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Replying to: bdkinnh (Jun 02, 2006 8:04 am)

"Patience, young padwan. I've been looking for a house in Windham for three years; I hope your luck is better than mine."
 
Really? I mean, are you yanking my leg about Windhan because I live there or are you really looking to move to our fair town?
 
Best Regards,
Shipo

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Replying to: shipo (Jun 02, 2006 8:47 am)

I had no idea you were in Windham; I figured somewhere in the area due to the Exit 3 comment a while back, but that could also be Pelham, Hudson, Londonderry....
 
Really looking to move there - I grew up in Nashua and I'm renting in Salem (I just had to get out of MA).
 
I saw a place I liked in Londonderry, but the taxes there are about 50% higher than anywhere else. Not married and no kids, so a good school system isn't a priority right now. It did, however, have a good sized garage that I could probably fit a lift into.

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Replying to: bdkinnh (Jun 02, 2006 9:06 am)

"I saw a place I liked in Londonderry, but the taxes there are about 50% higher than anywhere else. Not married and no kids, so a good school system isn't a priority right now. It did, however, have a good sized garage that I could probably fit a lift into."
 
Hmmm, are you aware that Salem booted our kids out of their high school a couple of years back? Last year the Windham voters approved the building of a new high school (scheduled to open in August of 2008) by a "Yes" vote of 79%. We are breaking ground in the next week or so and since we are going it alone on this school (at least until the state condemns the school in Pelham), it is very much a certainty that our taxes will GO UP.
 
Good luck in your search.
 
Best Regards,
Shipo

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Replying to: shipo (Jun 02, 2006 9:34 am)

>"Hmmm, are you aware that Salem booted our kids out of their high school a couple of years back?"
 
Yep - knew all about it. I know they will go up, but I doubt they'll go up 50% (fingers crossed). Plus, once Windham has it's own high school, I imagine property values will go up as well.
 
IMHO, Pelham really goofed by voting down a co-op. A friend of mine that lives in Pelham felt that Windham would have controlled everything, and they (Pelham) were just wanted for the funding. Could be, but I doubt that Pelham has the tax base to support a state-of-the-art new high school on their own.
 
Oh well... it will be that much sweeter to watch the Windham kids kick the stuffing out of the Pelham kids at high school football.

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Replying to: bdkinnh (Jun 02, 2006 10:41 am)

"IMHO, Pelham really goofed by voting down a co-op. A friend of mine that lives in Pelham felt that Windham would have controlled everything, and they (Pelham) were just wanted for the funding."
 
Pretty funny from a Windham perspective. There are of course two sides to every story, and this is no exception. Send me an E-Mail as very little of this is on topic and I'll fill you in.
 
Back on topic, I don't know about other towns in New Hampshire, but I was rather surprised to find that Windham profits mightily from those with nice new cars. I leased my ED 530i in March of 2002 (drove it in Germany in April and then licensed it in May when it hit our shores) in New Jersey, which charges sales tax on the depreciation value of the lease (about $850 in this case –IIRC-), and then promptly moved to New Hampshire that August. When I showed up at the Windham Town Hall I was stunned to find that I was then on the hook for about $800 per year, payable directly to the town for the privilege of driving my car. Had I known I would have waited for a few extra months before I ordered my car.
 
Best Regards,
Shipo

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Replying to: kyfdx (Jun 02, 2006 11:27 am)

Correct, we have no sales tax and no income tax, however, "Zhere ist other vays in vich ve get ze monee".
 
I believe the actual state license fee is only about $35 or so per year, however, the newer and the more expensive (per their chart, no discounts for ED) a car is, the more the town fee is. That by the way is another reason I like driving the 1998 DGC, the town fee is a whopping ~$70 per year.
 
Best Regards,
Shipo

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Replying to: kyfdx (Jun 02, 2006 12:23 pm)

Yikes! A sales tax and a use/property tax? That's kind of like double dipping if you ask me. Of course nobody from your state taxation board bothered to ask me so I guess y'all are stuck with it. Errr, that is unless y'all organize a "Tea Party" or other tax payer revolt of some such.
 
Best Regards,
Shipo

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Replying to: shipo (Jun 02, 2006 12:41 pm)

A sales tax and a use/property tax?
 
True in Virginia. And local property assessments have just skyrocketed. The assessed value of my house doubled (HUH?? The only thing it's done in the last year is developed more places that need painting!) meaning my property tax is doubled also without TPTB ever having to lift a finger to raise the rates.
 
Um, which means I can't buy new 5-Series either. (<-- on topic )

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