TX’s property taxes are higher than even WA. I’d pay the same dollar amount in property taxes in El Paso for a pretty good house as I do on my pretty good (much more expensive) house near Tacoma. TX needs to get a handle on that nonsense.
It seems they place a tax on everything and each year it increases. When we moved from Dallas to Collin county taxes were reasonable, and owning 10 acres we were able to get an Agriculture rate for ranchers/farmers. Since that time, 40 years ago, they have blossomed into full blown highway robbery. What’s more, the streets/roads/highways are in need of repair, The town square needs beautifying BUT we now have a brand new car/pickup/vehicle for every city, county employee I do believe. They can be seen each day lined up next to one another on the main road running thru town. We have no State Income Tax which is a good thing. No matter the rising cost....having been born in Dallas, Texas has been and hoped to always be home. Couldn’t bear to leave it for anywhere else. AAHH, remembering when - before all these liberals found their way down and over to this neck of the woods.