Being able to buy the same house for half the price seems like enough to make on...

camkego · on June 27, 2020

King county has 0.953% property tax per [2].

Austin currently has 1.803% property taxes [1], and could potentially have property taxes of 2.25% if [3] a plan to increase property taxes by 25% for a public transit plan. (In which case property taxes for homes half the price in Austin will be greater than a home costing 2x more in King County)

1. https://smartasset.com/taxes/texas-property-tax-calculator

2. https://smartasset.com/taxes/king-county-washington-property...

3. https://thetexan.news/austin-proposes-25-percent-property-ta...

Recurecur · on June 27, 2020

The funny part is that Austin is one of the most liberal areas in Texas... ;-)

As another poster said, no state income tax is a giant win.

masonic · on June 27, 2020

This is more than offset by the lack of state income tax.

YorkianTones · on June 28, 2020

Where? Washington state has no state income tax either.