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reducesufferinglast Wednesday at 4:44 PM1 replyview on HN

> Folks typically list income tax as an advantage but property and sales taxes more than make up the difference.

No, not really. Texas is still below average state taxes and you can see the breakdown of each state here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_income_tax#/media/File:S...


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tomrodlast Wednesday at 8:38 PM

Yep, exactly what I mentioned, more than makes up for it especially once you factor in the higher Case Schiller on recent years causing increases to property taxes since 2022 (date of your image).