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"...Who would pay the insane realestate and tax prices..." Are you talking about the insane property taxes in Wisconsin? Or the insane property taxes in Illino
by bilbo0s 8y ago
"...Who would pay the insane realestate and tax prices..."
Are you talking about the insane property taxes in Wisconsin? Or the insane property taxes in Illinois?
Also, unless you live south of Chicago or something, there really is no way I can see it taking you 3 hours to get to Racine even by car. It definitely won't take 3 hours from the north suburbs. And again, that's assuming all the FIB's use their cars. (And even a FIB is smart enough to use the train.)
- weberc2 8y agoChicago residents pay Illinois property taxes, which are quite high. I also didn’t claim it took 3 hours, I said the total time commuting was about 3 hours. In other words, about 1.5 hours each way.
- cozzyd 8y agoRacine and Kenosha Counties appears to have a higher average property tax than e.g. Cook County and nearly equal to neighboring Lake County in Illinois. Of course, that's not the whole picture, as properties are more expensive in nicer areas.
- dredmorbius 8y agoThose high Illinois property taxes are a stealth blessing in keeping property values low, and affordable.
- weberc2 8y agoProperty values in Chicago are anything but low; I don't think high property taxes are doing much to drive them down either.
- dredmorbius 8y agoRelative to what? It's the 3rd largest city in the US. How do land prices compare to NYC, LA, Houston, or SF (ranked 13th).
- weberc2 8y agoRelative to the surrounding area, clearly. No one commutes daily to downtown Chicago from NYC/LA/SF/etc.
- cozzyd 8y agoIs FIB some Wisconsin slang for Illinois residents?