I chose to stay in NL despite the high taxes because I found it to be a better quality of life compared to the US (or at least the places I had lived in the US)

I chose to stay in NL despite the high taxes because I found it to be a better quality of life compared to the US (or at least the places I had lived in the US). The question wasn't about quality of life, it was about paying taxes. Thus, I only answered for that.