It was the main water line feeding all the homes on our street Gerry. It's fixed now but we are on a boil water advisory until the water tests okay...

 

fire up the wood stove & boil some water eh ......
did they put a water meter in your house yet or is it free for all

 

No water meters here, we pay $183 per month for water/sewer..town is run by pirates..

 

Your town is run by bandits, bandits are to lazy to go on tour. Privateers on the other hand come into town on the wind, pillage your village and run off with your liquor, treasures and any female thats outgrown her training bra, and in 6 months you usually see us again if the previous trip was profitable. Bandits get elected as theres no getting rid of them legally, Privateers can be shot on sight.

 

What does water cost out your way Perry..

 

I'm lucky in that i've never had a water bill in Calgary but I know of people who get water bills of between $450 and $800 per year. Right now we're having a meter problem and every so often someone will get a $9000 bill, every so often has been 10 - 12 a month. I know of a character who's wife was entertain her kids with the water sprinkler until he started to get usage complaints and calls from the city. His water bill was 2300 for july and august, we've been in drought conditions again this year.

 

183. a mth is a total tip off, I'm paying about 51. a mth with a water meter,
before the meter the city was charging me about 95 a mth ........

Per I like your description of a pirate, very accurate indeed
note to self: dont waste water in Calgary lol

 

It's not cheap to live here in the boonies Gerry, seems we never get a break..

 

your property taxes must be cheap tho, I'm paying almost 4 grand a yr now

no boonies for me please, I wanna live in town

 

Just under 3 grand Gerry and it's not a pretty town anywhere you look..

 

I betcha the mayors house is pretty tho eh, damn crooks

bit of rain here now, thats good cus I laid down some sod for the dog

 

There are a few very nice homes here but they don't sell much more than any of the others do..

 

so you're guaranteed to get what you paid for it 40 yrs ago then

with the lakes here prices can be up to about 5 million, maybe more

 

Things went real sour when the mine closed in 86, started to recover some when the sawmill opened but then the mill stopped production when the logging stumbled. Mill is out and running again but they said would likely only be for 5 years so real-estate is going nowhere but south. Up in Red Lake it's a completely different story because of the mine that is in operation..There is million dollar properties there or at least what they are asking for them. Tourist camps up here are in the millions..

 

Virginia house property tax $363/ year. NY house around $1200/year.