Texas for example Sugarland vs northern Virginia Sugarland Riverstone community 1-Housing price is 2 or 3 times cheaper Single family one story 2700 square Texas 390000 vs Virginia Tyson’s corner 1 million or so 2-sale Texas 8.25 vs 6 3-7-10 minutes to many shppping centers 4-no state income tax and no pension or 401k tax no inheritance tax 5-all seasons weather is good except summer is hot may be 10 degrees more but winter time is much warmer 6-house one story for those looking for are a plus 7- no earthquakes and no large fires 8- many companies moving to Texas from California 9-HOA is about same $95 10-housing price are so great even property tax higher but still very attractive after calculating. If job market is moving away to Texas, it adds merit to Texas. For state loosing many job market, it could be a dominion effect housing price drop, and etc. no jobs or attract environment, everything will be impact Cons Property tax is high for newer home Hurricane summer impact some area examples Houston. However flood insurance can tell you are in flood zone or not Hurricane may be impact coast states for cities near coast but not whole state Recent years Houston have issues with flood Sugarland most of area so far okay it has flood insurance required if your home in flood area