“Of course, my real estate taxes are 1/5 of what they are in Illinois. I pay $1600 here, my boss in Illinois pays $11,000.”
Good grief...I won’t complain about my $500 property tax here in Colorado again.
We have no state income tax here in Tx. but I pay $3000/yr. on my modest 1500sq. ft. home. 2/3rds of that in school taxes.