[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

7 years ago our house in Connecticut was taxed at around $2000. Our tax here in Florida is around $1700. Our taxes in Connecticut paid for a LOT more than our taxes pay for down here. Our property in CT was almost half an acre of wooded fenced land, with a full basement, in the suburbs. Our public education system was MUCH better than it is down here. The cost included snowplowing, which isn't needed here. Our town had its own Senior Center surrounded by independent living duplexes exclusively for seniors on a budget. We had free music in the summer, access to the high school olympic-sized swimming pool on weekends during school session and most days of the summer. We had our own police department and fire department, plus a volunteer fire department on top of that. We had our own EMS, beautiful well-kept and safe public parks, a low crime rate, and roads that were (mostly) kept in good condition (snow plows and asphalt don't make good friends). Compare to here, where we have 1/5 acre, no woods, no fence, no basement. Lady Lake doesn't have an actual Senior Center, and we can't use the school pool. Some Lady Lake roads aren't even paved, and some are just one-lane potholes surrounded by crumbling pieces of blacktop. Yeah we definitely got a better deal up north with regards to property tax.

And you're here why?

And how is it that Lillian (above) was paying $6000 in CT but you were paying only $2000? Unless your place was waaaay smaller. Hard to compare apples to apples unless you're looking at a similar sqft home on a similar lot.