No, you're renting the physical space -- a scarce part of the commons -- from your community.

(I do think property taxes should be a land-value tax and not include improvements you've built.)

> No, you're renting the physical space -- a scarce part of the commons -- from your community.

Property law in the US and most western democracies doesn’t remotely agree with that. Land is not a communal or solely government owned resource, and the govt doesn’t ‘rent’ it out.