Is your trash picked up weekly by a private company?

[Glitterati]

16. City now, but was private for the last 20 years

City pick up is a bit cheaper, but not by much....it is, however, more "value" which I will explain below.

1. Any irregular trash, such as yard waste, an old sofa, etc. has to be called about.....give them a call and they send out a special truck for the "non household trash" at no additional cost. They just need to put it on a different truck. With the private providers, you were just plain outta luck for that kind of trash - you had to locate and pay someone to come haul it off for you. And, yes, each subdivision has multiple trash collectors with those noisy ass trucks going through every day of the week. Private haulers were at least $23.00/month, billed quarterly.

2. Water rates.......OMG, I cannot caution you enough to stay away from "private" water companies. I lived in one subdivision for 5 years with private water. Now, understand it was the same water I'm on NOW inside the city limits, but passed through a private company. My combined water/sewer/trash bill in the city is $45.00/month. On the private water company, water only was at least $60.00/month, there was no sewer (houses were on septic tanks) and trash collection was private companies you had to find and pay for. But the water rates alone were horrific.

3. Taxes....inside the city limits here, we have no city taxes. My taxes are the same and any other county resident and mostly connected to school taxes.

I limited my search when buying a house to INSIDE the city limits and found the perfect home which I closed on a little over a year ago.