India Walton

[Buffalo716]

3 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:

 

What made it good?  It essentially said nothing about Ms Walton.  It talked mostly about that mighty city of Milwaukee and how socialism made it mighty.  

 

Move.  

When you have generations of family here, it's tough to just uproot yourself

 

I've been thinking about this for 20 years.. but my parents my family, everything I have and love is here

 

But It might have to be done

[ALF]

The Common Council in Buffalo has been very moderate so far. I doubt she will get anything  radical passed. I went to Hutch Tech in the 60s and downtown and Chippewa  are massive improved under Brown. 

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, ALF said:

The Common Council in Buffalo has been very moderate so far. I doubt she will get anything  radical passed. I went to Hutch Tech in the 60s and downtown and Chippewa  are massive improved under Brown. 

Brown was good for the city

 

He's not an avowed socialist

[Chef Jim]

6 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

When you have generations of family here, it's tough to just uproot yourself

 

I've been thinking about this for 20 years.. but my parents my family, everything I have and love is here

 

But It might have to be done

 

Of course.  You have to decide which will make you more/less miserable.  Being away from family (you can visit as often as you like) or dealing with poor leadership. 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

7 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

When you have generations of family here, it's tough to just uproot yourself

 

I've been thinking about this for 20 years.. but my parents my family, everything I have and love is here

 

But It might have to be done

I understand. Consider this, my full monthly cost payment for a 750k house in Maryland is equivalent to about a 400k house in Buffalo area after including property taxes. 
 

So if you aren’t socialist and are interested in building home equity, think about the difference. 

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

27 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

When you have generations of family here, it's tough to just uproot yourself

 

I've been thinking about this for 20 years.. but my parents my family, everything I have and love is here

 

But It might have to be done

It’s a shame to feel this way but I understand.   I live in Albany and love my trips to Buffalo to see family.  My children have been raised in Albany—love Buffalo,  but if they left (or we could get them all to collectively move somewhere where we weren’t shaken down) we would go.  Easy enough to fly in from NC as drive from Albany. 
 

As it stands, we’re trying to thread the needle with 6+ months elsewhere (Florida, perhaps)  when the time is right.  NY politically offers very little of interest to me. 
 

Good luck whatever you decide. 

[Big Blitz]

The only thing holding my few remaining friends or family is the grandparents.  

 

I've got a half a dozen texts in the last 6 hours alone :  "We're out."  

[Orlando Buffalo]

1 hour ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

I understand. Consider this, my full monthly cost payment for a 750k house in Maryland is equivalent to about a 400k house in Buffalo area after including property taxes. 
 

So if you aren’t socialist and are interested in building home equity, think about the difference. 

On a similar note, in Florida we have a cap on property tax increased if you remain in your home of 3% per year. My house is now valued over 400k and my property taxes are still less than 2500 a year, not to mention no income tax. My friends in Rochester are afraid of the tax increase coming their way 

[Chef Jim]

30 minutes ago, Buffalo Timmy said:

On a similar note, in Florida we have a cap on property tax increased if you remain in your home of 3% per year. My house is now valued over 400k and my property taxes are still less than 2500 a year, not to mention no income tax. My friends in Rochester are afraid of the tax increase coming their way 

 

Ours in CA are capped at 2% a year.  Our base varies from county to county but ours is about 1.5% of assessed value.  I see NY is around 3% which is absurd.  Thank you California Prop 13!! 

[snafu]

4 hours ago, 716er said:

 

Good article

 

So NOW Buffalo is a "major American city".

Population, 256,000; 86th largest in the country.

 

Good for Ms. Walton.  Her winning the primary is a success story, but Buffalo ain't "major".

 

 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

14 minutes ago, snafu said:

 

So NOW Buffalo is a "major American city".

Population, 256,000; 86th largest in the country.

 

Good for Ms. Walton.  Her winning the primary is a success story, but Buffalo ain't "major".

 

 

yep what a sad trend. Sounds like it might drop under 200k in the not distant future based on all the first hand accounts here. 

Edited June 23, 2021 by Over 29 years of fanhood

[The Frankish Reich]

1 hour ago, snafu said:

 

So NOW Buffalo is a "major American city".

Population, 256,000; 86th largest in the country.

 

Good for Ms. Walton.  Her winning the primary is a success story, but Buffalo ain't "major".

 

 

This is why it wasn't easy to find a lot of information on this election for those outside NYS.

"Minor city elects socialist mayor."

[Buffalo716]

7 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

This is why it wasn't easy to find a lot of information on this election for those outside NYS.

"Minor city elects socialist mayor."

It's still the second largest city in the state and the metropolitan area is still top 50 in the country

[Chef Jim]

1 hour ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

yep what a sad trend. Sounds like it might drop under 200k in the not distant future based on all the first hand accounts here. 

Buffalo had the most millionaires per capita of any US city in the late 19th century. 😔

[Orlando Buffalo]

2 hours ago, Chef Jim said:

 

Ours in CA are capped at 2% a year.  Our base varies from county to county but ours is about 1.5% of assessed value.  I see NY is around 3% which is absurd.  Thank you California Prop 13!! 

I did not explain it properly- my increase can only be 3% per year- so if I pay $2000 this year my max is $2060 next year- it has nothing to do with current value of house. As I said 400k house and 2500 is taxes is less than 1% of value 

Edited June 23, 2021 by Buffalo Timmy

[Chef Jim]

17 minutes ago, Buffalo Timmy said:

I did not explain it properly- my increase can only be 3% per year- so if I pay $2000 this year my max is $2060 next year- it has nothing to do with current value of house. As I said 400k house and 2500 is taxes is less than 1% of value 

No you explained correctly. The tax base is the assessed value upon purchase. Here in CA that is 1% plus other assorted county taxes which can bring it up to 1.5% or more of the assessed value.  That can only increase a max of 2% (vs your 3%) per year. Now if you make improvements such as putting in a pool they can reassess.  Now try to get them to reassess when your value crashes like they did in the mid 90’s or 2008-2009.  😏

[Orlando Buffalo]

4 minutes ago, Chef Jim said:

No you explained correctly. The tax base is the assessed value upon purchase. Here in CA that is 1% plus other assorted county taxes which can bring it up to 1.5% or more of the assessed value.  That can only increase a max of 2% (vs your 3%) per year. Now if you make improvements such as putting in a pool they can reassess.  Now try to get them to reassess when your value crashes like they did in the mid 90’s or 2008-2009.  😏

California actually has an intelligent law? I am so confused 🤔.

[Chef Jim]

Just now, Buffalo Timmy said:

California actually has an intelligent law? I am so confused 🤔.

It’s the best one we have. The purpose of prop 13 was to keep people, mainly seniors, from losing their homes due to not being able to afford property taxes.  Seniors can also move to a home of greater value and transfer their tax base to the new home. That one is actually very good! 

[RiotAct]

First black female Socialist under-40 mayor in Buffalo history ❤️ 

[Buffalo716]

19 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

First black female Socialist under-40 mayor in Buffalo history ❤️ 

Everything about that is beautiful besides the socialist part