Jerseygirl

Methink you protest too much.

Pulaski

I shall be billing you both for the royalties.

lansbury

I often thought about applying for a job to do mammograms.

scrubbedexpat097

You flounced with your dog, so 3 it is
Thou clouted clapper clawed dewberry

Yorkieabroad

I always wanted to have a fish and chip shop, till the guy that runs our local chippie back home told me it had totally put him off fish and chips for good...

Yorkieabroad

My mutt does not flounce!

Ps...I rode past dewberry farm today

kins

Ignoring :-)

Yorkieabroad

steveq

How much do you have to pay ?

lansbury

saraanderson

Oh my, I live in such a cheap area. I pay 900 a year. My mom paid 3k in Maine though and I thought that was insane. We got this house for a steal at the height of the housing crash. It was on the market for years and no one was interested, The owners let it go back to the bank and they just wanted it gone. We got it for pennies. I felt like I should be wearing a robbers mask when we closed on the house.
I see people complaining about 5 dollar a pound beef prices for ground beef. Geeez I am paying 2.79 a pound, and 3 something for milk.

SultanOfSwing

If you go north into Wisconsin it goes down quite a bit, I think. Our 3k was quite reasonable for the areas we looked in. Other towns were over 5k. I don't know the driving factors behind it though.

Heading_Baltimore

I have read the comments of others with huge interest re: comparison, especially from the 'oldies' who have been in the US for decades. I am a newbie, only 3 months old , even though I have been in and out of the US for decades but not actually lived.

I am still settling near the DC area - Silver Spring, but who knows I may end up in some other cities or state.

Well, my observation so far ... very different sense of humor. They love the British accent; they are friendly and willing to help; loads of bad drivers - real bad; speed limit very low - 55/65 mph; too many police on the highway monitoring speed; loaf of bread and milk expensive and certain other things; houses are large and more to rent as opposed to the UK; gas is very cheap, but long driving to places; loads of parking spaces and wide; oh you have to pay first before you pump your gas (still amuses me)

Also, too much cable talking heads. Loads of people begging with mental issues. Dislike the police brutality though - not that I have experienced it other than what I see on telly.

All in all I am liking it and hope t settle fast with a view of getting my first 'large' house, as opposed to my tiny 2 end terrace 'house' in the UK. Start my first job on Monday -- yippee!!

kins

I'm in Maine and I pay way more than $3k property tax - more like $7k. That's on a $400k+ house though. In return we get an amazing education system. At least 3/4 of our property tax goes straight to the schools. I don't particularly mind as I have three kids.

OTOH I pay much the same as you for milk and beef...

Derrygal

I'm in Ohio and I pay over $6K a year property taxes on a 2 bed 2 bath condo. It is nearly killing me - my biggest expense by far. I realize it would probably be more in the NE, but it's a lot for one person on one salary. I've actually considered selling and just renting an apartment, but unfortunately I bought back in 05 before the housing property crash so I would lose too much money.