> What do you mean people “very rarely” pay for local schools? I guess a nuanced version of what I mean is – they very rarely pay a lot for schools if they don

> What do you mean people “very rarely” pay for local schools? I guess a nuanced version of what I mean is – they very rarely pay a lot for schools if they don't have children. Put another way, they do pay through the nose for schools if they do have children, which it sounds like you are doing. Of course there are exceptions to this. Maybe you live in a district with great schools and have no children, in which case you are paying for a great school with no direct way you can take advantage of the benefits. My point was that this situation is relatively rare; perhaps it wasn't expressed too well.