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I have no idea why anyone would choose to live there. 

You answered your own question. If you’re making over six figures it’s pretty nice down here. The lack of state income tax disproportionately favors you, and for a long time COL and home prices were low (it’s now rising like everywhere else).  
It’s a great place to make good money and then retire elsewhere where property taxes are cheaper. The more you make the more beneficial the tax setup is down here. 
Throw in a fewer regulations, less restrictive gun laws, year round riding weather, and great BBQ and plenty of people enjoy it.
How do you think they make up the difference of no state income tax? >

We rented when we lived in Texas, so it wasn't too bad.
Until we needed to buy a car. Even with a used car, we still had to pay a $1500 tax for the privilege of buying a car in the state of Texas. >

That's a sales taxes not income tax. Do other states not have sales tax on cars? >

Most due… but probably not as much. >

It's 6.25% in Texas and excludes any trade-in value. Looks like 7.25% in California, 4% in New York plus any county fees, 6% in Florida, and to pick a less populated state, 4% in Wyoming plus any county taxes. Texas doesn't seem too far outside the norm on car sales tax at least. >

6.5 here in MN. Though if the vehicle is over 10 years and low-value (sells for less than 3k), it's a flat 10 bucks. >

That's an interesting case for older/low value vehicles. That really helps people who can't afford anything newer. >

No state income taxes. >

WV has income tax and property tax, so it's a double whammy. Fortunately income tax is relatively cheap. Unfortunately they're talking about tax cuts when our state is ranked at the bottom for important things like schools, public health, obesity, etc... Instead of investing the "surplus", they just want us to stay at the bottom of the barrel. >

Property taxes are set by local governments the state sets a min.  But does not control increases . Why has property taxes raised ? Not a simple answer but here’s a few reasons . Local governments inflate home values . Most homeowners do rarely get their homes appraised . Which should be done often . By not doing  this the local government “appraises “ them based off of area sale values  which in many areas have been highly inflated due to corporations and businesses IE filppers buying up properties and reselling them inflating the values . To battle this it’s encouraged homeowners get their homes appraised to make sure the value of their home actually meets appraisal districts value on your home . Now keep in mind even by doing this doesn’t mean you will pay lower taxes unless you can prove the value of your home is less than the appraised amount . Also if your elderly over 65 you can file for a homestead exemption where I believe 40k can be deducted off the value of your home . But you have to apply for this and not usually advertised . In Texas >

South Carolina sets a maximum at the state level to prevent loc governments from imposing taxes on your freedom bucks.  Which makes school funding very interesting. >

Georgia has sales, income, and property taxes and my county also has a 1% special purpose, local only sales tax that is supposed to go to the schools yet the schools are constantly fund-raising. >

Yeh they basically hamstrung school boards from collecting taxes on owner occupied residences (the primary consumers of schools).  Locations with low commercial activity depend on the state for most of their funding.  Areas with growth and development have better funding but also need more funding. >

There is no state income tax in TX. Gotta make up for that somehow. >

Yup! I moved out of Austin because of this actually. My mortgage increased almost 300 per month due to rampant increase in property value during the pandemic. I had to show my family that I'd have to get 10% or higher increase in pay to keep up with them. Fortunately, for those that still live there, Austin is starting to hit a bubble but it's probably because people like me couldn't afford to stay. >

How often can they reassess your property value? >

They did it every year. When I lived there it was annually. And I think they capped it at 10% each year if you have a homestead exemption. But it’s uncapped if you don’t. I think. Don’t quote me. It is runaway rate increases in some places. >

When I lived in texas I noticed something about the culture. It was 'he with the money is the most right.' 
I swear those good ol' boys would raise property values by selling portfolios of houses to each other. Then when the normal people couldn't afford the property tax the houses were bought up by the same dudes, who then demolished them and built up apartments.
At least that's how it seemed when I was talking to my ultra wealthy boss. >

Corruption is expensive. Somebody has to pay the bill. >

Also everything is bigger in Texas. >

Well, I wouldn't say everything! >

Shifting the tax burden from those that can afford to buy the politicians to those that can't. >

This is a very clear explanation of the Republican platform,  well done sir. >

Poor Texans, caught in the GOP tax "free" fantasy.  Of course they'll cut school funding and raise the sales tax and property taxes will still go up.
But billionaires like Musk and Jerry Jones pay nothing.  Their properties all got tax breaks, their income is tax free.  Gotta love it as Texans have to pay for the MAGA ideology.
The GOP dreamland. >

Easy, property taxes are regressive and income taxes are generally progressive. So texas has no state income tax and makes up for it by fleecing poor people. Take from the poor, give to the rich. >


Easy, property taxes are regressive and income taxes are generally progressive. So texas has no state income tax and makes up for it by fleecing poor people. Take from the poor, give to the rich.

It's also generally even more disproportionately applied to the lower end because 'property tax abatements' are a thing and those 10 year 'don't pay any' usually are on newly developed or redeveloped properties that see most (or all) of them go to wealthier people. So they don't pay any property taxes for 10  years and the city or county needs to make up that difference so you see the lower end homes get 'appraised' and taxed for more than they can reasonably be expected to sell for.
This is a problem all over and not just in Texas, but Texas because of their already extremely high rates amplifies the problem. >


Homeowners in Texas pay some of the nation's highest property taxes. And state lawmakers know it. Now that they're back in session, they’ve vowed to address the issue, in part, by spending $15 billion to provide property tax relief.
[...]
Dale Craymer, the president of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, said the answer is simple.
“Property taxes in Texas are so high because that’s the price we pay for not having a personal income tax in this state,” Craymer said.
State tax systems are usually looked at as a three-legged stool — one leg is property tax, the second leg is sales tax, and the third leg is the personal income tax.
But Texas is one of only nine states, including Alaska and Florida, without a personal income tax. In fact, Texas has never had one. >

To add some anecdotal flavor, I had a friend who moved to Austin from San Jose, California. He bought a house there and couldn’t in California because of the higher down payment needed in California where housing prices were higher. 
His house cost $250k. With property taxes and mortgage combined, he was paying the same amount as someone in California that laid $1M for their home. 
That’s some high property taxes >

If there's one thing conservative Texans (and conservatives in general) know nothing about but like to complain about it's California. >

5th largest economy in the world, California is probably doing something right. >

Low tax states get their taxes from somewhere. It all evens out. >

Answer: The state of TX is desperately trying to fund all the funerals of the children murdered at TX schools. >

Because texas is garbage. >

So we northerners can laugh when they brag about how they don't have an income tax. Just like when we hear how expensive home insurance is in Florida. >

What gets me is the insurance in FL is government subsidized and its still unaffordable.
The only reason most Floridians can afford to retire there is the government subsidizing 4/5ths of the homeowners and flood insurance premium costs, and even that is becoming insufficient. >

And we dumb Yankees foot the bill to bail out the southern states every time there's a hurricane. >

Well where else are they supposed to get their money to pay for human trafficking? >

Lol it’s so the wealthy don’t have to pay income taxes. >

They need bus money for immigrants going north. >

Gotta pay for that first in the nation educational system and power grid. Wait, what? Those suck? Ummm...healthcare? Why are you laughing? >

Because it's a regressive tax which lets Republican politicians screw ~~their constituents~~ the undeserving poor. >

Texas also has high sales tax (6.25% for the state and local govs can take that up to 8.25%). Regressive taxation all the way down…
What do you get for it? Bad air and water quality, debris covered toll roads, terrible flood management, a failing power grid, mass incarceration, rampant official corruption, and crap public schools. 
Source: Lived there for 8 years. That state is a hot pile of shit. >

The great State of Taxes >

Because everything is bigger, and therefore better, in Texas. >

TX offers companies a lot of incentives to relocate there.  How else do you think these costs get covered >

I call BS. There are plenty of states with no income taxes AND low property taxes. Texas screws the middle class by design.  I have no idea why anyone would willingly live there. >

Name one, please.
There are only nine states total without an income tax, so you're already starting with a pretty low number. >

It really only helps out those who can buy in cash and don't plan to stay here long.
People LOVE TX home prices until they see the payment with property taxes. For the same price as a home in TX you can go elsewhere and buy a much more expensive home. Also, you will build higher equity somewhere else because more of your payment goes towards principle.
It also hurts those on fixed income. When you retire, you're no longer paying (much) income tax, but in TX you pay insane property taxes till the day you die.  
I try to tell people this. The government still gets the same amount in taxes, only it disadvantages the working person. It's not that Texas is "low tax", because it's not. >

Because there isn't an income tax. Republicans too dumb to know the state will get it's taxes one way or another. >

Those super high property taxes are required to not pay for the electrical grid. >

High…. not really. Come up here its $40-45 per assessed $1000 a year. >

Has it been as expensive as the NY metropolitan area in terms of property taxes? Because it's in a land of its own over here in that regard unfortunately... Yet you go upstate and it's a lot less costly >

The average in Texas shows at 1.6% of valuation. And no state income tax.
Here in the progressive paradise of Ohio /s it's 1.9 to 2.0 % and we have a sizable state income tax too.
When I lived in Indiana property taxes were not capped, and were getting ugly. Our then governor (Mitch) conjured a scheme to raise sales tax and provide property tax relief. Taxes capped at 1% which was nice, but sales tax 1% up. 
Interestingly enough this was a gimme to expensive homeowners. The money they saved from the cap is more than the added sales tax. 
Also in Indiana, the assessment process, supposedly market value, converges from reality over a certain amount, meaning a 500k home pays X, but a 2m home doesn't quite pay 4x, far from it. >

Ohio is a “progressive paradise”? >

Hence the sarcasm indicator /s since the common wisdom suggests only progressive paradise states tax a lot.
It's better than Indiana where I used to live but not by much in terms of quality of life. Taxes wise Indiana is less(1% capped property and lower income) and TBH I'm not sure where the extra tax revenue goes in Ohio vs Indiana. It the question we should be asking regardless, not simply what we're paying but what we're getting for what we're paying. >

It’s insane what my parents pay in Texas versus what I pay in Florida. >

Because Texans are on average, fucking stupid. >

Nobody owns property in Texas.... everybody's renting it from the government. >

How about NJ? Our property taxes are high as fuck and we pay state income tax. >

NJ has excellent schools,   with well paid tea hers,   doesnt blow up preschools by building munitions factories next door,  or freeze children dead in their own beds.    What is TX doing with all their tax money? >

North jersey and south jersey should be two different states. North jersey has excellent schools. South jersey is basically north Florida with shittier weather. >

Ok I had no idea.   Very much like northern illinois ( great schools,  great jobs)  and southern illinois ( shitty schools , teachers make nothing,  trump signs in every corn field) >

Very accurate. My wife grew up in southern Illinois and she’s said it’s like the land that got left behind. >

Without Chicago Illinois would be Indiana's twin. >

Because “everything is bigger in Texas!”
Oh, and because “it’s a whole other country!” >

Erthing’s bigger’n Texas >

Because municipalities have to make due with the lack of taxes on wealthier individuals and the over expanding infrastructure it cost to maintain >

There are basically three kinds of taxes state and local governments can levy: income taxes, sales taxes, and property taxes. If a state doesn’t have income taxes, better check out the other two. >

So abbott can ship immigrants across the country >

Just fire a couple rounds off on a Friday night, every week. They'll go down. >

The push now is to lower property taxes so watch sales taxes skyrocket >

Republican Corruption
This answer applies to almost every bad situation in any Red state. >

To pay for the effective cold-weather energy grid. >

I care not what happens in the confederacy. >

To keep the power grid functioning?
Sorry,  lost of power during cold weather sucks. >

The simple answer ... Because we have no state income tax. And I want to keep it that way! >

We would rather pay 100x other taxes than pay the evil "income" tax. It's in the Bible. >

With property tax, you have some control over your taxes. You can choose to live on a property with low taxable valuation. You can live on a property with an agricultural exemption. Etc. But with an income tax, if you make more money (i.e., one measure of success in life), you pay higher taxes. I lived in Pittsburgh for a year; taxes coming out the ears! Property tax, local, state and federal income tax, real estate tax, the list goes on. >

This is hilariously disconnected from the real world.
I can see why Texas is in so much trouble. >

9th strongest economy in the US
34th in education, 31st in healthcare, 39th in opportunity, 37th in crime. Only 38% of people with a college degree and a median income of only $31k.
It's clear to everyone that all that money is going to a few at the top. I have no idea why anyone would choose to live there.
This tax system only increases the level of inequality in Texas. Keep increasing property tax so that long time land owners are forced to sell their property, then (because of the high taxes) they can't afford to buy. They end up renting for the rest of their lives or moving out of texas. This hits people on fixed incomes (retirees) especially hard. >


I have no idea why anyone would choose to live there. 

You answered your own question. If you’re making over six figures it’s pretty nice down here. The lack of state income tax disproportionately favors you, and for a long time COL and home prices were low (it’s now rising like everywhere else).  
It’s a great place to make good money and then retire elsewhere where property taxes are cheaper. The more you make the more beneficial the tax setup is down here. 
Throw in a fewer regulations, less restrictive gun laws, year round riding weather, and great BBQ and plenty of people enjoy it. >

Unfortunately I'd hate to raise kids in your horrible schools.
I live in the north east, make mid six figures. My tax burden is 1.6% higher than yours. Although my state ranks #2 in healthcare, #2 in education, we have the #5 economy (Texas is #9), #4 in crime (Texas is #37) and we're #4 for the environment.
We don't have year round riding weather, and the BBQ is imported, but all in all it's pretty nice. I also don't have to deal with all the bible thumping BS you guys get from your politicians.
You don't have to live in a republican dystopia to have a nice life as someone in the upper/upper-middle class. And the policies that benefit you and I are implemented at the cost of the majority of Texans with a median income of $31k. Blue states have proven that having a good economy isn't a zero-sum game >

Buddy, I came for the Republican “dystopia”. And my kid’s school is highly ranked and very well funded. Just like the Northeast, quality is heavily dependent on what neighborhood you live in. >

Right, because the regressive tax policies in Texas funnel tax dollars from poor urban centers into wealthy suburbs. Widening the wealth gap. And then those super wealthy folks don't actually have to pay back into the system they're benefiting from off the backs of the poorer folks in the cities.
It's a fantastic system you've got down there. >

Could be worse. When I lived in CT property tax was higher AND I still had to pay state income tax. And for all that money the schools were worse and the roads were shittier. >

Schools in CT routinely are in the top 5 rankings while Texas, well Texas isn’t even close. Schools in the South are not good. At all. Never have been… >

It all depends where you live. The Texas school my kid attends is excellent, but I live in an expensive neighborhood now.
The city public school I attended in CT was dogshit with kids that could barely read and the teachers time was mainly spent on disciplinary issues.   Luckily I was able to get a partial scholarship to a private high school to get out of that system. >

Overall rankings, not anecdotal experiences. >

Ok, that’s fine, but my point is the extra taxes don’t magically make all the schools better. It all depends on where you live. Bridgeport schools are still dogshit, same as Houston or Dallas, and schools in expensive towns with high barriers to entry will still be good in both states. 
The difference is in Texas I can live in the nice area with the good schools while not getting quite as bent over on taxes like I would in CT. >

The taxes are higher and the schools are ranked in the top 5. I would have to say there is direct correlation between the two. >

Ok. You look at the schools in Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, and Waterbury and see what all those taxes are buying. 
And the garbage roads. Personal property taxes. Extra regulations and high fees for everything. I’ve lived a long time in both places and I can say unequivocally that with the exception of the weather and the scenery, Texas a far better place to live and much easier to get ahead financially if you have any sort of marketable skills.
Edit:  And the food. Can’t get decent pizza and Portuguese rolls don’t exist. But the BBQ is damn good. >

Texas schools rank in the bottom half of the country. CT schools are ranked 5th. I’m from the south, born and raised, and I’ve lived all over the country. Texas is just okay. >

If you don’t have much money and have no choice but to live in a poorer area, or in a major city without the ability to pay for private school, Texas is not going to be the best bet. Not many social services available either. 
But, if you can afford the nice areas and wouldn’t use government programs anyway, Texas is pretty sweet. There’s no way I could have been able to afford the house and property I bought in Texas had it been in CT. I’m saving thousands a year on state taxes alone, and my property taxes are less than they would have been in CT. 
Unfortunately everything is starting to creep up with everyone moving here, but if you got in 15 years ago, your equity has exploded. >

"Just tax land, lol." >

How do you think they make up the difference of no state income tax? >

We rented when we lived in Texas, so it wasn't too bad.
Until we needed to buy a car. Even with a used car, we still had to pay a $1500 tax for the privilege of buying a car in the state of Texas. >

That's a sales taxes not income tax. Do other states not have sales tax on cars? >

Most due… but probably not as much. >

It's 6.25% in Texas and excludes any trade-in value. Looks like 7.25% in California, 4% in New York plus any county fees, 6% in Florida, and to pick a less populated state, 4% in Wyoming plus any county taxes. Texas doesn't seem too far outside the norm on car sales tax at least. >

6.5 here in MN. Though if the vehicle is over 10 years and low-value (sells for less than 3k), it's a flat 10 bucks. >

That's an interesting case for older/low value vehicles. That really helps people who can't afford anything newer. >

No state income taxes. >

WV has income tax and property tax, so it's a double whammy. Fortunately income tax is relatively cheap. Unfortunately they're talking about tax cuts when our state is ranked at the bottom for important things like schools, public health, obesity, etc... Instead of investing the "surplus", they just want us to stay at the bottom of the barrel. >

Property taxes are set by local governments the state sets a min.  But does not control increases . Why has property taxes raised ? Not a simple answer but here’s a few reasons . Local governments inflate home values . Most homeowners do rarely get their homes appraised . Which should be done often . By not doing  this the local government “appraises “ them based off of area sale values  which in many areas have been highly inflated due to corporations and businesses IE filppers buying up properties and reselling them inflating the values . To battle this it’s encouraged homeowners get their homes appraised to make sure the value of their home actually meets appraisal districts value on your home . Now keep in mind even by doing this doesn’t mean you will pay lower taxes unless you can prove the value of your home is less than the appraised amount . Also if your elderly over 65 you can file for a homestead exemption where I believe 40k can be deducted off the value of your home . But you have to apply for this and not usually advertised . In Texas >

South Carolina sets a maximum at the state level to prevent loc governments from imposing taxes on your freedom bucks.  Which makes school funding very interesting. >

Georgia has sales, income, and property taxes and my county also has a 1% special purpose, local only sales tax that is supposed to go to the schools yet the schools are constantly fund-raising. >

Yeh they basically hamstrung school boards from collecting taxes on owner occupied residences (the primary consumers of schools).  Locations with low commercial activity depend on the state for most of their funding.  Areas with growth and development have better funding but also need more funding. >

There is no state income tax in TX. Gotta make up for that somehow. >

Yup! I moved out of Austin because of this actually. My mortgage increased almost 300 per month due to rampant increase in property value during the pandemic. I had to show my family that I'd have to get 10% or higher increase in pay to keep up with them. Fortunately, for those that still live there, Austin is starting to hit a bubble but it's probably because people like me couldn't afford to stay. >

How often can they reassess your property value? >

They did it every year. When I lived there it was annually. And I think they capped it at 10% each year if you have a homestead exemption. But it’s uncapped if you don’t. I think. Don’t quote me. It is runaway rate increases in some places. >

When I lived in texas I noticed something about the culture. It was 'he with the money is the most right.' 
I swear those good ol' boys would raise property values by selling portfolios of houses to each other. Then when the normal people couldn't afford the property tax the houses were bought up by the same dudes, who then demolished them and built up apartments.
At least that's how it seemed when I was talking to my ultra wealthy boss. >

Corruption is expensive. Somebody has to pay the bill. >

Also everything is bigger in Texas. >

Well, I wouldn't say everything! >

Shifting the tax burden from those that can afford to buy the politicians to those that can't. >

This is a very clear explanation of the Republican platform,  well done sir. >

Poor Texans, caught in the GOP tax "free" fantasy.  Of course they'll cut school funding and raise the sales tax and property taxes will still go up.
But billionaires like Musk and Jerry Jones pay nothing.  Their properties all got tax breaks, their income is tax free.  Gotta love it as Texans have to pay for the MAGA ideology.
The GOP dreamland. >

Easy, property taxes are regressive and income taxes are generally progressive. So texas has no state income tax and makes up for it by fleecing poor people. Take from the poor, give to the rich. >


Easy, property taxes are regressive and income taxes are generally progressive. So texas has no state income tax and makes up for it by fleecing poor people. Take from the poor, give to the rich.

It's also generally even more disproportionately applied to the lower end because 'property tax abatements' are a thing and those 10 year 'don't pay any' usually are on newly developed or redeveloped properties that see most (or all) of them go to wealthier people. So they don't pay any property taxes for 10  years and the city or county needs to make up that difference so you see the lower end homes get 'appraised' and taxed for more than they can reasonably be expected to sell for.
This is a problem all over and not just in Texas, but Texas because of their already extremely high rates amplifies the problem. >


Homeowners in Texas pay some of the nation's highest property taxes. And state lawmakers know it. Now that they're back in session, they’ve vowed to address the issue, in part, by spending $15 billion to provide property tax relief.
[...]
Dale Craymer, the president of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, said the answer is simple.
“Property taxes in Texas are so high because that’s the price we pay for not having a personal income tax in this state,” Craymer said.
State tax systems are usually looked at as a three-legged stool — one leg is property tax, the second leg is sales tax, and the third leg is the personal income tax.
But Texas is one of only nine states, including Alaska and Florida, without a personal income tax. In fact, Texas has never had one. >

To add some anecdotal flavor, I had a friend who moved to Austin from San Jose, California. He bought a house there and couldn’t in California because of the higher down payment needed in California where housing prices were higher. 
His house cost $250k. With property taxes and mortgage combined, he was paying the same amount as someone in California that laid $1M for their home. 
That’s some high property taxes >

If there's one thing conservative Texans (and conservatives in general) know nothing about but like to complain about it's California. >

5th largest economy in the world, California is probably doing something right. >

Low tax states get their taxes from somewhere. It all evens out. >

Answer: The state of TX is desperately trying to fund all the funerals of the children murdered at TX schools. >

Because texas is garbage. >

So we northerners can laugh when they brag about how they don't have an income tax. Just like when we hear how expensive home insurance is in Florida. >

What gets me is the insurance in FL is government subsidized and its still unaffordable.
The only reason most Floridians can afford to retire there is the government subsidizing 4/5ths of the homeowners and flood insurance premium costs, and even that is becoming insufficient. >

And we dumb Yankees foot the bill to bail out the southern states every time there's a hurricane. >

Well where else are they supposed to get their money to pay for human trafficking? >

Lol it’s so the wealthy don’t have to pay income taxes. >

They need bus money for immigrants going north. >

Gotta pay for that first in the nation educational system and power grid. Wait, what? Those suck? Ummm...healthcare? Why are you laughing? >

Because it's a regressive tax which lets Republican politicians screw ~~their constituents~~ the undeserving poor. >

Texas also has high sales tax (6.25% for the state and local govs can take that up to 8.25%). Regressive taxation all the way down…
What do you get for it? Bad air and water quality, debris covered toll roads, terrible flood management, a failing power grid, mass incarceration, rampant official corruption, and crap public schools. 
Source: Lived there for 8 years. That state is a hot pile of shit. >

The great State of Taxes >

Because everything is bigger, and therefore better, in Texas. >

TX offers companies a lot of incentives to relocate there.  How else do you think these costs get covered >

I call BS. There are plenty of states with no income taxes AND low property taxes. Texas screws the middle class by design.  I have no idea why anyone would willingly live there. >

Name one, please.
There are only nine states total without an income tax, so you're already starting with a pretty low number. >

It really only helps out those who can buy in cash and don't plan to stay here long.
People LOVE TX home prices until they see the payment with property taxes. For the same price as a home in TX you can go elsewhere and buy a much more expensive home. Also, you will build higher equity somewhere else because more of your payment goes towards principle.
It also hurts those on fixed income. When you retire, you're no longer paying (much) income tax, but in TX you pay insane property taxes till the day you die.  
I try to tell people this. The government still gets the same amount in taxes, only it disadvantages the working person. It's not that Texas is "low tax", because it's not. >

Because there isn't an income tax. Republicans too dumb to know the state will get it's taxes one way or another. >

Those super high property taxes are required to not pay for the electrical grid. >

High…. not really. Come up here its $40-45 per assessed $1000 a year. >

Has it been as expensive as the NY metropolitan area in terms of property taxes? Because it's in a land of its own over here in that regard unfortunately... Yet you go upstate and it's a lot less costly >

The average in Texas shows at 1.6% of valuation. And no state income tax.
Here in the progressive paradise of Ohio /s it's 1.9 to 2.0 % and we have a sizable state income tax too.
When I lived in Indiana property taxes were not capped, and were getting ugly. Our then governor (Mitch) conjured a scheme to raise sales tax and provide property tax relief. Taxes capped at 1% which was nice, but sales tax 1% up. 
Interestingly enough this was a gimme to expensive homeowners. The money they saved from the cap is more than the added sales tax. 
Also in Indiana, the assessment process, supposedly market value, converges from reality over a certain amount, meaning a 500k home pays X, but a 2m home doesn't quite pay 4x, far from it. >

Ohio is a “progressive paradise”? >

Hence the sarcasm indicator /s since the common wisdom suggests only progressive paradise states tax a lot.
It's better than Indiana where I used to live but not by much in terms of quality of life. Taxes wise Indiana is less(1% capped property and lower income) and TBH I'm not sure where the extra tax revenue goes in Ohio vs Indiana. It the question we should be asking regardless, not simply what we're paying but what we're getting for what we're paying. >

It’s insane what my parents pay in Texas versus what I pay in Florida. >

Because Texans are on average, fucking stupid. >

Nobody owns property in Texas.... everybody's renting it from the government. >

How about NJ? Our property taxes are high as fuck and we pay state income tax. >

NJ has excellent schools,   with well paid tea hers,   doesnt blow up preschools by building munitions factories next door,  or freeze children dead in their own beds.    What is TX doing with all their tax money? >

North jersey and south jersey should be two different states. North jersey has excellent schools. South jersey is basically north Florida with shittier weather. >

Ok I had no idea.   Very much like northern illinois ( great schools,  great jobs)  and southern illinois ( shitty schools , teachers make nothing,  trump signs in every corn field) >

Very accurate. My wife grew up in southern Illinois and she’s said it’s like the land that got left behind. >

Without Chicago Illinois would be Indiana's twin. >

Because “everything is bigger in Texas!”
Oh, and because “it’s a whole other country!” >

Erthing’s bigger’n Texas >

Because municipalities have to make due with the lack of taxes on wealthier individuals and the over expanding infrastructure it cost to maintain >

There are basically three kinds of taxes state and local governments can levy: income taxes, sales taxes, and property taxes. If a state doesn’t have income taxes, better check out the other two. >

So abbott can ship immigrants across the country >

Just fire a couple rounds off on a Friday night, every week. They'll go down. >

The push now is to lower property taxes so watch sales taxes skyrocket >

Republican Corruption
This answer applies to almost every bad situation in any Red state. >

To pay for the effective cold-weather energy grid. >

I care not what happens in the confederacy. >

To keep the power grid functioning?
Sorry,  lost of power during cold weather sucks. >

The simple answer ... Because we have no state income tax. And I want to keep it that way! >

We would rather pay 100x other taxes than pay the evil "income" tax. It's in the Bible. >

With property tax, you have some control over your taxes. You can choose to live on a property with low taxable valuation. You can live on a property with an agricultural exemption. Etc. But with an income tax, if you make more money (i.e., one measure of success in life), you pay higher taxes. I lived in Pittsburgh for a year; taxes coming out the ears! Property tax, local, state and federal income tax, real estate tax, the list goes on. >

This is hilariously disconnected from the real world.
I can see why Texas is in so much trouble. >

9th strongest economy in the US
34th in education, 31st in healthcare, 39th in opportunity, 37th in crime. Only 38% of people with a college degree and a median income of only $31k.
It's clear to everyone that all that money is going to a few at the top. I have no idea why anyone would choose to live there.
This tax system only increases the level of inequality in Texas. Keep increasing property tax so that long time land owners are forced to sell their property, then (because of the high taxes) they can't afford to buy. They end up renting for the rest of their lives or moving out of texas. This hits people on fixed incomes (retirees) especially hard.