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> how do states like Texas, Florida, etc. get by without taxing income? Do they not need that money for their operations? Sales tax and property tax. > What i

> how do states like Texas, Florida, etc. get by without taxing income? Do they not need that money for their operations? Sales tax and property tax. > What is the difference between their government and California's? Houstonian* here — Texas doesn't provide nearly the level of social services. * I saw a post recently where someone said "I'm from Houston, not from Texas."

MisterBastahrd 6y ago
Houston, unlike the rest of Texas, has a strong Louisiana influence stretching back generations because of the shared oil and gas economy, and was enhanced by immigration and outflow from New Orleans by Katrina in 2005.
- dctoedt 6y ago
  Hmm; apart from restaurants, I'm not sure many Houstonians would agree that Houston has "a strong Louisiana influence stretching back generations" — if anything we'd probably say it's the other way around (but then that might be just local boosterism). As to Hurricane Katrina: We took in about 250K evacuees but only about 40K stayed permanently (which is a bunch, of course). I'd guess most of those were the sort who liked being here better, so they made lemonade out of the lemons that the storm forced upon them. [0] [0] https://www.fastcompany.com/40460412/after-hurricane-harvey-flooding-thousands-of-katrina-evacuees-who-moved-to-houston-are-reliving-a-nightmare https://www.fastcompany.com/40460412/after-hurricane-harvey-...
  - jofer 6y ago
    I think a lot of what folks see as a "Louisiana influence" in Houston is mostly "Gulf Coast TX" vs the rest of Texas. It's not that it's a Louisiana influence, it's that we're all on the gulf coast and all have a lot in common. (Not with New Orleans so much, but certainly with Lake Charles/etc.) That somehow gets misnamed as a "Louisiana influence", when really it's just the region we're in.

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> how do states like Texas, Florida, etc. get by without taxing income? Do they not need that money for their operations? Sales tax and property tax. > What i

by dctoedt 6y ago

MisterBastahrd 6y ago
Houston, unlike the rest of Texas, has a strong Louisiana influence stretching back generations because of the shared oil and gas economy, and was enhanced by immigration and outflow from New Orleans by Katrina in 2005.
- dctoedt 6y ago
  Hmm; apart from restaurants, I'm not sure many Houstonians would agree that Houston has "a strong Louisiana influence stretching back generations" — if anything we'd probably say it's the other way around (but then that might be just local boosterism). As to Hurricane Katrina: We took in about 250K evacuees but only about 40K stayed permanently (which is a bunch, of course). I'd guess most of those were the sort who liked being here better, so they made lemonade out of the lemons that the storm forced upon them. [0] [0] https://www.fastcompany.com/40460412/after-hurricane-harvey-flooding-thousands-of-katrina-evacuees-who-moved-to-houston-are-reliving-a-nightmare https://www.fastcompany.com/40460412/after-hurricane-harvey-...
  - jofer 6y ago
    I think a lot of what folks see as a "Louisiana influence" in Houston is mostly "Gulf Coast TX" vs the rest of Texas. It's not that it's a Louisiana influence, it's that we're all on the gulf coast and all have a lot in common. (Not with New Orleans so much, but certainly with Lake Charles/etc.) That somehow gets misnamed as a "Louisiana influence", when really it's just the region we're in.