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CaseyGirl
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Jen - counting my blessings...
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My taxes have gone up $3k in 3 years...
We are now bordering $8k / year 
We live in a 1 sq mile town in NJ...we have our pros and cons but we are not 100% committed to staying there. Everytime they raise the taxes, our payments go up another $100/month! 
I think I am going to start doing some research on towns that are larger and have corporate subsidization etc..the problem with my town is that there are only local businesses, no AT & Ts or Johnson & Johnson, etc...
This just makes me so angry! $1000 a YEAR??!! 
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Posted 7/24/07 4:48 PM  |
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leese
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Leese
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Re: My taxes have gone up $3k in 3 years...
Did you guys get re-evaluated? We are facing that this year and although we are in a condo - we are nervous as to what we should expect in the homes we are looking at!
I definitely think a more industrial or coporate based town is the way to go! Even tho we are as small as you, we have tons of commercial, luckily.
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| Posted 7/24/07 5:24 PM |
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MrsRbk
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Michelle
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Re: My taxes have gone up $3k in 3 years...
Stay out of Essex County then! We have the highest taxes in the state. Can you go a little further south, or is that not an option? I know some towns in S. Jersey taxes are very reasonable.
Like the PP asked, did you go through a re-eval? We are in the midst of one and will find out in Nov or Dec, but our taxes are already almost double what yours are.
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| Posted 7/24/07 6:08 PM |
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counselor74
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Re: My taxes have gone up $3k in 3 years...
I don't know about NJ, but on LI we can grieve our taxes. It's a legal process in which you hire an attorney and file papers to have your taxes lowered.
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| Posted 7/24/07 7:12 PM |
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CaseyGirl
Mommy to 3 Boys :)
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Jen - counting my blessings...
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Re: My taxes have gone up $3k in 3 years...
Posted by MrsRbk
Stay out of Essex County then! We have the highest taxes in the state. Can you go a little further south, or is that not an option? I know some towns in S. Jersey taxes are very reasonable.
Like the PP asked, did you go through a re-eval? We are in the midst of one and will find out in Nov or Dec, but our taxes are already almost double what yours are.
Oh I know   We would like to stay in the Central Jersey area...we like it here and both of our jobs are here. I am sure we will be able to find something if we looked but I dont know if I really want to...supposedly my town is re-doing the dowtown area, building condos next to the train station etc but I have yet to see that  All I have been seeing is yet another 99 cent store etc. Can I call someone at the mayor's office or something and ask what is going on??
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| Posted 7/24/07 10:09 PM |
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MrsRbk
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Michelle
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Re: My taxes have gone up $3k in 3 years...
I would call the village hall, or even make a visit there. There should be someone there you can talk to about why the taxes keep going up.
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| Posted 7/24/07 10:22 PM |
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NJmom
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Re: My taxes have gone up $3k in 3 years...
we just moved a little further south to mercer county and taxes aren't cheap here either.
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| Posted 7/24/07 10:52 PM |
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GraciesMom
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Re: My taxes have gone up $3k in 3 years...
We just moved from Scotch Plains. We lived in a townhouse and paid $9K a year. Crazy! A townhouse!
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| Posted 7/25/07 9:35 AM |
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FelAndJon
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Felice (aka LuckyBride2004)
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Re: My taxes have gone up $3k in 3 years...
Posted by MrsRbk
Stay out of Essex County then! We have the highest taxes in the state. Can you go a little further south, or is that not an option? I know some towns in S. Jersey taxes are very reasonable.
Like the PP asked, did you go through a re-eval? We are in the midst of one and will find out in Nov or Dec, but our taxes are already almost double what yours are.
I live in Essex County. I am embarassed by what we pay in taxes 
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| Posted 7/25/07 10:37 AM |
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Gertyrae
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Gerty ®
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Re: My taxes have gone up $3k in 3 years...
We're on LI and our taxes have gone up about $1500 in two years.
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| Posted 7/25/07 9:24 PM |
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Merf99
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Re: My taxes have gone up $3k in 3 years...
I live in Union County and it's not better here either - I hate to admit what we pay as well. It's nuts. I used to live in a townhouse in Union, which is only an okay area - not the greatest. We sold 2 years ago and were paying close to $8k - for a townhouse!!
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| Posted 7/26/07 1:26 PM |
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