I think I paid about $450 in property tax, so small I can’t remember and can’t be bothered to look it up, but your calculations are way off. Different rates for kama’aina. There’s street lights, a run-off canal, sidewalks, ocean front (literally pied dans l’eau) restaurants, cafes, movie theaters and yes a Costco. I’m one minute from stores and restaurants and the best beaches in the world, lots of sunshine, and the whales arrive this month and will be frolicking about outside my front door (well …nearly).
Soon we’re off to France and will be buying a beautiful stone farmhouse. The total tally will be our budget for California. Yep, two homes, in two of the most beautiful regions of the world for the price of one nothing-out-of-the ordinary single family home in southern California.
Now I love California and the people, so don’t get me wrong here, but they think they’ve got it right, and when it comes to home prices …well, they haven’t! According to a survey reported on NBC tonight, CA is the worst run state in the country. Now I don’t know about that, but I do know value when I see it.
