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Old 08-31-2025, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
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.
I agree with about 90%. I would rather have perennial plants in the round-abouts. Also, I would rather have the money for community watch used for more REAL Police and more neighborhood cameras. Personally, I don't believe that the community watch is effective at all. My house was burglarized about 7 years ago when I was away. And I read about many such a crimes happening daily on NewsBreak.