Quote Originally Posted by canuck View Post
I find the city taxes pretty high in Birmingham. I assumed the city rates were similar to ones we have here, but they look on the face of it to be twice as high!?
Birmingham has sky-high taxes. Probably the highest in metro Detroit outside of the Detroits and Pontiacs of the region.

The upside is you get a lot for your money. Tons of parks and rec, amazing snow removal, and urban gems like the Shain Park.

It's debatable whether Birmingham is a deal, though. You get a ton of services in Bloomfield Township too, and much lower taxes.

And, in Troy, you get very good [[but not Birmingham-good) services, and super-low taxes. Troy is probably better dollar-for-dollar than most Oakland County suburbs.