Bargain Basement...

[azskyman]

We all live in different places, but wherever we live we do run across "bargains" sometimes that seem to be hard to find anywhere else.

For example, I know airport parking is not a fun thing anywhere, but here at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport you can park a car in a gated economy lot, catch a shuttle right to your terminal, and do that for just $4 a day.

When I was in Chicago...the BEST I could do was $10 a day, and even those were not all that near the airport.

I almost hate to say it, but I consider the property tax here in Phoenix to be a "bargain" too...if taxes of any kind can be bargains. I pay about $1500 in taxes each year for my 2,000 sf home. Back in Illinois, in 1997, I was paying $3600 for nothing more than I have here.

Any ongoing (not one-time)bargains in your city or state or around where you live?

[Guest]

I think the taxes I pay for my 1800 square foot home is around $800 is a bargain. I live out in the boonies and don't have alot of the amenities the BIG CITY offers. Also since I am not in Harris County (Chambers is where I live now) is alot lower on automotive insurance too.

I'm always looking for bargains....I don't have money to throw away as the old adage goes....

Want to talk about parking at an airport - try IAH in Houston - is not CHEAP.

Patricia