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bigredthesnorer t1_ja0p2cg wrote

Reply to comment by Seaworthiness222 in Moving to MA w/ family, looking for suburbs to visit as options by zacharykoala

OP - The Groton-Dunstable school system is financially strapped, as well as the two towns. I am glad that my last kid is graduating. I do not recommend GD for the school system anymore. There is very little commercial tax revenue in each town, so revenue falls 99% on residential real estate tax. Taxes on a $1M house will be at least $14k a year. A new elementary school is being built, but that will add another $1k yearly to your Groton taxes over the next few years.

Be careful of regional school districts, as each town needs to be able to afford its share of the budget and can cause serious problems if one town cannot pass an override.

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pilotJKX t1_ja14nfq wrote

Yeah but groton has a couple steak places and a couple great farmers markets, so I think that about settles that.

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Seaworthiness222 t1_ja0q0my wrote

If they can save 300K and interest on a house I dont think the taxes will matter. especially the difference in home cost will likely save them taxes- or be able the same.

There's a lot higher tax rates out there. I'm one of em.

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