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Originally Posted by fsstnotch
I like the Laughlin NV area. My grandparents have retired there and love it.
I love the people in the Texas/Oklahoma areas, the problem I see with Texas is while they have no income tax.. they DO get you elsewhere! Like property tax. The guy sitting next to me is from Plano. He pays 3x the property taxes that I pay on my house in Oklahoma City and they're close to the same size and amount of property and value.
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The property tax is higher, but with no state tax, it is really a lot lower. When I lived in California, I was paying about 2-3k/year in state tax while making under 40K/year. Here in the Dallas area (I work in Plano) I am paying no state tax but my property tax was $2300 last year and we made over 80K. That to me is paying a lot less. Some areas do have higher tax rates, but it is not as bad as it would seem, you have to look at what your state tax liability is and add that to your current property tax. Most people tend to find that it is not as bad as they thought and sometimes, like my case, cheaper.
I live in the lowest tax area of Collin County Plano is one of the mid range cities, but it has some of the highest property values. It also is among the best rated schools in the area. For City tax, I believe it is .4%, where I am .2%. Overall I am 2.2% and Plano is 2.4%. Frisco (highest tax rate in the county) is 2.6%. I live just outside of what is considered part of the Metroplex (11 miles east of Plano) so my property value is a lot lower than in Plano, but it is quiet, so I like it.