Comments: UPDATED - Providence: 8th Highest Residential Tax Burden in the Country (Commercial Taxes Even Worse)
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What is unfair about this is that the compolete list is not given. I suspect it is mostly older cities. Most like Boston and Providence have large slum areas. These pay relatively little taxes and carry large costs. THis necessitates a very high tax rate. I wonder what Detroit's tax rate is. They were considering demolishing about 25% of the city and making it park land. This to reduce police and fire costs.
I know little of Burlington, but Vermont is a very poor state, one might say impoverished. The "average income" may be high, but that is because of retired New Yorkers. Those retirees add little to the economy.
Posted by Warrington Faust at February 17, 2013 3:01 PM
What is unfair about this is that the compolete list is not given. I suspect it is mostly older cities. Most like Boston and Providence have large slum areas. These pay relatively little taxes and carry large costs. THis necessitates a very high tax rate. I wonder what Detroit's tax rate is. They were considering demolishing about 25% of the city and making it park land. This to reduce police and fire costs.
I know little of Burlington, but Vermont is a very poor state, one might say impoverished. The "average income" may be high, but that is because of retired New Yorkers. Those retirees add little to the economy.
Posted by Warrington Faust at February 17, 2013 3:01 PM