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| seeker |
 Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:26 pm |
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| ruetheday@outgun.com |
| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 7:24 pm |
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What's the problem? Properties with astounding views are worth
significantly more than nearby properties without such views. Property
taxes are based on property values. Therefore, properties with better
views are taxed more. Nothing sinister there. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:40 pm |
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<ruetheday@outgun.com> wrote in message
news:1130891077.107253.293840@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
[quote:579b95c309]What's the problem? Properties with astounding views are worth
significantly more than nearby properties without such views. Property
taxes are based on property values. Therefore, properties with better
views are taxed more. Nothing sinister there.
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Heh heh heh...
If he doesn't want to pay full and fair taxes on it, he should give up his
government-granted and -enforced right to deny other people the liberty of
enjoying the view. |
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| Guest |
| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 5:29 am |
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In sci.econ, seeker <mothman20052002@yahoo.com> wrote:
[quote:c3f8961ad5]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174077,00.html
ORFORD, N.H. — The one-room cabin David Bischoff built in a cow pasture[/quote:c3f8961ad5]
three years ago has no electricity, no running water, no phone service and
no driveway. What it does have is a wide-open view of nearby hills and
distant mountains — which makes it seven times more valuable than if it
had no view, according to the latest townwide property assessment. He
expects his property taxes to shoot up accordingly.State officials say
there is no such thing as a "view tax" — it is a "view factor," and it has
always been a part of property assessments. The only change is that views
have become so valuable in some towns that assessors are giving them a
separate line on appraisal records.
But, but, but...locations are valuable only because of the infrastructure
that the community supplies!?
What are these folks thinking? |
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| ruetheday@outgun.com |
| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:55 pm |
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[quote:0cef176b70]But, but, but...locations are valuable only because of the infrastructure
that the community supplies!?
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Most land value is due to the infrastructure that is provided by the
community. Some land value is due to intrinsic features of the land -
fertility in the case of farmland, proximity to the water and dropoff
in the case of port lands, or in this case scenic view. The common
thread here is that none of this was created by the landowner himself. |
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| Guest |
| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:43 am |
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 15:29:12 +0000 (UTC), EskWIRED@spamblock.panix.com
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[quote:e2b1365876]But, but, but...locations are valuable only because of the infrastructure
that the community supplies!?
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Locations are valuable because of the services and infrastructure
government provides, the opportunities and amenities the community
provides, and the resources (like views) that nature provides. The
point here is the absence from this list of anything the landowner
provides.
-- Roy L |
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