Actually, I think that you will find that residents of villages are
fleeing their residences for unincorporated places outside the village
and in the greater town.  A specific example would be Potsdam, in St.
Lawrence County.  The exodus there has been going on for 40 years or
more.  The taxes in the Village are just too high when more can be had
for less outside the Village, albeit perhaps in a different Town than
Potsdam.  A well replaces the water tax.  State Police replace the
Village Police. One should also not confuse the tax rate with the actual
amount of taxes paid.  While the tax rate may be greater outside the
village, the actual amount of tax paid may be lower because the assessed
valuation for a home in the country is less than a corresponding home in
the village.

Tom

Walter Greenspan wrote:
>
> On 08/02/2000 (10:06:07 AM EDT), as part of an eMail from Wayne Miller
> ([log in to unmask]):
>
> "First, town tax rates may be levied at a different rate inside a village.
> This is often the case when, for example, the village does some or all of
> its own road maintenance. Then the town will usually charge a different
> (lower) tax rate to those inside the village."
>
> Residents of hamlets within a town pay the General Town tax (they also pay
> town special district taxes) while residents of villages within a town pay
> the part-Town tax.
>
> Villages are their own "special districts".  That's why property taxes in
> villages, even with their own police force, can be less than property taxes
> for places in hamlets, because a village can "protect" the property from town
> special district taxation.
>
> Villages, of course, are subject to the self-governing special districts
> (such as school, library, fire and water, etc.).
>
> Regards,
>
> Walter Greenspan