So I should have been picking *your* brain before moving out here! 😉
As to taxes – just one thing to add, no sales tax on CLOTHES! OMG, almost did a happy dance when I found that out; actually I may have done one!
Well, welcome home…I gotta say I’m loving the lack of wild fires and earthquakes after a lifetime in San Diego. Granted there are springtime tornado warnings, but at least we know when to duck and cover. :>) Will say the first time I heard a test siren go off on the first Wednesday of the month I was looking for mushroom clouds.
Tell your wife if she needs a fellow So Cal girl to commiserate with after a month here I can tell her how to find the few Starbucks hidden around town and gently introduce her to Caribou Coffee. ;~)