Of taxes,coffee, a haircut, and gasoline....

[TheAxeman]

My day started off getting a letter from the village telling me that the tax assessment on my 1300 square foot little shitbox of a house is going to go from a 2006 value of $646,000 to a 2007 value of $1,096,000. :glare: Factoring that out, I figure that every time I cut my grass last summer I increased the value on my house by $22,000.00. I then strolled across the street and got a small cup of coffee...$1.35. Since I couldn't make it to the barber without getting gas I stopped to get some regular petrol at Hess...$2.62/gallon. A quick drive to Vinny the Chop for a haircut....$17.00. Living in some other area of the US...Priceless.

And still some of my customers have the balls to bitch when they get a bill....Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

 

[odot]

Um...the chicken came first.

 

[GalaxyBlue]

SELL!

With those prices, You can move to my area and get a MEGA house for a fraction of that! :lol2:

 

[Scab]

Property taxes: $297.00 per year.

Coffee: Never drink it.

Gas: $2.04/gallon

Haircut: Free. I cut it myself.

Sell and move to Alabama. For that kind of money here, you could forget all about "keeping up with the Jone's." You would BE the Jone's!

 

[GunMD]

1500 Sq Ft house on 1/4 acre...valued at under $200K, taxes under $1000 per year.

Cup of coffee...I have no idea. It comes with the value meal.

Gallon of regular unleaded... $2.65.

My commute to work: 10 mins if there's "traffic".

Haircut: $10 (and my "stylist" is gorgeous)

Yesterday's temp: 72f.

Living in the middle of nowhere...priceless.

:yahoo:

 

[Geezer]

Look on the bright side, overnight you became a millionaire.

 

[twowheelnut]

Haircut: Free. I cut it myself.

Flowbe? :dntknw:

This morning's regular gas was 2.759.

This years property taxes on my 1,600 SF, million dollar +(that ain't what I paid for it 5 years ago :blink: ) condo are just a hair under 5 G's.

Haircut at the local barber shop is 25 bucks + tip - and I'm friggin' bald!

Cup-o-Joe is 1.75 at the local greasy spoon.

 

[Scab]

Haircut: Free. I cut it myself.

Flowbe? :dntknw:

#4 guard. All same length. Easy peasy.

 

[Geezer]

Haircut: Free. I cut it myself.

Flowbe? :dntknw:

#4 guard. All same length. Easy peasy.

+1 - except I use a regular clipper with the #2 guard and usually convince one of my kids to push the clipper around on my head. Looks just as good as what I used to pay $10 or $15 for and I don't have to drive to the barber or schedule around the their business hours.

 

[luvtoride]

My day started off getting a letter from the village telling me that the tax assessment on my 1300 square foot little shitbox of a house is going to go from a 2006 value of $646,000 to a 2007 value of $1,096,000. :glare: Factoring that out, I figure that every time I cut my grass last summer I increased the value on my house by $22,000.00. I then strolled across the street and got a small cup of coffee...$1.35. Since I couldn't make it to the barber without getting gas I stopped to get some regular petrol at Hess...$2.62/gallon. A quick drive to Vinny the Chop for a haircut....$17.00. Living in some other area of the US...Priceless.
And still some of my customers have the balls to bitch when they get a bill....Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Are you attempting to bitch, Chris?

 

[gr8eyes]

MMMMMMMMM. I'm almost embarrassed to post numbers

9,600 sq ft house...........1.2million. ( I wish I had my home sitting somewhere in the Bay Area)

gas 2.02/gallo n

coffee $0.75

haircut $10.00

Taxes on house- no idea the wife takes care of all that..wait I'll call her oooooooooooooooo 7500/year property tax. I had no idea it was that much. However on aan average size home it would be between 1500 and 2500, I think.

All in all the cost of living here is very low.

Glenn

 

[ponyfool]

Glenn, that's worthless info without knowing where you are though!

 

[Groo]

Flowbe? :dntknw:

We think too much alike Nut, that's the first thing that came to my mind when I saw Scab's post...

Don't drink coffee, but a 12 pack of Diet Coke is $2.50

Haircut is about $23... from an old highschool friend.

Property taxes are a couple g's... on a $250K, 3200 sq. ft. house

 

[ponyfool]

4100 sq ft home on 5000 sq ft lot in city of Portland proper: $585,000

Taxes on said home: $5800/year

1 gallon of gas: $2.419 average, as low as $2.219 at Costco and Arco type places

Coffee: don't drink it, but wouldn't be surprised if a double half caf mocha froo-froo chino is $6.95 (Local Starbuck's have mortgage offices in them now)

Haircut: Wahl clippers from Costco from 14 years ago, $7.99. roughly 140 cuts since then equals about 5.7 cents per cut

 

[gr8eyes]

Pony sorry, its in my info on the fjrowners site but I guess I forgot to put it on here. I'm just outside OKC, OK.

Ok fixed it

 

[Grumpy]

I'd say sell the SOB and move down here to Western NC.

jim

 

[TheAxeman]

Are you attempting to bitch, Chris?

No, Heidi, not bitching by any means...just incredulous. I bought the house for 142K in 1996 and have done no major improvements since I've owned it. But its gotten to the point where "normal" folk can't live around here anymore because of the astronomical prices. Its kind of a double edged sword. Unless I move away from the place I've lived all my life, I can't even move laterally if I were to sell.

 

[twowheelnut]

Are you attempting to bitch, Chris?

No, Heidi, not bitching by any means...just incredulous. I bought the house for 142K in 1996 and have done no major improvements since I've owned it. But its gotten to the point where "normal" folk can't live around here anymore because of the astronomical prices. Its kind of a double edged sword. Unless I move away from the place I've lived all my life, I can't even move laterally if I were to sell.

Might I suggest Mustang, OK? :blink:

:lol:

 

[Rogue]

1200 Sq' condo, paid $136,000 less than 5 years ago, appraised for re-fi last December at $450,000. :blink: :blink: :blink:

Gas-$2.69 for regular

Coffee- $1.35 at the gas station.