And you should see the size of the houses that they're putting in on Ghents Rd.  Not exactly the same as what is already there.  The previous houses are probably 1/3 the size of the new houses going in.

so just what is the issue here

$200,000 homes next to $400,000 homes  - the initial sell price will drive the assessment value

and with the way the lame assessor works the value will never change and the home owners will be locked in for life

Jr is the same as Sr when it comes to Assessors - i'd almost give you odds on that  1:1