[pandaman]

As someone who actually moved to Texas from California I am calling bs. I pay less in local taxes than I did in CA despite my income growing more than double. It's not just the lack of income tax but also lower sales tax, lower vehicle taxes, lower insurance, lack of CA payroll taxes.

And as for lack of parks and inferior public services, I have not noticed anything like that. Parks in Austin are actually useful as the trails are not blocked by tent cities, like in LA, and the main public service that I use, roads, is vastly superior here too. Frankly I don't even know how they managed to keep roads and streets in such a bad shape in LA, where the temperature never drops below freezing.