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  1. 04-21-2010, 10:01 AM #1
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    I'm not surprised by this at all and honestly have seen it coming. The loss of taxes caused by the home values dropping, people unable to pay their taxes due to job loss and many other things have cities looking to be creative to save some money.

    If it saves a few dollars a month, I'm all for losing some service. Is it time for some cities to join Frugal Village?
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    I saw an episode on.. was it 60 minutes? Sunday... The show was all about Detroit. Anyone else see it? It showed a very very hard hit by the recession, city. Is it really like that? Or was it sensationalized? Literally whole city blocks were totally vacant with most of the houses torn down. It was unbelieveable!
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    Yes, I saw that and there are literally thousands of vacant homes in Detroit. As a matter of fact, the city is considering moving residents from areas such as this to more poulated areas to start consolidating the city and it's services. Current estimated Detroit population is between 820,000 to 835,000 down from a high of about 1.4 million.
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    I saw just a little bit of the 60 Minutes show on Detroit, overhead shots of block after block of abandoned buildings. I believe more and more cities will experience this type of "exodus." It's really sad to see.
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    We pay $2.00/month for our street lights. Have been since we moved within the city limits 7 1/2 years ago. I wouldn't be surprised to see this go up. They have already jacked up water and sewer rates.
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    our taxes are on the may levy for ....get this...75% hike! we already pay HUGE taxes for where we live...crazy
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    Quote Originally Posted by lisaflex View Post
    our taxes are on the may levy for ....get this...75% hike! we already pay HUGE taxes for where we live...crazy
    Your real estate taxes??? OMG That would be horrible for us!! Yes we have two houses...but we pay $6000 a year already!!! That would kill us!!!
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    I think we will see all states and cities do some REAL CREATIVE FINANCING..........with anything that they can get through the legislatures.

    It could get real ugly for the 'middle class'......and the poor.
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