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Old 03-28-2009, 04:58 PM
 
Location: DFW
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No, it's overrated!! Please don't come here, we Texans like keepin' it to ourselves!

good point
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Old 03-30-2009, 08:41 PM
 
Location: Somewhere in Texas
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No taxes on food uh? Ok. Run some numbers. The taxes on food like some states no where near equal the amount of extra taxes on property and housing in TX.

I have a houses in TX and other places and yes in other states I pay about an extra $400 bucks a year on food due to taxes. In TX though I pay an extra $1500 a year in taxes on the house. So basically there are many places much cheaper to live in then in TX.

My houses in many other places are also 1/2 the price then TX and the pay is about 25% MORE.
Don't forget that Texas has the highest homeowner's insurance rates of ANY state in the country. But then again, who cares. Texas is great in many ways and falters in others.
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Old 03-30-2009, 09:09 PM
 
Location: DFW
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Don't forget that Texas has the highest homeowner's insurance rates of ANY state in the country. But then again, who cares. Texas is great in many ways and falters in others.
I would assume that Florida had higher homeowners insurance rates because of the hurricane threat
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Old 03-30-2009, 10:08 PM
 
Location: Tejas
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I would assume that Florida had higher homeowners insurance rates because of the hurricane threat

also have to pay alligator insurance.
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Old 04-02-2009, 05:30 PM
 
Location: Somewhere in Texas
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I would assume that Florida had higher homeowners insurance rates because of the hurricane threat
Florida is second in line and very close to the Texas' premium. I think the mold really hurt us tremendously.

AUSTIN – Texas homeowners still have the dubious distinction of paying the highest insurance rates in the nation – despite measures designed to lower rates and much worse weather losses in other states.

Texans still pay highest insurance rates for homeowner policies | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/030309dntexinsurance.3cf2ee2.html - broken link)
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Old 04-03-2009, 10:58 AM
 
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No taxes on food uh? Ok. Run some numbers. The taxes on food like some states no where near equal the amount of extra taxes on property and housing in TX.

I have a houses in TX and other places and yes in other states I pay about an extra $400 bucks a year on food due to taxes. In TX though I pay an extra $1500 a year in taxes on the house. So basically there are many places much cheaper to live in then in TX.

My houses in many other places are also 1/2 the price then TX and the pay is about 25% MORE.
Texas has high property taxes but we don't have a state income tax. That's the basic trade-off. We also have high property insurance, partly because of the insurance lobby in Texas and partly because of the property damage due to occasional flooding rivers, hurricanes and tornadoes and hail storms. Keep in mind that Texas is a very big state so our overall stats can be compared to between 3-5 other states lumped together. The property tax problem is a real one that the legislature has never successfully been able to tackle. It boils down to school taxes. We need a way to fully fund education in rural areas (smaller population = smaller tax) and well as we do in urban areas with a larger tax base. The lottery was supposed to do that - it didn't, due to the politicians and their "special funds". The "Robin Hood" plan worked pretty well until the courts overturned it. We need to seriously solve this problem in Texas AND do it without a state income tax.

As to Lutarian - he is a California native to hates south Texas. He (supposedly ) owns all these expensive homes around the country but spends a lot of time on the boards trying to find a place to rent in other states.

Arkansas, Oregon, Utah, New Hampshire, Arizona, Virginia, Kentucky - and the "winner" appears to be Tennessee. Good Luck Tennessee.

Top "hates" - Texas pride, illegal aliens, drugs/crime, alligators/snakes/ticks and rude people.

Only thing about Texas he likes is Fredricksburg and beer. Like I said before, Texas is not for everyone. There is no such thing as a "perfect" state - especially a place with ZERO crime.

good luck with your coming move Lutarian, I hope you and your family will settle in and be happy.
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Old 11-27-2010, 06:00 PM
 
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Hi,
Looking to relocate to Texas.
These seem to be older posts, how is the economy now?
Looking for good schools, safe area, good jobs!
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Old 11-27-2010, 07:29 PM
 
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TX is not a rich state - the 11th poorest in the U.S. by many metrics and now a $25 billion budget shortfall for a low tax low service state - there ain't much to cut! Looks "all hat and no cattle" to me!
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Old 11-28-2010, 09:32 PM
 
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The insurance rates are so high because the State of Texas gets a cut of that revenue in the form of taxes that go straight into the general fund.

Aka good old fashioned Texas style corruption. I'm sure if someone in the media bothered to trace donations to Good Hair they'd find insurance companies near the top of the list also. But the media in Texas for the most part seems to be asleep at the wheel or is happy with the scraps it gets from the political/corporate table.
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Old 11-29-2010, 10:48 AM
 
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Texas has the nations best economy
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