I moved from Illinois to Texas, but I also had considered a few places in California; Palm Springs, Temecula, Sonoma County. I certainly did my due diligence on comparitive financial impact. /1
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Texas: a lateral move (to a house of equal value) meant no state income tax, lower sales tax, property taxes 30% lower, even in Austin, compared to IL. California: a lateral move meant living in an abandoned crackhouse trailer park in Salton Sea. But 50% less prop tax. Yay! /2
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Bottom line is that a house in CA equivalent to my house in IL would cost minimum 2.5x-3x if it were anywhere within an hour of LA/SD/SF, which pretty much kills any prop tax advantage. A move to Austin was equivalent to a 5-7% raise, to CA was a 10% pay cut. /3
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make sure to warn all those misinformed California fools currently packing U-Hauls for Texas https://twitter.com/KuchenApple/status/1133036505583087616 …
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Left winger: Texas is the armpit of America Right winger: Austin is the asshole of Texas Bipartisan consensus: 150 people per day move to the asshole inside America's armpit https://twitter.com/caardvaark/status/1133037180509675520 …
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The geniuses counted Washington DC s a 'state', so that may give you some insight into their credibility.
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I’m surprised NY is only 48th and not 50th
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