This may be a topic for a different conversation, but I also remember reading during the aftermath of the 2008 recession that the high property taxes in Texas w

This may be a topic for a different conversation, but I also remember reading during the aftermath of the 2008 recession that the high property taxes in Texas were also one of the things that helped keep the state relatively unscathed from all of the same issues with rampant speculation/price increases that plagued similar areas like Florida and Nevada.