ThiefX wrote:
Who would of thought huh?
The same people who paid any attention to Prince William County a couple years ago? I guess you weren't one of them.
Hope Arizona enjoys the sudden jump in foreclosures/home abandonments, business closings and lowered propty values leading to diminished government coffers.
Prince William County now accounts for nearly 20% of the foreclosures in the region.
NuWire Investors wrote:
While an increasing number of American citizens have been pushing for stricter immigration laws — one county has found that cutting back on immigration can have unintended consequences. Prince William County, Virginia has seen real estate prices collapse recently, and a large part of the falling values has been the result of new stricter immigration laws and a loss of immigrant residents.
It goes on to say that "median sale price has plunged 41 percent in the past year, from $405,000 to $239,000." Which really helps finance local government services...
Quote:
Residential property value assessments are down for 95 percent of Fairfax County homes. The county Department of Tax Administration says residential property assessments in 2008 dropped on average 12.55 percent.
Other local residential property assessments that are down:
Loudoun County dropped 14.96 percent.
Alexandria dropped 4.75 percent.
Arlington dropped 2.1 percent.
Prince William County dropped an estimated 32 percent.
But it was all worth it!
Media Matters wrote:
On Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy and guest Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William County, Virginia, board of supervisors, falsely claimed that the county's controversial immigration law reduced violent crime and has never been altered. In fact, Prince William County's violent crime rates actually increased in 2009; the law was modified in 2008 to avoid legal challenges; and a University of Virginia study of the law shows that it has not led to a reduction in crime.
More foreclosures, more business closings and
more violent crime?! Sign me up!
Edited, Jun 23rd 2010 12:47am by Jophiel