JPC... It’s truly amazing to me how ignorant and self centered some people are. Calling the residents of NH “Granite heads”? Really what is wrong with you? You come here to this state as our GUEST, and use our (the citizens of NH) lake and then whine about having to pay the taxes on the property? Quite frankly, just leave.
Taxation by its very nature is a sore subject. Nobody likes paying taxes. We don't have secondary taxes, like a 5% sales tax, or a 5.5% income tax, nor do we (the residents of NH) want them! Taxes in NH are based solely on an assessed property value. You know this when you purchase the property. These property values have steadily risen to astronomical proportions. Why have the property values risen so dramatically? Supply and demand… Last I checked there wasn’t any new waterfront on being created. Lots of people have decided they want to buy a second house here. When there is a small supply and a large demand, values skyrocket and your taxes go up accordingly. The tear down the cottage and build a Mcmansion process hasn’t helped either!
I as a NH resident (Laconia) have no desire to pay any more in taxes than is required. I do however have a vested interest in the city and state in which I live. I require the city council and the mayor to spend the money wisely in a way that is in the best interest of the all of the residents of the city. I don’t have children, but I do think a new high school would be a good thing for Laconia, even though I know building the new school will increase my taxes.
Non-resident property owners generally do not particularly care what is best for the city or town. They are only concerned about themselves, keeping their taxes and other assorted costs of ownership as low as possible. I have absolutely no desire to give them any say in how the tax revenues get spent. If you don’t like how it’s done, move up here, become a resident, then vote accordingly, or sell out, pocket a big check and go somehwere else!
Woodsy
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