[sleeper-has-awakened]

We moved from Chicago to Florida last year after seeing the writing on the wall. When we bought our house in Chicago in 1996 the property tax was $1800.00. When we moved in early 2015 the rate was $4800.00. After we sold and the tax hike of 2015 hit the new rate was $7000.00. That was a 68% increase all at once.

Very happy here in Florida, my tax savings from Chicago pays for 2/3 of my mortgage for the year. My house is bigger, the yard is bigger, the weather is nicer, the people are nicer. My daughter is following us next spring. Four tax slaves out of Chicago.

Many of my FB friends have also fled in the past 2 years.

[Chgogal]

Where did you move to in Florida? I will be going south soon and possibly looking for a house.