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64 sats \ 7 replies \ @Aardvark 23h \ parent \ on: Is It Better to Rent or Buy? (The Economist/SN Magazine) econ

That's exactly the type of place I live. There's restaurants, entertainment, etc. My wife works from home, but both of the cars are paid off. There may be an argument to downsize to just one eventually though.

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70 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 23h

Do you have personal property taxes assessed on your cars?

That plus insurance make multiple cars insanely expensive.

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68 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 23h

Luckily not a thing in TX. I do think some states do have that....Virginia I think?

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70 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 23h

Some states, I know VA and WA, but lots of localities have them.

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63 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 23h

That sounds miserable.

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63 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 23h

Yeah, we've mostly lived in low tax places and that will be another high priority if we move again.

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66 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 23h

No, I don't think that's a thing here. I've never heard of property tax on a vehicle. We do have registration fees but I think that's like 100 annually.

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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 23h
There may be an argument to downsize to just one eventually though.

Yeah, there are lots of ways to play it actually. You could downsize to one "bigger nicer" car and one beater (ie. 20 year old honda civic) for running around.

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