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Funny, I have lived in several California cities over the years. I am routinely appalled at the not terribly old, ginormous houses that I walk past. This has be
by Mz 9y ago
Funny, I have lived in several California cities over the years. I am routinely appalled at the not terribly old, ginormous houses that I walk past. This has been true every place I have lived.
I am currently at the research stage for trying to buy a house. My magic 8 ball increasingly suggests "not in California -- please move elsewhere, since you have portable income."
- pfranz 9y agoIf that's the case, I'm pretty sure the rest of the country is the same. My experience is in LA and the little bit I've seen in SF. Both of those places are terrible unless you're quite rich. I am envious of people with a bedroom for each kid and a back yard, but I have heard anecdotes of people who move from a place perceived as high tax, like California, to a place perceived as low tax, like Texas, and their tax liability went up (because property taxes are much higher even though income taxes are lower).