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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised no one has mentioned that he doesn't pay property taxes on his backyard.  Does everyone here know why?[/quote]

What are you talking about??[/quote]
Do you know where he lives?   See if you can guess[/quote]

Of course not.  Why would I know where he lives?[/quote]
So here is the story.    Everyone from Galena Place going North on Sherier Pl to the Dalecarlia Reservoir do not own most of their backyards (and in many cases have incorporated city own land into their front driveway)
This is because the streetcar use to run behind their house.....the one that went from Georgetown to Glen Echo Park.  
When the line went defunct, the residents just incorporated the land into their houses.
So while Eric has what looks like a full backyard behind his house, he might own 1/4 of it.   The rest is the streetcar line.    And he and the rest of them doesn't pay property taxes on it.
And the city hasn't done anything about it.    
 I think the law says the city cannot force anyone to take the land.   
However they could fence it off which they haven't bothered to do.
And now you know

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And yet, they fight a new jogging/biking path because it would go through "their back yards" - literally NIMBYs.

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