Originally Posted by
neodd
Property tax and general housing cost. Looking at $20k/year in property tax, $40k closing costs. That gets passable to decent schools and an older home about 1h no traffic from LGA. The same house would be half the price, closer to the airport, $5k in taxes, negligible closing costs with better schools in other parts of the country.
I live in the 1 hour no traffic range to LGA. We do have good schools here. You just need to be willing to pay for them. I never understand why people in a multi-million dollar career attempt to try to base where they live on getting their kid educated (indoctrinated?) by the government for free.