Big_Hitter
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I love it. One more example of why you shouldn't move to Texas - it's a red state, and I'm NOT talking about politics.
We are 43 in the Thousand Oaks - Ventura area. Actually we live east of Ventura- a little higher and inland, so we do not get the low coastal stratus. That is South Mountain-2000 feet high and the view from our porch
All way to subjective. Number of golf courses and non stop international flights don't mean much to me.
If it wasn't for the property taxes here I'd be perfectly happy while most would be horrified with the weather.
The Woodlands, TX is where we retired to, ranked 166/200. These days we spend less than half our time there.
I'm in Thousand Oaks also but I've been here since I was 4 , no need to retire to somewhere for me. It's pretty close to perfect ( for me )
very few places with better weather, I can bike everywhere I need to get to and if I feel the need to travel i can usually get out via Burbank airport which is about as painless as airports go these days ( usually ) housing prices are high at the moment. being a long time resident I had the luxury to was just wait out the market for a real estate trough before buying. Kaiser has been pretty good for me on the health care front.
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Amazing SF Bay Area ranks lower in housing and taxes than the Woodlands.
Amazing SF Bay Area ranks lower in housing and taxes than the Woodlands.
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Property taxes are pretty low relative to current housing prices in SF Bay Area for some of us long time owners due to Prop 13.
no, just Austin
I'll bet there are not too many long timers living off Prop 13 left.
Wow, this is a tough list to max out on.
New Orleans is #91. So, according to this study, there are 90 MSA's that are better to have retired in, than here.
Even Springfield, Missouri is only #78.
Honestly, I think the best place to retire ultimately depends on the individual.
Out of the 200 in the list, Rockford, IL is listed as #200. I have never been there but it must be worse than it sounds.
Our neighborhood actually has many original owners. Prop 13 has a lock in effect. It is not something to live off of - there's no income unless homeowners rent out their house. It just keeps property taxes form skyrocketing when there is a boom in housing prices.
When we left there in 1990 and sold two homes, the new buyers had to pay property taxes based on 1.25% of their purchase price of the house. Has that changed?
Amazing SF Bay Area ranks lower in housing and taxes than the Woodlands.
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It's not really about overall rank based on a variety of important variables . This guy just ranked places by how hot and humid they are!
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I'll bet there are not too many long timers living off Prop 13 left.
You'd be surprised. Umm, let's see. Chevron in Richmond, and all the other refineries and big land businesses that never were sold. Any property business that didn't change hands is making a killing in California. My family orchard. Because it is all inherited, we pay <0.5% in property taxes. Prop 13 killed the local schools, but was a windfall for the big huge businesses all across the state as well as us landowners who followed inheritance laws. We have a dear friend who inherited his parents' house in Silicon Valley. It's now worth over $1M but he is only subject to property tax based on minimal increases since 1978 allowed by Prop 13.
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From what I remember, RE Taxes in Houston are just plain silly.
Having lived in those 'gosh darn awful' greater metro areas of Portland, Seattle, Denver and New Orleans aka the suburbs I like where I'm at:
Kansas City.
heh heh heh - of course I usually find a way to like where I'm at beings thats where we live.
And please do tell me how many Texans you know that have recently moved to California?