That is just crazy! My house on Cape Cod had a smaller tax rate than a home in Lansing! Maybe Lansing should have a nickname like "Taxachusettes" something like "Taxsing" or "Lansing, The Taxing Capital of America"! We have the most expensive parking lots in the country. PS I love Lansing!
Yeah, I always have to chirp when I see people mention low property taxes on Reddit. Yeah, nominally because the homes are low value relatively, but they're the highest rates around. Detroit is even worse.
I honestly don't know what Lansing can do to fix it though, they need revenue or a level of budget cuts that I don't think anyone wants to discuss.
Big news: Tesla signed a deal with LG to switch their Lansing plant to a new battery tech which will supply Tesla through at least 2030, the deal is worth $4.3 billion and they expect production to start in just over a year. Sad for GM that it turned out this way but good for Lansing, I'm sure there will be quite a bit of money spent during this conversion and with Tesla's demand I'd expect to plant to hum along at capacity when it gets going.
Say what you will about them, but I haven't seen a lot of "and here is some new manufacturing coming to your community because of tariffs". And this does appear to actually be that.
This is interesting and good news for our community, high paying jobs and producing products that lessen our reliance on fossil fuels. I hear a different opinion from DC about electric vehicles and renewable energy in general, so this seems plan to be made by someone dealing with reality which gives me some hope for the future.
You'll get no arguments from me against the Chinese tariffs as China has been fighting a soft/grey war against the US for decades, how directly related this move is to that is tough to say but it's hard to argue it's unrelated. I'm hoping Tesla eyes our area for a more direct investment, another major employer would be great, particularly if in a new sector.
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I honestly don't know what Lansing can do to fix it though, they need revenue or a level of budget cuts that I don't think anyone wants to discuss.
https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/tesla-lg-energy-solution-4-3-billion-lfp-battery-deal-megapack-confirmed/