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Re:Abandoned land drives dangerous heat in Houston, Texas A&... by georgeburdell on Sunday October 19, 2025 @03:21PM (#45637085)
Texas has some of the highest property tax millages in the U.S. they’re closer to a land value tax than most other places
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Re:Abandoned land drives dangerous heat in Houston, Texas A&... by ProllyInfamous on Monday October 20, 2025 @11:23AM (#45644982)
Yes, but anybody with considerable land has it deeded "agricultural" so they effectively don't follow the Georgian tenants of Land Value Tax's basic theory.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax

For example, beekeeping as a hobby is expensive (you will never recoup in honey sales)... but in many states "worth it" for the agricultural exemption, alone.

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