Originally Posted by F-U-Jimmy

I used to think i had it bad when i lived in London, but believe me its worse here in California. For example i had a 7 bedroom house in Wimbledon and paid at the time £600 a year housing tax ($1200 at todays exchange rates)
My home in San Diego which i call a 4 bedroom shed as its just wood and stucco cost me £5,000.00 ( $10,000.00 ) a year property tax. Then there's State and Federal tax, Business tax ( $800 minimum even if you dont make a profit ) Business and home improvement tax ( an example would be if you re modeled you home and spent $500,000.00 the tax would be 2% extra every year therafter. I could go on and on but the UK looks mighty appealing right now what with the £ to $ exchange rates....