re: I don’t get it- How is Louisiana failing this bad?

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I’m not defending Louisiana. But I enjoy my life here and I’m glad you enjoy yours.

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That’s all that matters. Like I said, diehards love it and more power to them. I’m more arguing for the people that want out but are scared to make the plunge.

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No way. If you live outside of inner Houston, public schools are pretty good. Not the case for Nola suburbs, minus the northshore.

Way more job opportunities, better hospitals and housing is way cheaper and better. So you dont have to waste money on stupid catholic schools because your kids aren’t going to school with criminals in Public schools.

That alone makes cost of living in greater Houston better.

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You don’t understand cost of living, do you?

I’m guessing you haven’t gotten a property tax bill yet. Those threads each fall with TX residents strategizing on how to contest their assessment must be an anomaly.

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its just a different tax model, it really doesn't make a big difference in the overall tax burden when you factor in the high property taxes in Texas for most people

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The property tax difference is far less than the cost of sending ONE kid to a parochial/private school while other costs such as energy per kwh, insurance, sales tax and other items is lower in Texas. And property tax is on a steady rise in New Orleans as the politicians bu more votes by taxing the working to support the moochers who keep them in office.

In 2019 the median property tax in Louisiana was $795 compared to $2775 in Texas. Is your family income is over $100,000 the income tax in Louisiana is around $3500 where it would be ZERO in Texas. With another 6% on any income above $100,000.

Spending up here by individual counties is all over the place..and depending on the cities and towns..that too. Where I'm at I'm staying as long as my rent stays cheap. My landlord loves me as I help them and my neighbors and I pay less than half of what the average market is here and it's for a home not an apartment. When it does become too pricey then I'll head out to eastern Washington North of Spokane. But if someone moves here... Just remember two words.. King County. Avoid it like the plague.

Come on to Birmingham baw. The place is doing well, and we keep a thumb on our culture.

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I pay $7k a year in property taxes roughly on a house that’s wayyyy better than anything I could get for the same price InThe Nola area. I pay zero for schools, less in auto insurance, flood insurance and have little to no crime, bad roads, etc.

I’m coming out way ahead cost of living and more importantly quality of living wise

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I have no clue where in Central Texas you live, but I have access to the ACCRA Cost of Living database, which is considered by most demographers, economic researchers, etc. as the most accurate model available. Information is updated quarterly based on changes in housing, taxes, etc.

So I pulled Covington, LA to Round Rock, TX. COLA is within 5%...which falls in the standard deviation of the model given unknowns of exact neighborhood location, type of vehicle ownership, etc.

But continue on with your feel good that you're saving money.

As stated earlier, I'm not going to argue the quality of living standard because that's dependent on the individual.

We have the second-lowest average IQ in the country which means that, when you take into account intelligence distribution, we have somewhere between 5-10% more completely dysfunctional adults compared to the average state and 5-10% less highly intelligent adults than the average state.

That’s a recipe for disaster when it comes to functioning society.

youll get to spend lots of times in OBX

Would be curious on Comal county. And does your cost of living factor in private school costs?