[lumb63]

Do you have a source on the tax burden? I’m living in Massachusetts right now (notoriously called Taxachusetts by some here), and CA sales and income tax rates look to be about 50% and double the rates here, respectively. It looks like property taxes are about 50% higher here, but income and sales tax is way bigger than property tax in my experience. Not to mention California’s notorious gas tax.

[jeffbee]

Massachusetts has a much more noticeable personal income tax because it is not progressive, everyone loses 5% off their paycheck. In California a household with 2 children for example won't pay 5% until their income is > $200k.