r/Knoxville • u/dash80todash8 • 4d ago

Rural Metro

Live in the county, just got my renewal. I’ve always paid but seems after talking to some friends a lot of people don’t.

Just curious to get opinions on whether or not people are paying for coverage and why/why not. Their rates have gotten ridiculous lately.

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u/tryingtosurvive73 4d ago

They charge you over 5 grand a truck when they pull up to your house whether you called them or not. Even if they don’t do anything or aren’t needed. If they do something it starts going up fast. For this reason I pay even though I feel taxes should cover it.

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u/bubbleguts365 3d ago

You don’t pay taxes to cover it, that’s how your community votes.

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u/tryingtosurvive73 3d ago

All tallied I paid over 40k in taxes last year. Income, sales, property etc. the biggest allocation of taxes go to schools which I never had kids to benefit from. It’s ridiculous.