Arlington 2.5 cent property tax increase.

[Anonymous]

Arlington property taxes are not that high and the schools are fine.

[Anonymous]

Doesn't Arlington have some of the best schools in the country, outside MoCo and Fairfax?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I moved from the Bay Area.

I have been saying for the past few years to the all those people on here who keep saying how MoCo is going down the tubes, and NoVa is booming.... be careful what you wish for.

With all that boom comes higher cost of living, including taxes.

And now we see it come to fruition. We moved out of the Bay Area because the qol with all that boom started tanking.

There's a happy medium -- too little boom, and it sucks; too much boom, and it sucks.

as someone who moved here from Seattle, which was also booming....you're completely wrong. higher cost of living comes from the same political thought machine that inhabits Seattle and the Bay Area. it's not as intense as the West Coast, but it's coming all the same. only way to stop it is to vote more conservative (and believe me, the idea makes me vomit when it comes to national politics, but local is a different story)

politics does not matter when it comes to housing prices, other than zoning laws.

Increase demand causes increases in prices. It's not the illegal immigrants causing the housing prices to go up. It was the plethora of high paying jobs, and the people who kept moving into the area for those high paying jobs.

Austin and Miami are seeing the same issues -- sky high housing costs, and Austin has one of the highest property taxes in the country.

It has zero to do with politics.

-former R

[Anonymous]

What percentage of the SFH are owned by corporations and how many short-term rentals a la AirBnB in Arlington? Tax increases like this won’t bother them or the UMC+ that live there. The MC will be hurt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I moved from the Bay Area.

I have been saying for the past few years to the all those people on here who keep saying how MoCo is going down the tubes, and NoVa is booming.... be careful what you wish for.

With all that boom comes higher cost of living, including taxes.

And now we see it come to fruition. We moved out of the Bay Area because the qol with all that boom started tanking.

There's a happy medium -- too little boom, and it sucks; too much boom, and it sucks.

as someone who moved here from Seattle, which was also booming....you're completely wrong. higher cost of living comes from the same political thought machine that inhabits Seattle and the Bay Area. it's not as intense as the West Coast, but it's coming all the same. only way to stop it is to vote more conservative (and believe me, the idea makes me vomit when it comes to national politics, but local is a different story)

politics does not matter when it comes to housing prices, other than zoning laws.

Increase demand causes increases in prices. It's not the illegal immigrants causing the housing prices to go up. It was the plethora of high paying jobs, and the people who kept moving into the area for those high paying jobs.

Austin and Miami are seeing the same issues -- sky high housing costs, and Austin has one of the highest property taxes in the country.

It has zero to do with politics.

-former R

Do you belive your lies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You gotta pay for illegal immigration somehow.

And for the lost revenue of those cheating on local taxes, like all those driving with MD tags, but residing here. Arlington County whines they need more money but they do nothing about it.

[Anonymous]

This hurts seniors who have been living here forever, the high taxes will drive these homeowners to sell. It also hurts family homeowners who are not in the highest income brackets - the taxes here are crushing.

[Anonymous]

Lord knows the government will waste every cent of that tax increase. Depressing that people think it’s nbd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just wait til the arena deal gets factored in as well.

what arena deal?

Wow. What rock have you been living under?

Do you think Arlington and Alexandria are the same thing?

They are both in Virginia. And all Virginia taxpayers are going to be on the hook for additional taxes.

Though if the folks in Arlington aren’t aware of the tax implications of Ted and Glenn’s arena, it’ll be something when the good folks of Blacksburg, Richmond, and Norfolk see their tax increases to pay for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't Arlington have some of the best schools in the country, outside MoCo and Fairfax?

Not even close. Check US News for the rankings. You can also find data for college admissions through google. Arlington schools are extremely average. Lots of people in N Arlington do private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This hurts seniors who have been living here forever, the high taxes will drive these homeowners to sell. It also hurts family homeowners who are not in the highest income brackets - the taxes here are crushing.

The taxes here are comparable to every other jurisdiction in this area, and are far less than similarly situated jurisdictions in other states. People like the extra amenities we have here, but smooth roads, subsidized fitness classes, art centers, fully stocked libraries, and wraparound social services cost money. For a long time, our commercial tax base was paying most of the bill. Thanks to WFH and a bureaucratic permitting office, that is no longer the case. Hard times ahead but we’re all using these services we’ve collectively decided we want and we all need to be paying for them.

[Anonymous]

Losers. Fairfax county is proposing a 4 cent increase.