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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Apples and oranges. Your tax bill at "the old homestead in DuPage County Illinois" probably didn't have an amenity fee that supported 80+ rec center, 120+ pools, 45 exec golf courses, community watch passing by your "old homestead" 3x/day and flowers in RBs and entrances changed out quarterly, nor did your local businesses support live music in 4 different venues 365 days/year.
So please subtract about $2400/year from that 7K false equivalency. And for the coup de gras---this is NOT Illinois.
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Up north we had the “Forest preserve district’s” taxes, which provided parks and recreation facilities comparable to, though by no means the equivalent of The Villages amenities, so yes I include those as taxes. As I said, the value for dollars paid for government services here is much better.