#4 I can't condemn the area... it's a lot like that a few blocks from me... but she's avoiding it.
I don't live in one like that as the property taxes alone are over $100,000 per year on homes like many of those in this blue state. That said the heating bill in the winter for that much space in Montreal has got to be a killer.
In areas like that one really wants to live in the little unincorporated areas between the rich suburbs ... (usually 1/2 the property tax with little differences like qualified sheriff;s deputies instead of small city cops, front walks that you are required to shovel and a library stocked with books that don't interest you. All stuff that makes double the taxes look stupid) |