That would be a bargain for ocean-adjacent properties in the Northeast. My sister pays a lot more than that for her little house on Plum Island, MA. There are some homes on the New Joy Sea shore that are paying ten times that/month. Which is why we don't live there.

That would be a bargain for ocean-adjacent properties in the Northeast. My sister pays a lot more than that for her little house on Plum Island, MA. There are some homes on the New Joy Sea shore that are paying ten times that/month. Which is why we don't live there.

That's how they do it in Washington as well. But we are now learning that if you continue to vote for things (50 billion dollar trains, high school campuses with stadiums, more government services to provide more free stuff), then the only way to pay for it is ever rising taxes.  No one is happy about high property taxes, or thousand dollar car registration fees, but they keep voting for more free stuff, and people keep moving here so I bet it will continue. 

I truly do wonder how they make it all work in Iceland.

That would be a bargain for ocean-adjacent properties in the Northeast. My sister pays a lot more than that for her little house on Plum Island, MA. There are some homes on the New Joy Sea shore that are paying ten times that/month. Which is why we don't live there.

$2k per month in property tax!?

That's how they do it in Washington as well. But we are now learning that if you continue to vote for things (50 billion dollar trains, high school campuses with stadiums, more government services to provide more free stuff), then the only way to pay for it is ever rising taxes.  No one is happy about high property taxes, or thousand dollar car registration fees, but they keep voting for more free stuff, and people keep moving here so I bet it will continue. 

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Great! We are teaching ourselves through doing, it is a lot of work and money, but well worth it.

The house I want today would be a sustainable teaching farm raising, in addition to food, medicinal herbs for wholesale and retail use.  Would like to house workshop attendees and boarding students as well as staff.  Would teach organic sustainable community farming techniques; herbal medicine harvest, use and storage; art with nature, meditation, cooking and healthy living.

Weekend and week-long workshops offered on a work-as-you-learn basis.  
Milk cows and chickens, maybe a horse.

I would sign up just to learn how to milk chickens

The horse would be the "kicker" ...

I would sign up just to learn how to milk chickens

The house I want today would be a sustainable teaching farm raising, in addition to food, medicinal herbs for wholesale and retail use.  Would like to house workshop attendees and boarding students as well as staff.  Would teach organic sustainable community farming techniques; herbal medicine harvest, use and storage; art with nature, meditation, cooking and healthy living.

Weekend and week-long workshops offered on a work-as-you-learn basis.  
Milk cows and chickens, maybe a horse.

The house I want today would be a sustainable teaching farm raising, in addition to food, medicinal herbs for wholesale and retail use.  Would like to house workshop attendees and boarding students as well as staff.  Would teach organic sustainable community farming techniques; herbal medicine harvest, use and storage; art with nature, meditation, cooking and healthy living.

Weekend and week-long workshops offered on a work-as-you-learn basis.  
Milk cows and chickens, maybe a horse.

That's how they do it in Washington as well. But we are now learning that if you continue to vote for things (50 billion dollar trains, high school campuses with stadiums, more government services to provide more free stuff), then the only way to pay for it is ever rising taxes.  No one is happy about high property taxes, or thousand dollar car registration fees, but they keep voting for more free stuff, and people keep moving here so I bet it will continue. 

Well, yeah. It's a million dollar house. And that's what living in a state with regressive taxation gets you - no income tax (a tax based on your actual income), but increasing property taxes (something over which you have NO control and often forces people to sell homes that they could afford when originally purchased, but no longer can). Yes, that's part of the Texas Miracle!

$2k per month in property tax!?

Lovely and completely unaffordable in Central Austin: