Where do the SELFISH STINGY CHEAP GREEDY people live? (Miami: how much, school)

[housingcrashsurvivor]

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"The study is based on exact dollar amounts released by the Internal Revenue Service showing the value of charitable deductions claimed by American taxpayers. It is not based on extrapolations from spot surveys or statistical models."

Westchase 33626 Percent of income given 2.9%
Odessa/New Port Richey 34655 Percent of income given 3.2%
Port Richey 34668 Percent of income given 3.3%
New Tampa 33647 Percent of income given 3.4%
South Tampa 33616 Percent of income given 3.4%
Hyde Park 33606 Percent of income given 3.5%
Palm Harbor 34683 Percent of income given 3.5%
Gibsonton 33534 Percent of income given 3.6%
Land O Lakes 34639 Percent of income given 3.6%
Largo 33770 Percent of income given 3.6%
Tarpon Springs 34689 Percent of income given 3.6%
Town n Country 33615 Percent of income given 3.6%
South Tampa 33611 Percent of income given 3.7%
St Pete downtown 33703 Percent of income given 3.8%
Oldsmar 34677 Percent of income given 3.9%
Carrollwood 33625 Percent of income given 4.0%
Gulfport 33707 Percent of income given 4.0%
Holiday 34690 Percent of income given 4.1%
South Tampa 33629 Percent of income given 4.1%
St Pete Bch 33706 Percent of income given 4.3%
Valrico 33594 Percent of income given 4.4%
Carrollwood/Lake Magdalene 33618 Percent of income given 4.5%
Brandon 33510 Percent of income given 4.6%
Riverview 33578 Percent of income given 4.6%
Spring Hill 34606 Percent of income given 4.7%
Clearwater Beach 33767 Percent of income given 4.8%
Dunedin 34698 Percent of income given 4.8%
Seffner 33584 Percent of income given 4.8%
Temple Terrace 33617 Percent of income given 5.6%
Temple Terrace/Thonotosassa Percent of income given 6.0%
Sun City 33573 Percent of income given 6.4%
Clearwater 33755 Percent of income given 8.8%

[The b8nk]

"SELFISH STINGY CHEAP GREEDY"

hahahah im not gonna take the bait......

[vaughanwilliams]

I wonder how much of the Clearwater charitable deductions went to "The Church". I'm betting enough to skew the numbers all to hell.

[The Villages Guy]

Answer - All over the world.

[Sunscape]

Originally Posted by vaughanwilliams

I wonder how much of the Clearwater charitable deductions went to "The Church". I'm betting enough to skew the numbers all to hell.

I agree with vaughn.
Interesting data. Overall I see Tampa in general is not great on donations.

[Ken E]

It seems to be spread pretty evenly.

[The Villages Guy]

Originally Posted by vaughanwilliams

I wonder how much of the Clearwater charitable deductions went to "The Church". I'm betting enough to skew the numbers all to hell.

My in-laws give 10% to their church. Not sure if that is the norm.

[floridagirl777]

Originally Posted by vaughanwilliams

I wonder how much of the Clearwater charitable deductions went to "The Church". I'm betting enough to skew the numbers all to hell.

True!!

[housingcrashsurvivor]

Glad ya'll have some humor about the title. I was just having some fun. That cited site shows the national average at 4.7% of income reported as given to charity.

So while Clearwater as some noticed might be an outlier, more affluent Westchase at 40% below the national average and south Tampa Hyde Park at about 25% below the national average, those seems somewhat telling. To compare with other affluent areas:

Palm Beach 33480 at 7.6%
Highland Beach 33487 at 4.1%
Miami Beach at 5.6%
Longboat Key at 7.2%
Yet, again
Westchase 2.9%
Hyde Park 3.5%

So, like the stats show on the sexual offender thread, I think this speaks somewhat to quality of life issues. Where are people not friendly enough and where are people too friendly. haha. In fact, I have friends I've made here who left south Tampa, not because of money, they've plenty, but because of the attitudes they found there. And they happen to be very giving people. So while there might be some outlying stats, some of this is telling of the character of an area.

Originally Posted by PriusH8r

My in-laws give 10% to their church. Not sure if that is the norm.

One of my dear friends from grade school recently found out that he's broke. He's been making six figures for decades. His wife who is leaving him now--which is how he found out about the funds he thought for all these years she was handling responsibly--has been giving it all to her church.

There's giving. And then there's getting taken.

[BucFan]

Maybe the affluent mentioned consider their taxes already one big charitable donation....afterall, our gov't gives it away like candy with all the social entitlement programs that dominate gov't spending.