Alcynna Lloyd, serious journalist.
Posted on 11/26/2023 12:49:17 PM PST by thegagline
While some homebuyers seek the American dream in Texas, many are leaving the state to find it elsewhere.
"Lifelong Texan here. I am definitely preparing an exit strategy," one anonymous user posted on a Reddit thread about leaving Texas. "From the heat to the stripping away of human rights, I'm just done."
***. "I've been in Texas most of my life, and my husband and I were always planning on retiring here (in about 5 years from now)," they wrote. "But between this intense heat, crazy politics, and cost of living, we've decided to leave for good and head to Knoxville."
While people have been moving into the Lone Star state to take advantage of its relatively affordable real-estate market, political atmosphere, and work opportunities, some of those same qualities are driving others out. Over 494,000 people left Texas between 2021 and 2022 (though the state gained a net population of 174,261.) It's a trend that could intensify as housing costs surge and the state's political landscape becomes more polarized. ***
Californians seeking more affordable homes made the Golden-to-Lone-Star-state moving route the most popular in the country between 2021 and 2022, with almost 108,000 people making the move. ***
"The property tax percentage rate is higher," Marie Bailey, a Texas-based realtor who moved from ***California, to Prosper, Texas, in 2017, previously told Business Insider. "Every time a prospective client calls me, it's one of the first things I talk about."
As Texas starts to lose its edge as an inexpensive and affordable housing choice, many locals are shifting their focus to the Midwest.
For Texans, "the Midwest has emerged as popular recently because it is just by and large the most affordable region," Hannah Jones, Realtor.com's economic research analyst, ***[said]"We're seeing this trend of buyers looking for affordability really explode” ***
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yep, wet dream of a liberal who wrote this. Just a dream, not even close to reality.
LOL! Although all moving statistics actually show more people relocating to Florida, Texas, and other conservative states, the corporate media keeps insisting that people are leaving those states in droves. I hope the ones leaving are the progressives who moved there during Covid but who just can’t wait to return to San Francisco, Chicago, Portland, and NYC.
Below is the link to the moving trends from 2022. I doubt they have changed THAT much. And of those that ARE leaving, I suspect their neighbors are happy to them see go.
And thanks to Abbott, my property taxes are going down over $800 from what I can tell. It’s still nasty for those that rent out properties though, but if you can claim homestead you’re in great shape starting next year in Texas.
Senate Bill 2 (Bettencourt/Meyer) provides property tax relief through tax rate compression, an increase in the homestead exemption, and a pilot project limiting the growth in appraised values. For tax year 2023, this will save the average Texas homestead owner over $1,200. Texas homestead owners over 65 or with a disability will see over $1,400 in savings.
“Yeah, people leaving Texas. Puhleeze, do yourselves a favor. Go on I35 and drive north from San Marcos to Waco.”
Hey..... don’t be sending them to Central Texas as we’ve already got more than our fair share of knuckleheads.
Keep heading north until you come to a sign that reads: Welcome to Canada.
This is good news. Sounds like it’s mostly left trash leaving. Going to infest some other state.
Good riddance!
Alcynna Lloyd, serious journalist.
Exactly. Getting rid of abortion and disallowing minors to be given trans medical procedures has done wonders for removing a lot of libs (some I know). Fringe benefit.
They haven't.
Current U-Haul rates (26-foot truck):
San Francisco, CA to Austin, TX: $5,256
Austin, TX to San Francisco, CA: $2,519
U-Haul in SF doesn't have trucks to send to Austin, but U-Haul in Austin has plenty of trucks to send to SF.
“Stripping away of human rights”.
Coward should have said I’m a no good lout and I will not use condoms nor will I support children. My hoes all get abortions. And Texans think fetal cells are babies, imagine that?!?!?!
That's effing insane.
I think the bimbo who wrote this crap was adding in the illegals Abbott is sending out by bus every day. Hopefully, “people” will continue leaving Texas. It’s doing the bus companies a lot of good.
Knoxville TN is likely to be an up-and-coming Woke $#ithole.
In 5-years, it will be just like Ashville NC.
Oh Geez. I should have expected as much. Another Beyonce wannabe.
I live in a small town population 1,600, in a solid red county in central Illinois and real estate taxes are assessed by county.
Three bed room, two baths, one level, attached garage. Don’t know the interior sq. footage but exterior dimensions are 65’ X 45’, excluding the garage. Located on a double corner lot.
I bought the house in 1992 and real estate tax was $755 per year. In the year 2000, I turned 65 and by state law my real estate taxes were reduced. 31 years later taxes are almost but mot quite as much as the year 1992 level. I also pay zero state income tax on my retirement income tax by Illinois law.
By no means am I trying to convince anyone what a great state Illinois is. It sucks on so many other levels, mainly because of millions of democrats in Chicago ruining a geographically red state.
I bet Marie fails to mention there is no income tax here, which offsets the property tax.
People are leaving Florida for much the same reasons
Anyone who doesn’t like Texas, her politics, or anything else is more than welcome to leave. If we could bus the entire population of Austin out, I’d be happy.
NO INCOME TAX?????
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Even Illinois has no income tax on retirement income, I haven’t even filed a state income tax form in 23 years.
The writer is Alcynna the Hyena...put a sprinkle of salt on what she reports.
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