Have a friend who sold their house for $1M and moved to Texas and purchased a similarly priced house. They got about 1,000SF more and pay 3.3 percent property tax.
They are bored. And their San Diego house has went up 40% in value since they sold it.
Another friend moved to Texas about 5 years ago, then moved to Oklahoma last year. He said leaving California is the worst mistake he ever made…now he’s priced out of the areas he liked in CA so it is impossible for him to come back.
I know there are many who move to other states and are happy as a clam. I just don’t personally know them.
