We pay $9000 a year on a $450k house. We have septic & well, K-8 schools and are a sending district. The only thing we have different than Harding is that garbage is included in our taxes.
So, $36k for a $6M home is a low rate in NJ!
Are you in NJ? Maybe your local government needs to be looked at if your taxes are that high and services relatively minor. You are paying 1/4 of the taxes of the referenced Harding property for a house roughly 1/12 its value. Private trash collection in this area is @ $30-40/ month for 2x week plus recycled/yard debris pickup.
If my calculations are correct (and I am NO mathematician), taxes on your property in Harding would be $2700 a year. That $6300/year in your pocket probably wouldn’t hurt. Ok, so $5800 after trash.
I’m not too sure why the article couldn’t have referred to a more modest property. $6M is well above average for any town in the US outside Beverly Hills.