Re: Chicago suburbs
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Grayslake is OK... but property taxes are way out of whack there. Traffic also sucks on 120 there because it is only one lane each way.
Got a friend who lives there in a 4 BDrm house... pays over 10k for Property taxes.
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120 does suck at times. It is 4 lanes near 94 and they've been doing a lot of construction to improve things this summer. I think there is a long-term plan to open it up to 4 lanes as it heads west, but that would make things even more of a nightmare while the work is going on.
I pay ~$4700 in property taxes on a $185K home that I purchased about a year ago. This is about 2.5% and I believe pretty standard for most anywhere in Lake County. If I remember from my home search, property taxes in the 'burbs of Cook County will, in general, be slightly lower, but not by much. My family that lives in Cook county have been complaining about rising property taxes over the last few years -- it wouldn't surprise me if the gaps in property taxes closed between Lake and Cook. Of course this will all depend somewhat on the specific town and school district you are being taxed in.
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