When you lived in NH, the state was redistributing some of that property tax to poorer municipalities due to a NH state supreme court case that happened around

When you lived in NH, the state was redistributing some of that property tax to poorer municipalities due to a NH state supreme court case that happened around 10-20 years ago. And, like I said, if you weren't making a lot of money you were probably getting a bum rap compared to income tax as far as how much you had to pay relative to the total tax take. Property taxes are regressive unless you have a sweetheart landlord. I was talking about southern NH where the property values are high and everything else is comparable to Massachusetts - between northern MA and southern NH you're talking a 5-6k real estate tax bump for the average home. In the boonies you pay less property tax because your town is getting it from Nashua. They do have a lightweight state gov't, but it still costs money to run the various services in every town. If you want to live somewhere very isolated and not pay for services you're not getting, though, northern NH is your place. EDIT: Ugh! Clicked through to wikipedia. What's the cite? "The Tax Foundation". It doesn't even mention property taxes, just state taxes, and no indication as to how they produced the number. Their PDF is 1 page. Think tanks are fun! http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/468.html http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/468.html