I’ve been in PSL since 2002 (grandparents moved here in 1986). The taxes are higher because PSL was a small retirement community that started getting populated by younger families in the early 90’s, and the city wasn’t ready to cope with the rapid expansion, esp after 2002. So newer water/sewage systems, roads, and general city services had to be funded. The current mayor has proposed a plan to extend Crosstown PKWY over the St Lucie River, but getting it done will be next to impossible (environmentalists/ residents of Hutchinson Island, plus the $$$$ it would cost=higher taxes). Wildlife is dwindling dramatically since I moved here, due to the growing population. We used to see Florida panthers, coyotes, and foxes along Becker and Gatlin. The city is starting to revamp playgrounds, starting with Sportsman’s Park on Prime Vista(one of the original parks in the city) They had plans for a “downtown” where the Civic Center is, but the 2008 crash caused the developer to back out. There were supposed to be stores, with apartments/condos above them. That’s why the garage was built. Again, it was planned a retirement community, and the residents didn’t want a big city feel when it was planned. They are trying to make Tradition the “downtown”, even though it’s basically its own city. If you have any questions, let me know. I keep up with the city’s progress, and have spoken with the current (good guy)and several former (not so good) mayors.

You hit the ball on the head a Downtown and bridge to the beach are my pet peeves

Thank you. I am looking to move to Port Saint Lucy soon. This was very helpful

Yes it helps thank you for this video.

thank you Natalia good info and i like your style.

As a NY-er I feel like the taxes are still comically lower than what we pay for up here.

Very helpful information! … I’m just curious about flooding. Thank you for your videos!

Until I saw your video and looked up the history of Port Saint Lucie, I had assumed it was a newer area, without historical sites for that reason. But it’s not! So thank you!

Thanks for the heads up on Port St. Lucie !!!!!! All very important subjects !!!!! Do you handle Jensen beach area ??????

Hey, wildlife is a benefit to me. Yes, there are alligators in Florida. Who doesn't know this? All those canals can have alligators in them. I've seen gators several times walking the dog in my neighborhood. You just always need to be aware and careful when you are near water.

Thanks sugar for the information,I live in California and was thinking of buying a house in your area.

We have so many parks. That's great

Wildlife is an absolute dealbreaker for me.

Wildlife did it for me. I am scared to death of a little lizard so snakes, bobcats, alligators nooooooo! So I have to continue my search. I currently live in NY and plan to relocate in about 3 years

You forgot the turnpike, how it splits Port St Lucie in half and there are only 3 streets that cross it, and only 3 places to get on the turnpike, 5 miles apart from each other. I saw an alligator here a couple months ago near Bayshore and crosstown pkwy.

U R correct young lady.On all counts. My wife & I live in the Southbend area of Port Saint Lucie. Wildlife is in abundance here,we 💕 it here.we’re outside every morning 6am feeding the 🦅 🦢 birds,squirrels, sandhill crane‘s,snowy Egrets,, woodpeckers. A few hawks & an Eagle @ 9am every morning like clockwork. Yeah,I agree PSL has high taxes & no Downtown but we’re still only 3 minutes from the C-24 canal boat launch.”0” crime here in PSL. Everyone knows everyone around here.We watch out for each other. Ty for your time.

My brother lives in Port St Lucie I'm there every few months..... I want to relocate to Stuart..... Just put you something down to keep snakes out but I personally haven't seen any snakes ever come in my brother's house....and he has a lake out back there's a gate around...... It just depends on where you live

You've got to be kidding about taxes! I lived in PA most of my life and paid taxes for local and schools that were 5 times what I pay here. If you want to live near a beach, you better be equipped to handle storm surge in hurricane season and your home owners cost will be exorbitant. When we pay our taxes, we see roads well-maintained and beautifully landscaped. I never saw that up north. I agree we need a "downtown." They are working on that. In addition, my house has doubled in value in 8 years! The best investment we ever made was moving to PSL. If you don't want wildlife like alligators roaming your yard, do not buy a home on a canal. The beautiful thing about PSL is there are many choices! I do appreciate your POV. We can agree to disagree. All the best to you.

Housing SHOULD be affordable and available, however when it takes 7-10 months to wait for a new house to be built or when an existing house sells in less than 2 days (above asking price because of bidding wars), it’s really hard to move to a desirable area. I’m planning on moving to PSL, but I’m gonna wait until November/December and maybe the craziness of the real estate market will settle down.

If you want a excellent experience for a downtown area don’t go to Stuart or Jensen Beach. Stay in the county and come up to Fort Pierce! Yes Fort Pierce! Some of the best restaurants in the state, dining dancing, the marina, art shows, food festivals, live music, car shows. just anything you want is right here in the area. And best of all the people aren’t near as stuck up as in the other areas

I’m planning my first trip to PSL soon. I’m looking at moving into a 55+ community when I retire from my job in Michigan. I’m going to be needing a real estate agent in the future. Seeing that the housing market is expensive along with the high interest rates I’m trying to get the best bang for my buck

Where I live, once you turn 65 you can eliminate the education/schools portion of your property taxes which accounts for more than a 50% reduction.. Does any county in FL offer that benefit? Great for me because I never even had kids. Yes I know good schools add to property values but seniors need help too.

I disagree with you on a few points. I appreciate you trying to temper expectations but here is my idea. let's start with the property tax point. Yes, you are right, the taxes look high initially. But, unlike in Miami where we lived for 15 years, you really get what you pay for. It may not be good to compare across the state because Florida is known for having taxes that are rock bottom so it's still feeling low for people who move from NY/NJ. Getting what I pay for: The roads are in excellent condition. Medians, sidewalks, parks and walking paths are all meticulously maintained. We have jazz concerts at the botanical gardens and family nights all sponsored by the city. Road work and projects are done at non-rush hour times and done SO FAST, within a time frame that is disclosed on signs to the public, and quietly. Think about that for those of you who lived in Miami and experience a decade of road work on Biscayne Blvd. Next point: proximity to beach. That little reduction in convenience to get to the ocean means that even the Jetty-- the party spot-- has parking on weekends. And if you head to other beaches it will be secluded. On weekdays you make walk for a mile on the sand and see no one on pristine and clean sands. Parking is free. Compare that to Miami where you may need to wait to get even valet parking at the beach. And we still have many bars and restaurants haunted by locals with that old Florida vibe, live music and reasonable food. I got instant parking on Memorial Day. Wildlife: Alligators are a thing in all of the canals of Florida. I kayak and see them occasionally. They have never bothered me. Crocs, which can be found down in the Keys, are a different story. But we have less problem than Miami has, especially the South end. I just saw a snake in my backyard yesterday. You won't see them in South Beach. What you will see at 2am is a sea of rats. I get not liking snakes but they keep the rat population under control. By the time a Florida city gets to this size, and you aren't seeing snakes, be prepared to deal with rats. I'll take the snakes since they are not poisonous here and they eat the garden slugs and maintain the eco balance. Yes, we do not have a downtown. We go to downtown Jensen or Stuart. Our facsimile of a downtown is Tradition Square, and it feels a little cartoonish. But that doesn't mean that things are not convenient. I live near the corner of PSL Blvd and Airoso Blvd. I can walk to: 9 sit-down restaurants, 2 fast food places, 3 bars with two more on the way, 2 beauty salons and 1 barber, 2 accountants, a park, a bank, an upscale vintage furniture and clothing thrift shop, bike shop, healthcare providers, phone store, office services shop, the community center with a full gym and many craft and cookery classes, and the list goes on. It's nice to have a downtown, but we still have the convenience that goes with a downtown and we don't need to get into a car to do many errands.

I live in st lucie west agree with the beach’s stinks but love PSL

Still way better than New York. I'll take PSL any day. My parents are snowbirds and I love visiting JB and PSL to get out of this freezing cold State. I will retire in PSL in 8 years. Sure hope the parking is free at JB 🌴👍🤣⛄️

As someone young who lives in psl. This town is boring, they don't have no nightlife or entertainment for the young people todo or Goto. All psl has is homes, stores & resturants!

Correct on all points, though they finally built a thing called the Meating street in Tradition. I killed a snake at my door the other day as it jumped towards me. I picked up some mail from amazon, which was packed in a medium heavy box. I saw the snake come at me at my door and I threw the box and it landed on the snake. I was encountering a snake once a month. Finally we filled some holes and haven't seen any recently. However, exotic birds land in my yard and a lot of Geicos. Indeed, wild life is a thing here. I am from Cali and not use to this at all. Had I known, I would have not moved here. Taxes are sky high. I plan on selling my house next year. The house I live in is gorgeous. I am selling for 400,000 with no hoa. If you have a problem with neighbors you just call the city and the city gives a ticket for things like grass not cut, or garbage. You don't need HOA, that is a joke to get money. When I first moved here 4 years ago, just a little rain, the whole street would flood. About 5 months later they fixed it since the neighbors complained to the city. They put the tax money they get from us in fixing up the drains, and it hasn't flood sense. If you like wild life, which is ok for me now, and you like minimal things to do, and limited choices on food (plus the stores and restaurants always run out here), can handle the high taxes, and deal with non updated places to play like riding your bike with tons of bugs flying at you, since the trees are not kept up well than this place is for you! The house I live in has high ceilings, incredible windows and is built amazingly, plus 2,5000 square foot home that I got four years ago with a pool. If I could just pick this house up, and move to the town I am now looking into possibly moving, I would def do it....if you can deal with all that you will like it because the houses are gorgeous here for sure.

Still way better and less taxes the New York State, I’ll take it, eight year countdown until I become a port St. Lucie resident. We still visit every winter love it. Way better than snow and cold I’ll take it.

One of the additional reasons that the taxes are so high, especially in Port St. Lucie, is that the taxpayers are on the hook for bad investments by the City Council that went belly up in an effort to attract companies to the city that would bring high paying jobs such as Digital Domain and the medical research company, VGTI. These companies went bankrupt after city committed millions of taxpayer dollars as incentives to relocate here. Then to make matters worse the City sold the Digital Domain building for pennies on the dollar to Christ Fellowship who as a religious institution pays very little or no taxes into the city's coffers. In addition during the recession the City and County raised the millage rates so they would receive the same amount of revenue that they were receiving prior to the recession with the promise that the rates would be lowered to pre-recession levels after the recession passed but of course the city and county never did this. As for beach access there is only one road in PSL that goes from US1 to Indian River Drive where a beach access would make any sense and that is Walton Road, however the problem there would be that building a bridge at that location over to Hutchinson Island would likely not be possible as it would be too close to the St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant which is just north of that area.

NO,NO, NO ,SNAKES, SCREW THAT I M GOING WAY ,WAY SOUTH! THANK YOU NATALIA!

Allfive are very true but you have wildlife in Florida everywhere. Are they going to lower the taxes after they get another 20,000 people live here? At least they built the crosstown Bridge that helps for the traffic. Also some places Kind of like the Anchorage or Jupiter Farms except you can’t build exactly what you want without the government sticking their nose in. The lights have increased in price and they’re building as many little 2 to 4 bedroom houses as they can . Mostly 15 to 1800 ft.² with two bathrooms. Which is what most normal people need. What about no sidewalks mostly anywhere in the neighborhoods. Even in some main drags. I’m young at heart but I can’t say that I appreciate all the loud cars and constant motorcycles and cops etc. you would think we were living in the big city specially around Port St. Lucie Boulevard the noise is ridiculous at times.You should do a top 10 now 😂. I have to read your top five or 10 best things.

I just moved here. I saw a dead wild boar/hog on the side of the road. Are those here? That’s the only thing that has bothered me so far because of walking my dog at night.

Not nearly enough negatives to keep me away. 👍🏻

In PSL , what is the property tax rate ? Insurance ?

25 mins max lol ,wildlife makes it fun

PSL has no downtown because of the way it came to be. I remember PSL had a 7-11, the shell store, Grimes plaza, and Lentz orange groves. If you wanted to go food shopping you needed to go to Ft Pierce (Publix)or Stuart (Piggly Wiggly). At that time General Development was selling off parcels and I'll let you pass judgment on them, you can look it up. Eventually, they built a Win Dixi on 1 (American Freight now) after a bank and some smaller strip malls popped up even a Pizza Hut. Walton rd was a two-lane road tree lined end to end and lots of Armadillos on the roadsides. Spanish Lakes was one of the first real habitable communities in PSL. Jensen Beach was a decent spot but the beach was narrow and often had a rip current. In Ft Pierce, the south side of the inlet was kinda the red light district. The north side had Pepper Park, which had nice big beaches, clean bathrooms, and picnic areas. Well, this was all fifty years ago now, today we're considering it as a retirement area.

The wildlife is the absolute greatest part of PSL!

So WHY are property taxes so high in that specific area, other than using the money to fund the Nuclear Plant in the area which sounds like that’s why maybe property taxes are so high,what else could they possibly be using the funds for? No bridge, no pier, not top rated schools, no downtown, average parks, boring. Sounds like the county is mismanaging the funds.

There is nothing to do in PSL. Parks, food and beaches. Nothing more. Especially the East side, it like a step child not cared for. ☹️

What about the Nuclear power plant? Thank you

Give us a hypothetical on taxes. A 300k house generates approximately 8k, 10k, 15k a year in taxes, etc.

Hola qué te parece el areaBayshore Heights, para vivir , es tranquila, hay cosas cerca, tiene buenas escuelas, please déjame saber que áreas son buenas para familias

You are a real estate agent what are some good areas to live in

Did they lower the property taxes yet?

I grew up in Port st lucie. Mayor minski was responsible for taxes going up I was one of the reason why minski was voted out of office in 1998 I was a police explorer back then I held signs saying cut taxes vote feilding he got in because of us it's time for some one who grew up there to run lets cut taxes vote Poorbaugh in 22

you missed out on a bunch of reasons of why taxes are higher over martin or indian river county. #1 the vast majority of PSL has sewers NOT septic systems like the other counties 2 PSL has their own police dept and doesn't rely on the sheriff like martin county outside of stuart 3 there is roadside garbage pickup along st lucie west blvd daily and gatlin a st lucie blvd up to where it turns into river side outisde of PSL 4 the quality of people north of midway road are mostly ghetto with section 8 housing all over overall south PSL towards martin is worth the taxes but anything north just move to vero beach if your a poor

I would add the lack of sidewalks. Its dangerous

A snake in my house would be it for me.

My ex wife, her 2 siblings and her parents. 5 things I hate about Port St Lucie.

what about five best things about Port Saint Lucie.

Wow. You almost sound like you don’t want to live there - which is odd to me in that you still have the freedom to move to another city.

don't,like snakes or giant mosquitoes and driving around FLORIDA in general..do NOT go to the side of the road..geez the gators !! Watch your kids and pets near the edge of the water as well

Natalia quiero comprar en st lucie me puedes ayudar como agente

North New jersey tax avgarge 8500.00 per year

Please get to the point. How much property tax for the house $250.000

property taxes are sometimes a necessary evil...question is what you get. If it means better schools, police and fire, worth it.

Port ST.Lucie ay that's where Jojo part 6 take place

I'm in New Jersey...I'll show you property taxes.

You think your taxes are higher. I’m in NY!

Housing should be affordable considering there’s a NUCLEAR POWER PLANT there.

You didn't tell how much taxes you have to pay on a $250,000 home you started to but you got off on the bridge and these other things as a real estate agent you should know how much the taxes are so maybe you need to go back to square one and tell how much the taxes are that's what your video is about right I've lived down there and I know maybe you don't really know

One ? For you sugar how much will my taxes be for a 300,000 home in you city.

Thank you for the video never come to port ST Lucie!!!

The people that live here, and the people that move here lol

Taxes

I been living here in PSL for 10 years... it isnt that bad, but I have to say I totally disagree with you

Port St Lucie.... home of Newlyweds and nearly dead’s. Horrible traffic and poorly planned infrastructure. Housing is affordable , however with high rentals and transients you can buy a beautiful house and be surrounded by unkept rental properties and undesirable neighborhoods. As a resident of Ft Pierce for 35 years I’ve seen PSL continually get worse. Buy big land out west and build what you can afford.

PSL is really boring. And it's about a 30 minute drive to a beach.

Doesn’t sound so bad

Is there racism against Hispanics at Port St. Lucie?

Port St. Lucie is just a fancy name for Fort Pierce

Crooks I’ll stay in cali

You travel a little bit your at a beach not port but cmon

PSL sucks. Look at a nice area like Tampa Bay.

Palm Bay is better than Port st Lucie

yes i agree Don't move to Port St. Lucie

No culture

It's appaling that you site wildlife as a problem. The only wildlife that's appaling in PSL are the people who won't leave their area to drive a big box store and demand one be placed in their neighborhood. Privileged attitude. So middle sorry class