I joke about escaping the liberals up there, but the sad truth is that taxes in Massachusetts are WAY LOWER than they are here in Georgia. State income, sales, property, we paid much less up there...plus there is no tax on food or clothing in Massachusetts, and there's certainly no stupid "SPLOST" option where counties can vote to increase their sales tax for pet projects.
I didn’t know taxes were so high in Georgia. That said in rankings Georgia is below Massachusetts in the tax burden (state and local). With unfunded mandates by the feds, the states are actually surprisingly close in actual overall tax rates. One example:
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/335.html