I love living in Lincoln but between the taxes and the maintenance required to keep a house up (including winter plowing, etc.), we are starting to look at alternatives. -----Original Message----- From: Laura Glynn <[email protected]> Sent: Jun 4, 2025 1:33 PM To: <[email protected]> <[email protected]>, Laura Glynn <[email protected]> Subject: [LincolnTalk] Why are people moving out of Lincoln, especially seniors
I wish we knew why people were moving out of Lincoln - and which groups are leaving Certainly some people leave because of new jobs, retirement, health and other issues But I believe that a number of people, especially elderly and/or lower or middle income are leaving or have left because of the taxes It would be ironic if the town spends more and more money to offer middle income housing when the tax increase drives out the very people we are trying to keep Yes I know the town has a property tax work off program but that only helps a small group I was a big law corporate lawyer for 40 years and I struggle to pay these damn property taxes I can’t image what these tax increases have done for those Lincoln residents on fixed income or who don’t have family money to keep them afloat It seems that finding out why we are losing residents to other towns should be something we should care about If any of the brokers in town can give me a list of property sales and names of sellers for the last 5 years I would be happy to Investigate and report back I hope we don’t want a town limited to people who move in for the schools and move out when the kids graduate to or from high school. Laura Glynn Tower Road
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