[seangrogg]

As you sort of allude to, YMMV. I moved from California to Nevada and literally all taxation went down.

Income tax from progressive scheme nearing 10% to 0%

Sales tax from ~9% to ~8%

Property taxes are hard to pin to a single value, but with housing prices just being lower in general you wind up paying less for similar footage/amenities

While it doesn't mean the observation is fundamentally inaccurate, it's worth keeping in mind that people looking at states with 0% income tax may be coming from a place where they're just getting reamed because work wants them there. If you're not flying under the SALT cap and work is remote friendly it's worth at least looking around.

[JumpCrisscross]

One good measure is tax take as a fraction of state GDP [1].

[1] https://www.sciotoanalysis.com/news/2024/6/25/how-do-state-t...