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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They don't, however town residents pay both Town of Vienna taxes and full Fairfax County taxes and yet they have their own police, community center, and roads. Between these separate payments and the fact that houses are very expensive in Vienna, Vienna is a cash cow for Fairfax County. As a town resident, I would be very upset if my kid was aligned to Marshall which is not anywhere near my house and not affiliated with the town. I think Fairfax County would be stupid to move town kids out of Madison's boundary.[/quote]

I am really confused by this.  We lived in ToV for 8 years and paid the extra taxes -- we basically got trash pickup and a discounted rate on Vienna Community Center classes and rentals, and that's it.  The Town taxes go to the town government, not Fairfax County - same with the Vienna meals tax.  Fairfax is not charging Vienna residents extra; Vienna residents have their own government to fund and run.  I now live in Vienna just outside the town boundaries, and we have to schedule and pay for our own trash pickup, pay extra for community center classes and use at the Community Center on Park Street, and the Vienna police do not respond to our address (Fairfax police do).  Our just-out-of-town house also cost 150% of what our in-town house did, so that's kind of a BS argument - housing prices have more to do with size, age, and walkability than they do to the town borders.  A number of people I know deliberately moved just out of town to avoid the additional taxes, so not everyone is itching for the chance to pay more for a 22180 ZIP code.  And Madison High School is not actually in Town of Vienna - it's certainly closer, but it's outside the Town border.[/quote]

The town funds the entire community center. No Fairfax County taxes went into paying for it originally or for its recent upgrade. People outside the town can use it, but they didn't pay taxes to build it. Town taxes go to much more than just discounts on taxes and trash. They also pay for water and sewer upgrades. The county benefits by not having to provide these services in the town while still collecting full taxes. Madison is adjacent to the town border.[/quote]

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