I moved from Southern Cali in 2013. I rented a 3 bedroom 1 bath house for 2000 a month. I bought my 3600 sq feet home in McKinney for 265000 it was appraised at 545000 last month. I was making 90000 a year in Cali plus teaching at night at 2 universities. I drove a Nissan Versa in Cali now I drive a E63 Benz, God more than doubled my income. Life is good in Texas you cannot drag me back to Cali. Oh I do plan to do some house flipping there that market is crazy.
Charles | McKinney, TX | Report Abuse

Uh? That makes no sense. California has a car tax, Texas does not. Electricity in California quickly rises to 31c/kWh. Texas is mostly flat at around 11 to 14c. There is no state income tax in TX. We saved so much money on not having to pay California income tax, I bought my wife a new car for Christmas with the money we saved just in taxes. If you are in McKinney, you should go to Baylor, Scott & White. Car insurance is cheaper in McKinney than Cal, and house insurance is a LOT cheaper (not for the basic policy, but because you don't have to buy earthquake insurance on top of it). The price of groceries is insignificant, yes, I've noticed wine in Texas costs about 50c more per bottle. I and my wife each made more money last year in TX than we ever did in 26 years in California. Traffic in McKinney is non-existent. Don't go on the 75 or 121 and you won't have a problem. I am from SoCal, my neighbors are from Chicago, LA, OC, Ohio, India, Europe, and Taiwan. So what? I save enough money on state income taxes that we could fly to California every weekend of the year, stay in a decent hotel, and still have more money in our pockets. Oh, and the greatest thing about Texas? I carry a gun.
Joey | McKinney, TX | Report Abuse