tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post6295382641031219067..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: News from the HPCCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-43779183514908646412021-03-29T14:23:14.595-04:002021-03-29T14:23:14.595-04:00Amen! The constant need for some to criticize any ...Amen! The constant need for some to criticize any sort of progress in Hudson is getting stale. Are we supposed to let all these old homes on Union Street deteriorate and crumble over fear of flippers coming in and making a profit? At what point does this NIMBY-ism stop new people, along with their money and tax revenue, from coming?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16742237913011981484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-28805184132675303882021-03-29T09:02:06.543-04:002021-03-29T09:02:06.543-04:00I don't understand the "red flag to homeo...I don't understand the "red flag to homeowners". What is the danger to a homeowner of someone gutting and then selling a house. If anything, someone renovating a house, or gutting it and selling it for a higher price, raises the values of surrounding homes and has no bearing on the ability of someone to fix up their own house or obtain the funds to repair it.<br /><br />I understand there is a bit of unease and discontent among some residents with the changes to the city resulting from Hudson's increasing desirability as a residential/second home/tourist location, but for someone who owns a property here there are not a lot of downsides, except perhaps for increasing taxes. It seems that regardless of tourism, taxes are going up everywhere and the days of low rural undervalued taxes are long gone in the Hudson Valley. To enjoy a low cost hipster lifestyle, the thing to do would be to take advantage of the increased values, collect the profits and move to Maine, West Virginia, Detroit, or some other low tourist, low tax location. <br /><br />A second homeowner, or upscale new resident is actually beneficial to the homeowners. They increase property values, spend money locally helping businesses and contributing to sales tax while placing a lower burden on city infrastructure and resources. A second homer pays full tax but uses less water, creates less sewage and garbage, do not require free daycare or youth services and in general put more into the city than they take away.<br /> <br />P. Winslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273783030122540297noreply@blogger.com