On Nh living and commutes..

[Travis Roy]

Dana S. Tellier wrote:

>>People complain about the high property taxes in NH, but at least you
>>know what you're paying and it's right there in front of your face.. not
>>hidden all over the place with income and sales tax.
> 
> 
> And people only complain about the high property tax because... well,
> because people will ALWAYS complain about something, and the property tax
> happens to be the only thing the government here takes from them.  My father
> is actually the chairman of the Board of Assessors in Manchester, so I know
> all about the whole property tax deal here in NH.
>     I'll never understand the people who really whine about it.  I usually
> say to them: "So, you'd rather stop educating our children, I guess?"  Ah,
> well.  Human nature, I guess.  Gotta be cranky about *something*.

Exactly.. it does suck sometimes. My parents recently sold my house to 
my Cousin and her family. The taxes were about 3500 bucks a year.. The 
house got re-assessed about a year later and the taxes went up over 2 
grand a year.. that's a big ouch when he runs his own business (Pizza 
Market in Pinardville) and she mostly stays home with the kids when not 
helping him out with his business.

They had to sell the house because they couldn't afford that..

Also the people of Goffstown always bitch about the school (I would to, 
the 10 million dollar expansion project on the high school was a waste, 
they only got like 3-4 new classrooms, the rest was administration 
space) and what did they do this year.. Passed the new town funded 
kindergarten that they now have to find land for and build..