Real nice place to live with soul crushing taxes
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3/2/2019
I be lived in Pine Bush for 5 years and I learned a lot along the way. It has everything you need and nothing more in the town.My biggest gripe is the taxes! Pine Bush is part of 3 counties: Orange, Ulster and Sullivan. YOU DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY! Your real estate taxes will be double that of a household in the other 2 counties. FYI: only real estate tax is posted on home listings. Pine Bush also levies school taxes. School taxes are equal to or more than real estate taxes and they have gone up every year but 1 out of 5 that I live here. School budgets are voted on and the folks of Pine Bush keep voting for them to go up. There is also a lot of State and Federal Wetlands in Pine Bush due to the NYC watershed. Buyer Beware! Check official surveys. It is not obvious to the untrained eye. If you see “A“ cattail, it’s probably wetlands. There are many rules and fines on these properties. You cannot even plow them. However, it’s ok for the town to put a road through it Creating wetlands aka roadbed drainage...One more thing, if you’re Republican your vote does not count past NYC. Furthermore, NYS has extremely strict gun laws for law abiding owners and extremely liberal application for criminals who are not aware of any laws.
Gail | Pine Bush, NY