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Gladhands t1_j60b4i9 wrote
Those Jumbotrons North Allegheny has don’t pay for themselves
Wouldwoodchuck t1_j60lam6 wrote
Wide-Concert-7820 t1_j60m7zg wrote
May i ask which ones as i cant get to the article. Ty.
Deadendbend t1_j60qoyn wrote
North Allegheny and Canon-McMillan in Washington County
Knightro2011 t1_j60wihr wrote
NA files the 2nd most appeals each year in property tax appeals. But yeah, they have no money.
fafafooeeyy t1_j60zgfu wrote
The archive.org link appears to be dead. Here's a link to the actual article:
AlFromDadeville1 t1_j61gjh1 wrote
And if you ask every real estate attorney in the Pittsburgh area who help residents fight their tax appeals, approximately 99% will tell you that NAs appeal attorney is BY FAR the biggest dick they deal with out of all school districts and municipalities.
mrkamikaze5 t1_j61ir0v wrote
NA and Canon-Mac
KentuckYSnow t1_j61kv60 wrote
Ira Weiss sued social media companies today because ppa kids are absolute assholes. He should have sued the parents, but the ones in jail can only pay in ramen packets.
pAul2437 t1_j61lfae wrote
They were donated
Wide-Concert-7820 t1_j61mujf wrote
Thank you.
driving_85 t1_j61qlo2 wrote
North Allegheny School District, brought to you by Baierl.
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pAul2437 t1_j627hfr wrote
Pretty much
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j63k507 wrote
Love to watch all the hooting and hollering about taxes. The entire purpose of suburban development in this region is to let people move every eight years to avoid paying taxes. Good shit, definitely promotes healthy communities.
28carslater t1_j63m77o wrote
Why eight years?
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j63mm59 wrote
That's just the median time in the US that homeowners live in one place before selling and moving, but the pattern is real. A suburb gets hot, then the taxes increase to fund the services that the community needs, and people move to the next cheap taxpayer-subsidized development. When I moved here it was some developments in Ross Township, since then Robinson, McCandless, Cranberry, etc. Apparently Cecil is a thing now.
28carslater t1_j63xpqc wrote
Thanks. In this county I would think the constant movement isn't as advantageous due to the broken assessments system though Cranberry and Cecil may not be as affected.
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j63ybx3 wrote
Not sure what's broken? My shit hasn't been reassessed in forever and is assessed at less than half what I paid. I think my taxes are ~$950 a year all in.
To be honest, anyone who moves to Butler County because they're mad about their tax bill deserves to live there.
pAul2437 t1_j6406bs wrote
You’re underpaying taxes and are mad about other people doing the same?
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j641rmh wrote
I'm not mad at them, Allegheny County is better off without them.
28carslater t1_j64az07 wrote
Many would argue the assessment system is broken, in more recent years some of the gov't entities have been spot assessing recent buys effectively punishing the new owners.
That's a fair amount of people there, but something else to remember is much of the new SFH has been in Cranberry and along 68 because the taxes are somewhat tolerable. In this some parts of this county the same properties would have double the taxes and not be feasible to build in the first place.
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j64b96o wrote
Nobody lives in Cranberry Township. There are fewer than 31k people there, less than 200K in all of Butler County.
Low taxes in Cranberry aren't sustainable. Eventually the local authority will have to raise taxes to match the service levels that people there expect, and those people will leave and move to the next cheap suburb where they can pay artificially low taxes. Same as it ever was.
LostEnroute t1_j64np3m wrote
I can't see the deleted rebuttals, but you are obviously spot on with this assessment. If you pick an area based off lower taxes and they can't stay low you will move somewhere where the cycle is reset.
"I love my neighborhood('s tax rates)"
alexp8771 t1_j64ys8z wrote
I mean if you are going to hire an attorney to get money from unsuspecting home buyers for you, you probably want them to be an asshole lmao.
pAul2437 t1_j68rghz wrote
NA property tax rate is higher than the city. It just as desirable as ever and one of the few growing places on the region. The residents aren’t the ones suing here
pAul2437 t1_j698cxg wrote
You as well! If you move they will be able to reassess and get the fair share
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j698x38 wrote
The house has been sold twice since the last assessment. As far as I can tell the city / school district only reassess in hot neighborhoods.
The city and school district get 3% of our gross income so I'm not going to feel too bad about the low house assessment.
pAul2437 t1_j69yynu wrote
You’re being subsidized by folks paying fair value
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j6a5gcu wrote
They can reassess my house if they're that worried about it, the 3% EIT they're getting out of my wife and I is multiple times the difference they'd get if they reassessed my house to what I paid for it.
pAul2437 t1_j6ahpms wrote
Doesn’t make sense. Your neighbors are paying the 3 percent as well. You are being subsidized with bottom barrel taxes
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j6aih7f wrote
The difference between what I paid and the assessment is about $905 in property taxes. My wife and I pay about $5500 a year in local EIT. The city's getting theirs.
Jumpy-Natural4868 OP t1_j60axkq wrote
Post gazette article via archive.org