Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:36:12 -0400
From: Eva Whitley <eva.whitley at gmail.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: The English disease: was: Various replies
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Mike B. wrote:
> At 10/8/2007 10:48 PM, you wrote:
>
> <snipped>
>
> D.C., Maryland, and Virginia are three of the highest taxed areas in
> the US last I looked...and in that order.  I didn't look all that
> recently, but I haven't seen any major changes lately either.
>
> -- Mike B.
>
Then look again. New Jersey is way worse. Anywhere around NYC is more
highly taxed than here. The site I looked at ranks Maryland at 15th and
Virginia at 11th, in terms of taxes. (They didn't list DC.) (I can't
remember the site, but when I find it again I'll post a URL.)

We thought Maryland was more highly taxed than PA but after figuring in
all the local taxes (versus Maryland using a "piggyback" tax), they're
roughly equal. I didn't think to look at the ranking for PA but that was
the reasoning while house-hunting.

Also, areas with better schools tend to have higher taxes, but areas
with better schools tend to have more valuable houses. *You* may not
factor in good schools when house-hunting but a lot of people do.--Eva
Whitley