Yes, this.Grumpy1993 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2019 5:31 pm While it's nice not to have to file a state income tax return, I have a friend in a mid Atlantic state with similar income and home value, and his combined state taxes aren't any higher than mine.
When we moved back to Texas, I was also looking at North Carolina which would have actually been better from a work perspective. I haven't run the numbers in detail but I'm fairly certain my overall tax burden would have been than lower than here, too.
For how much California stinks in so many ways, my tax burden is just a tiny bit lower here.
Unless there's a significant change in property taxes, I don't see myself retiring in Texas.