Hi Larken,
Here's a few references that may be useful to some of your readers:
I dug out an old article reprinted in August in the Laissez Faire Today email newsletter. I've mention (and linked) LFT because it has been a good source of "actionable information" in a lot of areas having to do with what I call "practical liberty."
The article is originally from Nomad Capitalist, and I found the original here:
Countries with no property taxes where you REALLY own your home
There was also a follow-up article in LFT originally published on a Casey Research website:
Where to Buy Property Without Paying Property Tax
I discovered that there's at least one town somewhere in Texas that doesn't get you for property tax, though I guess they make up for it in other ways:
No property taxes? Even some in Stafford don't see how
I have as yet to figure out how to avoid the PT on "my own" home that is (otherwise) bought and paid for... 'Course, the the federal and state alphabet agencies have published papers against it claiming that they own it... For that story, check out the Topical Table of Contents for my blog by clicking on the GIF below:😄😇😄
Some very interesting articles there, @creatr - didn't know about Stafford before. And the one about 'Countries where..." has some good discussion as well. It's important to note also about Stafford, it's a "Home Rule" city...
Although scholars have used a variety of flowery phrases to describe the concept of home rule, the principle is simple: home rule is the right of citizens at the grassroots level to manage their own affairs with minimum interference from the state. Home rule assumes that governmental problems should be solved at the lowest possible level, closest to the people.
As mentioned earlier, home rule cities look to the state to tell them what they are prohibited from doing, rather than for specific grants of authority to undertake particular functions.
Interesting, hadn't heard about the "home rule" city type before... Thanks! ;)