36 x 24 feet, insulated, electric, on a concrete slab and didn't have a bit of problem with having it built, so I'm quite happy of fear in southeastern Ohio and the only time I see my neighbors is when the leaves are on the trees.
I live in southeastern Ohio, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and I own about 5 1/2 acres, my property taxes went down this year, It was a little over $1000 a year and now it's down to $755 a year because of some certain programs that we qualify for, we don't have any zoning up here in this county were I'm at, 2 1/2 years ago I had a big building put up here and didn't have to get a single permit for it, its 36 x 24 feet, insulated, electric, on a concrete slab and didn't have a bit of problem with having it built, so I'm quite happy up here in southeastern Ohio and the only time I see my neighbors is when the leaves are on the trees.
guess I type this in a hurry, because I wasn't paying attention...
There's a nifty law in far northern saskatchewan that if you live somewhere for 15 years, the land becomes yours. Kind of a squatter thing. Problem is you have to go so far north it's not really worth it. Plus if you were going to uproot that far, I'd research the specifics of the law (of which I'm not aware)
I used to live in Florida before moving to NC. The reason, I believe, Florida's home prices, taxes, insurances are so out of control is due to: Geographical location (hurricanes and tropical weather) also Florida is one the hottest tourists States in the World! There are many beautiful States whose taxes, home prices increase at a "sane" rate.
We've moved to a beautiful area of NC, where you can purchase a beautiful home for 180 thousand dollars and pay 650 dollars A YEAR for the taxes.
What are you looking for as far as hobbies? Fishing? hiking? boating? We are near to Lake Lure.
<<Where are property taxes low enough so you can hold on to land instead of selling it to developers who fill it with clutter? Does such a place exist, or are rural areas becomming "yuppified" and full of big city money? Is there anywhere that you can enjoy the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"? Anyplace where they view Code Enforcement like the old time "revenooers" - as target practice>>
Sounds like you need to check out Wyoming, where in much of the state, "Zone" is a 4 letter word!
My river frontage land is locked in a tax-status that sets it's assessed value at a permanent level.
Maine has these statuses for: farm land, open space, and treegrowth.
My land is 'treegrowth'. So it is all forest, except for our driveway and house.
We are converting much of our forest to maple syrup production, and apple orchards.
So in a way, we do kind of have a form of 'zoning'. Anyone can take their land out of treegrowth / farming / open space, and then they pay huge penalties, and finally their assessed value goes way up. Once they are paying the higher taxes, then they can do anything they wish to do with their land.
I am limited that I must keep my land growing trees.
In return I pay about $1.05 per acre each year for property taxes.
I don't have a problem with restrictions that reduce taxes, but in Florida the higher the taxes go the less you are allowed to do! Everything is just a placeholder for the next, more dense development here in Florida. The developers do not like local industry or any unusual scenery so they get laws passed by their political cronies.
"So in a way, we do kind of have a form of 'zoning'. Anyone can take their land out of treegrowth / farming / open space, and then they pay huge penalties, and finally their assessed value goes way up. Once they are paying the higher taxes, then they can do anything they wish to do with their land."
In a place like that I would just purchase the property that suits my needs, no reason to change it. I wish we had that here.
I live in southeastern Ohio, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and I own about 5 1/2 acres, my property taxes went down this year, I was taken a little over $1000 a year and now it's down to $755 a year because of some certain programs that we qualify for, we don't have any zoning up here in this county were I'm at, 21/2 years ago I had a big building put up that here and didn't have to get a single permit for it its 36 x 24 feet, insulated, electric, on a concrete slab and didn't have a bit of problem with having it built, so I'm quite happy of fear in southeastern Ohio and the only time I see my neighbors is when the leaves are on the trees.
I have family in Southeastern Ohio and the area is beautiful.
Spot that comes quickly to mind about farms, junkyards, and fruit stands is most of rural Tennesee. A junkyard at the bottom of every mountain. Gravity works, huh? Along with various farms and moonshiners up the mountain side, and fruit stands by the highways.
I find your post to be offensive, especially since it does not reflect reality.
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