One could easily think that taxes in California are too high, but that in the place one moved to they are too low (assuming they are substantially lower than C

One could easily think that taxes in California are too high, but that in the place one moved to they are too low (assuming they are substantially lower than California of course). So I'm not convinced there's an inconsistency. Personally, I think US+California taxes are too low, especially for high incomes. But I'm undoubtably biased from having grown up in that well-known-haven of high tax rates called Switzerland.