There are the Heights and the Flats. The Heights are older, Victorian suburbs; the Flats are the remains of the housing for the mills workers when there were any to speak of. I worked at a business in the the Holyoke Mall and it attracts a mixed bag of people. Not at all the type of town I would want to raise a family in.

Well I’ll be damned. That’s what I get for having all my information based on biographies. Pardon my ignorance. Still, Bacon would be wonderful.

If so, then the private school in my area is Suffield Academy. If money is no object, then Bacon Academy. I wish to God I could send my children (I have none anyhow) could go to Bacon.

If you can afford it, go for it. If it would put considerable strain on your finances, then I would remind myself that CT has some of the finest public schools in the nation.

Grow your own

Likewise!

I mean, they can’t stay there indefinitely.

Sorry, but that is not really how this meme is used.

This is wild. I had never heard about this until now.

When I was a little girl in Poland, we all had ponies. My sister had pony, my cousin had pony. So, what’s wrong with that? He was a beautiful pony. And I loved him!

I could very much be mistaken, but that seems related to business matters, as in the property of a business, for this purpose to include furniture. Again, I could be misinterpreting the form, however if not that does seem like extra senseless scraping by the state.

That is what I’m looking for. Firstly, I congratulate you on using them as proper draft animals. Still, to your original question though; the god’s honest truth is I can’t see a reason why they wouldn’t be taxed. Government needs to raise money, so things get taxed; property of all kind including horses. Frankly, it makes more sense to me for a government to raise money taxing a horse than someone’s labour, but that is just me. However, it seems that one’s used exclusively for labour/farming are exempted from that tax, at least according to this link I found:

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/rpt/2010-R-0473.htm#:~:text=The%20New%20England%20states%2C%20including,assess%20horses%20for%20property%20taxes.&text=Connecticut%20law%20treats%20horses%20as,of%20their%20fair%20market%20value.

So if they are not used exclusively or even primarily for farming then I can certainly see how they constitute more as a “luxury”.

And though that is great for you, I have my doubts OP is using her ponies as draft animals. But I’m open to the possibility of being wrong. And I’m sorry, are we talking about tax-exempt pasture land or the ponies on that land, because I could have sworn we were talking about animals, not land. Again though, open to being wrong. Great work on your response though.

A wealthy suburb of Springfield. Quiet, established community; gorgeous houses; close enough to wherever you need to get to; great schools; everyone is always out running/jogging, playing tennis, biking.

Beacon Hill or Longmeadow or Martha’s Vineyard

A bunch of sad and miserable protesters go to Plymouth to get rained on. I’m sure they could use the company.

Unnecessary luxury items get taxed, and I would imagine this includes unnecessary luxuries like animals. I pay to register my dog. Horses and ponies require land that is unproductive for any other purpose, and unless you are doing pre-industrial style farming then I imagine you are not using them as draft animals.

I’ve heard that the Mudslide is associated with the Cape region, but I’m not positive. Perhaps I just want a Mudslide

Cursed titles

No; No; I am a product of the CT public education system; New Jersey is a garbage state of low standards, to me lagging behind New Jersey is just as bad as lagging behind Mississippi; sure thing.

Private schools are indisputably better for a variety of reasons, however public schools in Connecticut (and New England in general) are not like public schools in other states. Many of CT’s public schools are on or with private schools, if you do not count things like niche programs/clubs, etc.

We are behind New Jersey when it comes to education. That is nothing to be proud of.

Unacceptable. I can understand being behind Massachusetts, but to be surpassed by New Jersey is SO FUCKING embarrassing I’m not quite sure where to begin. Absolutely disgraceful.

Why I advocate for growing your own whenever possible

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