I love the debate on this view tax. If you had a choice to buy a home that looked at the lake or looked at some trees which would you pay more for. Obviously all things being equal it's the one with lake view for most. Because of this that property would sell for more therefore it's assessed for more. That's fair, I will agree that the towns do overtax the waterfront/second home owners in some cases, if you can prove your house isn't worth the value appeal the tax bill the procedure for doing so is out there.
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