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Old 07-06-2017, 05:03 PM
 
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Congratulations for winning the most ignorant post of the day award...
You think so?

The South (and I include Texas) is an intellectual mess. Most of the residents are rednecks. The schools suck. The culture (besides New Orleans) is awful.

Nope. Disagree with you.

Upstate NY is the best place to live (west of Albany). Be a trooper and bundle up in the winter, and you are going to make up for it with great housing prices, four seasons, STABLE people unlike the stupid South, and a state that is run right (despite the higher taxes).

Update NY/Western PA are the best areas IMO on the East Coast.

If I had family in Idaho/Utah/Montanta/Wyoming....I would move there though....as these areas are great too.
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Old 07-06-2017, 05:36 PM
 
Location: Southwest
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To those who think I am wrong on the amount of HOA dues in Sun City Summerlin, here are a few current listings that show higher amounts.

https://www.redfin.com/NV/Las-Vegas/.../home/29148161 HOA $307

https://www.redfin.com/NV/Las-Vegas/.../home/29106445 HOA $279

https://www.redfin.com/NV/Las-Vegas/.../home/29106427 HOA $217

https://www.redfin.com/NV/Las-Vegas/.../home/29151973 HOA $176
Those are all townhouses with two HOAs
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Old 07-07-2017, 12:22 AM
 
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Those are all townhouses with two HOAs
Yeah. Cherry picking to make a point does have it's problems.
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Old 07-07-2017, 12:51 AM
 
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You think so?

The South (and I include Texas) is an intellectual mess. Most of the residents are rednecks. The schools suck. The culture (besides New Orleans) is awful.

Nope. Disagree with you.

Upstate NY is the best place to live (west of Albany). Be a trooper and bundle up in the winter, and you are going to make up for it with great housing prices, four seasons, STABLE people unlike the stupid South, and a state that is run right (despite the higher taxes).

Update NY/Western PA are the best areas IMO on the East Coast.

If I had family in Idaho/Utah/Montanta/Wyoming....I would move there though....as these areas are great too.
Wow your ignorant mess...with all these generalizations and stereotypes and then you say Upstate NY like that area doesn't have rednecks or uneducated people. That area is declining because they are all moving down south and out west.
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Old 07-07-2017, 02:31 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Yeah. Cherry picking to make a point does have it's problems.
If you're talking about my posting the listings that show higher HOA dues in Sun City, how is anyone supposed to know that some houses have 2 HOAs? I didn't know that. It doesn't say that anywhere in the listings. And why do they have 2 HOAs? Why are they all different amounts? I seriously want to know.
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Old 07-07-2017, 02:43 AM
 
Location: Moved to Vegas from Vienna
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Mr. Joe A
The culture is lacking in Vegas.


Well, I am coming from Vienna. I grew up with nothing than history and culture. Enough of Mozart, now it is time for Elton John As an European, Las Vegas provides for me American Culture. So, at least for me, this is highly interesting and I consider it full of culture
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Old 07-07-2017, 08:03 AM
 
Location: 89052 & 75206
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Mr. Joe A
The culture is lacking in Vegas.


Well, I am coming from Vienna. I grew up with nothing than history and culture. Enough of Mozart, now it is time for Elton John As an European, Las Vegas provides for me American Culture. So, at least for me, this is highly interesting and I consider it full of culture
LV offers a lot! Great natural desert beauty, incredible entertainment and theatre opportunities, wonderful restaurants, well-priced housing, generally low-cost air travel from the LV airport. In addition, within 5 hours' drive are San Diego, Los Angeles, Prescott, Flagstaff. The hiking at Lake Mead, Red Rock Canyon and Mt. Charleston is just wonderful. And there are many local hikes around Henderson. Cost of living is very good with no State income taxes.

That said, there is some culture -- but for really good museums catch a cheap flight to Chicago or New York. The medical care here is sub-par with outrageously long waiting lists for appointments with notable doctors. Some people with serious chronic health issues do move away to Dallas, Houston, Chicago and other cities.
The schools here don't, in general, have great reputations. And there are many property crimes.
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Old 07-07-2017, 08:28 AM
 
Location: Lone Mountain Las Vegas NV
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If you're talking about my posting the listings that show higher HOA dues in Sun City, how is anyone supposed to know that some houses have 2 HOAs? I didn't know that. It doesn't say that anywhere in the listings. And why do they have 2 HOAs? Why are they all different amounts? I seriously want to know.
A full MLS listing makes it clear which homes have two HOAs. The short forms used by Zillow and Trulia do not have that. Only the total. In Sun City Summerlin there are over 5,000 single family residents that pay on the single HOA fee and over 2,000 town homes which have two HOAs. The second HOA fee provides landscaping for the area and external maintenance on the buildings. The second HOAs are neighborhood sized and vary in the fee structure from about $150 to about 200.

This is the sort of information that any RE Agent can provide.
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Old 07-07-2017, 09:20 AM
 
Location: 89052 & 75206
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A full MLS listing makes it clear which homes have two HOAs. The short forms used by Zillow and Trulia do not have that. Only the total. In Sun City Summerlin there are over 5,000 single family residents that pay on the single HOA fee and over 2,000 town homes which have two HOAs. The second HOA fee provides landscaping for the area and external maintenance on the buildings. The second HOAs are neighborhood sized and vary in the fee structure from about $150 to about 200.

This is the sort of information that any RE Agent can provide.
Same situation for Sun City Anthem. All residential properties have an HOA rate of about $100/mo and that includes all community amenities and care and maintenance of common buildings and grounds. But townhouses have an additional HOA fee of $150-200/mo and that includes mowing, irrigation and all grounds care of the homes (they all have grass - not desert landscaping) as well as some exterior structure maintenance. There is also a small section of SCA that is gated with single family houses; they also have an additional HOA fee for gate, interior common grounds and perimeter wall maintenance.

Now, assume you own a house in one of the Sun Cities with grass (not my recommendation) and you pay $150 while an SFA/townhouse pays $300. You will still have to pay for lawn mowing and irrigation so your actual expense will likely be equal or maybe higher than the home with the higher rate.

After many years of owning HOA properties, I have learned to compare HOA fees in the same community and when I see significant differences, I am pretty certain there are 2+ HOA's within the community and properties will have different rates based on services. And then I know I need to learn more.....
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Old 07-07-2017, 09:47 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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You think so?

The South (and I include Texas) is an intellectual mess. Most of the residents are rednecks. The schools suck. The culture (besides New Orleans) is awful.

Nope. Disagree with you.

Upstate NY is the best place to live (west of Albany). Be a trooper and bundle up in the winter, and you are going to make up for it with great housing prices, four seasons, STABLE people unlike the stupid South, and a state that is run right (despite the higher taxes).

Update NY/Western PA are the best areas IMO on the East Coast.

If I had family in Idaho/Utah/Montanta/Wyoming....I would move there though....as these areas are great too.

So blatantly biased and just plain wrong, but haters will hate... You need a broader set of experiences, it seems.
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