re: Toyota U.S. Sales Office moving to TX, away from CA

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Yet the top two states where I would want to live are CA and NY. Texas is at the top of the "south", but the south in general is at the bottom.

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If you want to live in California that is fine. If you are OK with the taxes, high cost of living, environmentalism that restricts business, little economic freedom, and fees tacked on to everything, then who am I to judge?

I lived in California and got out, it was horrible. My rent alone for a 1 bedroom 650 square foot apartment is more than my total living expenses in Texas.

My rent for a 1 bedroom 800 square foot apartment(and a nice apartment, not some apartment in a dive joint) was $725 in Texas, and was $1400 in Southern California when I was there in 2011. My total living expenses month-to-month in Texas was $1300.

Not to mention everything in California costs more too. Gas, food, bills, you name it, its more expensive. And I remember having to pay a fee each time I wanted to use a debit or credit card.

And did I mention the state income tax that I had to put up with in California? And I had to pay for an emissions test for my car! Don't have to do that in Texas, and even then our air is more clean in Texas without all the environmental red tape.

Again, some people are perfectly fine with that because they think living in California is worth it. I know a girl I went to college with who loves living in LA, despite the fact she splits an apartment with 3 other girls and has to pay her $1200 a month share of the apartment rent. To her, living the L.A. lifestyle is worth the expense and all the power to her.