Please let the zillions of people still fogging into my hometown (an Austin suburb) know!

people move to Texas thinking it has low taxes. It doesn't. Washington state has a much lower tax burden.

For a normal earner, California has a lower tax burden than Texas. It is surprisingly insanely high tax.

Of course California also has a much larger safety net than Texas. So for most working people it's a no brainer as to which state is better