Then run the comparatives if you were to be in a no-nonsense, taxpayer friendly local area in Virginia, experiencing a linear year-on-year decrease in illegal aliens.
From four (4) long term key perspectives it might be wise for you to move from Maryland--if you can bear that thought.
--Increased tax burden due to social services.
--Increased tax burden due to additional police needed, emergency room visits (gunshot wounds, drunk driving).
--Property value decrease.
--Crime increase. (Your life could become more dangerous).
Just run the numbers, you might have to make a cold, hard decision which will be good for you over the long run.
We are homeowners in Charles Co., MD since Nov. 2001. We just got our property tax bill for the Oct 1 2007 - Sept 30 2008 calendar year and they went up $210.00 (from what we paid in the last calendar year). I will cut & paste your advice for future reference.
Honestly, I don’t think we’ll move from where we are located in Southern Md. (work, schools, etc.), but you never know... jsut last week our county sheriff’s officers arrested 8 Mara Salvatrucha gang members in our county who were allegedly *fishing* at one of our beaches...
Fishing, yea right...