"Still others are relocating to Texas. Home prices are cheaper there, he said, although property taxes are higher." True, but 2.2% of $145,000 is way less than

"Still others are relocating to Texas. Home prices are cheaper there, he said, although property taxes are higher." True, but 2.2% of $145,000 is way less than 1% of $800,000 still. I'm one of the people that left California and moved to Texas. the housing prices were a lot of it, but so were the politics too. I'm way more "middle of the road" and I've found that most of Texas seems to be as well. (yes, parts of it are way right - but that's true in California too.) "world-class schools" I laughed when I read that. Friends there have kids in schools that are half portable buildings. I visited some schools that I went to as a kid that haven't seen new paint in years. I've had a much better time with the education systems here in Texas than I ever did in California. (yes, your mileage may vary.) I'm pretty sure I saw this very same article back in 2001 too, though. You couldn't find a one way U-Haul out of Santa Clara County for weeks.