As you sort of allude to, YMMV. I moved from California to Nevada and literally all taxation went down. Income tax from progressive scheme nearing 10% to 0% S

As you sort of allude to, YMMV. I moved from California to Nevada and literally all taxation went down. Income tax from progressive scheme nearing 10% to 0% Sales tax from ~9% to ~8% Property taxes are hard to pin to a single value, but with housing prices just being lower in general you wind up paying less for similar footage/amenities While it doesn't mean the observation is fundamentally inaccurate, it's worth keeping in mind that people looking at states with 0% income tax may be coming from a place where they're just getting reamed because work wants them there. If you're not flying under the SALT cap and work is remote friendly it's worth at least looking around.