Idiots Reasses Fairfax County Taxes
My house value didn't change in one year. However, my LAND value went up almost 30%. Why? It could be because the idiots in Fairfax County continue to believe that it's a great idea to crowd as many houses as possible onto as little land as possible, regardless of the impact on the environment, wildlife, traffic congestion, school capacity, and other services. Land is valued so highly because it can then be subdivided ad infinitum, and houses can be piled on top of each other.
One would wonder "why would someone pay 2 million dollars for a cookie cutter McMansion on 1/8 acre of land?" Answer - Lots of idiots would, and DO. A pristine field across from our house is stacked with 2 million dollar crapola houses, adding more wells tapped into our existing awful water supply, more traffic stacked up at our intersection (where the VDOT won't put in lights or other traffic safety devices despite the fact that we have an elementary school bus stop at the end of our road, despite the houses driving the deer, fox, possums, raccoons, and other assorted wildlife into people's back yards, causing them to whine and complain that living in the woods would actually mean they might have to put up with *gasp* ANIMALS!
Greed. Selfishness. Inability to understand that they are part of a connected whole. Me Me Me. All of these reasons and more cause this ridiculous urban sprawl, obviously encouraged by ridiculous tax assessments making one's land SO valuable that people are encouraged to attempt to subdivide and make some money by saying "to hell with everyone else."
*ARGH*