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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dta/

[quote]Does your neighborhood pay for itself?

Mine doesn't. We live in McLean and the our neighborhood of about 40 houses are in the $800-$900 range, with half a dozen over $1.5m. 34 children attend public school- 3 special needs of which I am aware. Our neighborhood property taxes do not even cover the school costs - it has been this way since mine started 12 years ago and will continue into the future. We have 4 graduates this year and next Sept, 4 kindergarteners - an even swap. Plus, two retirees just sold their houses - so I expect more to come next year. Condos and rentals are not the only places that have burgeoning enrollments. [/quote]

Wow......your neighbors don't own any cars?

Seriously,  real estate taxes are not the only source of revenue in Fairfax County.  Let's see: 40 houses, I would guess at LEAST 80 vehicles--and, I would imagine with the teens that there are probably a lot more.  And, seeing the property value you cited, I would imagine that the cars are fairly nice.  That adds up to lots of additional property tax.  Add that to the real estate tax, and I suspect your neighborhood is doing its part.

Also, you do know that businesses also pay taxes?  [/quote]

It does not add up to enough.  Car property taxes and the 1% sales tax are not enough to make up for the gap between house property taxes and cost of schooling the children in our neighborhood.  Our house property taxes are the biggest nut of the bunch- by far.  We pay around $8500 for ours.  One student is over $13k a year.   Plus, we are only talking about schools, the taxes also pay for everything else- library, police, fire, parks and rec/...[/quote]

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