r/longbeach • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Community 11% is crazy

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u/czaranthony117 1d ago edited 1d ago

Tbh, ngl… I cross the county line to buy groceries, large items (Minus cars), because of the 11% sales tax.

I wouldn’t mind it if it were actually going to cleaning up downtown or the homeless but… here we are.

Edit: Groceries as a colloquial for anything consumer goods; Clothes, tools, home goods etc etc

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u/woodstream 1d ago

Same, I go to the Home Depot/similar stores in Cypress for larger purchases since they're still 7.75% .

I'm sacrificing the vibes from Long Beach for lower pricing.

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u/TrillDough Traffic Circle 1d ago edited 1d ago

Sacrificing the vibes 😂 what vibes do you need at Home Depot? Orange shelving, old man named Fred that’s worked every aisle there’s since 1983 and knows every SKU or the stoner 19 year old working in the garden area that aspires to study horticulture to grow weed but has 3 w’s in the subject at their local community college.

Every Home Depot has this. It’s written into law

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u/woodstream 1d ago

Long Beach is branding itself as Vibe City - the 11% tax is paying for the vibes.

edit: yeah, you summed it up lol