"""California currently ranks #49 among U.S. states for "business tax climate" (Tax Foundation) and #48 for for "economic freedom" (Mercatus). """ New York is

"""California currently ranks #49 among U.S. states for "business tax climate" (Tax Foundation) and #48 for for "economic freedom" (Mercatus). """ New York is listed last on those both those rankings yet it's 2010 GDP was booming compared to the rest of the country... http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/06/us-interactive http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/06/us-interac... That being said, there's no way in hell I'd start a start up in either Cali or New York... because neither are really good fits for me culturally...