Do NOT move to Texas when you retire. We have no income tax so it's great when you're working but we pay for everything from property taxes so it's hell with a fixed income.
Appreciate the advise good buddy, but my heart has yearned for home a long time. I'm a native originally from Austin (family still there) and am familiar with the rising taxes in our Republic. But I figure for what I'll get for my Calif. property, I'll be able to own our retirement home outright. Still, I've got easily 15yrs. to decide . . .