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Originally Posted by rsmlp
Cal-to-NH, you are absolutely right! I just moved from Albany, NY to NH permanently and save literally 10's of thousands annually. My property tax was 4X what it is in Moultonboro on a per thousand of assessment basis and between income tax and sales tax (roughly 8% ea) well you get the idea. True, certain aspects are more expensive. Septic costs money but we paid roughly $2500/yr for our water bill in NY! Overall there is no comparison between the two.
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I am on the lake in Gilford and my house runs on lake water. The town sewer bill is $300 to $400 per year, a great deal, and I appreciate that the municipal sewer system eliminates the possibility of septic systems that leech into the lake.
In previous years in a small town in MA I had septic and the only maintenance was pumping every 5 years or so for about $120. My water bill was about $400 per year. A newspaper columnist in an adjoining city poked fun at my town for not having city sewer. My though at the time was I wouldn't connect if the connection cost was free. At that time people connected to the Mass Water Resource Authority water and sewer systems were paying $2,400 to $3,000 per year.
Septic is nothing to be concerned about if it is engineered and installed properly and maintained as needed.