Texan influx

Katin · 10-23-2017, 11:17 PM

Can anyone explain why Colorado is being overtaken by Texans? Everywhere I look I see Texas license plates. Why not as many new people from other states?
Is it the legal weed?

aozer · 10-24-2017, 12:03 AM

prob because of all the people from cali moving here and driving the cost of living up

cxp213 · 10-24-2017, 12:24 PM

Yeah, the cost of living in TX is steadily rising with all these people from other states and companies moving here. I wouldn't doubt CO being the closest legal state also has something to do with it, lol.

infinitekidM2C · 10-24-2017, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by aozer

prob because of all the people from cali moving here and driving the cost of living up

lol..this is hilarious. I always here Texans complaining about Californians coming, now the tables are turned but the Texans still find a way to blame Californians. Well done, you earned an internet gold star.

smrtypants44 · 10-24-2017, 01:49 PM

Texas has the 2nd highest population in the US and is nearby?

GeeRam · 10-25-2017, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by aozer

prob because of all the people from cali moving here and driving the cost of living up

I just got back to the UK yesterday after a 10 day trip to California to stay with friends, and the sole conversation topic among all their friends seemed to be about moving from Cali to Texas.

Red Bread · 10-25-2017, 03:40 PM

The beauty of 10.4% state income tax vs 0.0%. I've lived in both, currently live in TX, but considering a move to CO. I'll be sure to leave my plates on as long as possible.

cxp213 · 10-25-2017, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by GeeRam

I just got back to the UK yesterday after a 10 day trip to California to stay with friends, and the sole conversation topic among all their friends seemed to be about moving from Cali to Texas.

What was their reason for wanting to move to TX?

Ores325 · 10-25-2017, 03:54 PM

Austin is a hi tech city and so is Denver. So I would imagine just as many Colorado residents are moving to Texas, as Texans moving to Colorado. I’ve lived in both places. And as for as taxes go, I’d rather pay Colorado’s income tax then pay Texas’s property taxes.

Katin · 10-25-2017, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Bread

The beauty of 10.4% state income tax vs 0.0%. I've lived in both, currently live in TX, but considering a move to CO. I'll be sure to leave my plates on as long as possible.

Colorado state income tax is 4.6% not 10.4 maybe you meant something else?
Good idea on the license plates.

kscarrol · 10-25-2017, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Katin

Colorado state income tax is 4.6% not 10.4 maybe you meant something else?
Good idea on the license plates.

Pretty sure he's referencing the CA income tax where the top rate is something like 13%...

Red Bread · 10-25-2017, 06:50 PM

Yep, CA was 10.4% when I left, and while property tax was lower as a percentage, home prices were high enough that it was a wash compared to TX.

pz619 · 10-25-2017, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Bread

Yep, CA was 10.4% when I left, and while property tax was lower as a percentage, home prices were high enough that it was a wash compared to TX.

8.25% sales tax and 1% property where I live. It's the 1% property tax that kills you out here.

Red Bread · 10-25-2017, 07:05 PM

Close to 3% here in Dallas County.

eluded · 10-26-2017, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by cxp213

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Originally Posted by GeeRam

I just got back to the UK yesterday after a 10 day trip to California to stay with friends, and the sole conversation topic among all their friends seemed to be about moving from Cali to Texas.

What was their reason for wanting to move to TX?

Wondering the same thing. Why the hell would anyone want to move from California to Texas?

obert · 10-26-2017, 02:29 AM

I see a lot of Texas plate here in Seattle too.

I blame everyone not just Cali

davis449 · 10-26-2017, 12:57 PM

I don't see the lure. My dad and very good friend of his made the move to Denver early-middle of the last decade. I go there to visit and can't stand it. They keep trying to get me to move there...not happening. Nothing makes me appreciate my home more than stepping off the plane after the flight home from Denver.

saeyedoc · 10-26-2017, 01:11 PM

Weed

P1 · 10-26-2017, 01:24 PM

Because Texans either own the land, or in the process of buying more of it.

GeeRam · 10-26-2017, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by eluded

Wondering the same thing. Why the hell would anyone want to move from California to Texas?

Rent/property prices/cost of living (bay area) was the reason mostly given.

cxp213 · 10-26-2017, 03:31 PM

Ah, I thought there might have been less obvious reasons, lol.

rickc007 · 10-26-2017, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by eluded

Wondering the same thing. Why the hell would anyone want to move from California to Texas?

I did for many reasons.
I like the people better, the food better, the taxes better, house prices, employment opportunities .....

Only thing you can say about Cali is the weather, and while I liked the weather there, kinda missed the 4 seasons.
Texas has 2, but a little more variety

Had relatives that like Cali in the 70s, but now don't cuz of the crowding and prices.

10-23-2017, 11:17 PM	#1
Katin Second Lieutenant 134 Rep 291 Posts Drives: 2015 328i XDrive Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Nowhere good iTrader: (0)	Texan influx Can anyone explain why Colorado is being overtaken by Texans? Everywhere I look I see Texas license plates. Why not as many new people from other states? Is it the legal weed?
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10-24-2017, 12:03 AM	#2
aozer Lieutenant 995 Rep 598 Posts Drives: M235i Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	prob because of all the people from cali moving here and driving the cost of living up
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10-24-2017, 12:24 PM	#3
cxp213 Lieutenant 313 Rep 525 Posts Drives: M235i Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: TX iTrader: (0)	Yeah, the cost of living in TX is steadily rising with all these people from other states and companies moving here. I wouldn't doubt CO being the closest legal state also has something to do with it, lol.
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10-24-2017, 01:49 PM	#5
smrtypants44 Captain 518 Rep 895 Posts Drives: 2017 440i Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Tulsa, OK iTrader: (2)	Texas has the 2nd highest population in the US and is nearby? __________________
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10-25-2017, 03:40 PM	#7
Red Bread Major General 4463 Rep 9,160 Posts Drives: Smog machines Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	The beauty of 10.4% state income tax vs 0.0%. I've lived in both, currently live in TX, but considering a move to CO. I'll be sure to leave my plates on as long as possible.
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10-25-2017, 03:54 PM	#9
Ores325 New Member 4 Rep 7 Posts Drives: 2016 m235i mineral grey/cr Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: south texas iTrader: (0)	Austin is a hi tech city and so is Denver. So I would imagine just as many Colorado residents are moving to Texas, as Texans moving to Colorado. I’ve lived in both places. And as for as taxes go, I’d rather pay Colorado’s income tax then pay Texas’s property taxes.
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10-25-2017, 06:50 PM	#12
Red Bread Major General 4463 Rep 9,160 Posts Drives: Smog machines Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	Yep, CA was 10.4% when I left, and while property tax was lower as a percentage, home prices were high enough that it was a wash compared to TX.
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10-25-2017, 07:05 PM	#14
Red Bread Major General 4463 Rep 9,160 Posts Drives: Smog machines Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	Close to 3% here in Dallas County.
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10-26-2017, 02:29 AM	#16
obert Brigadier General 1781 Rep 4,456 Posts Drives: 2013 328i Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Seattle Wa iTrader: (49)	I see a lot of Texas plate here in Seattle too. I blame everyone not just Cali
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10-26-2017, 12:57 PM	#17
davis449 Captain 423 Rep 887 Posts Drives: 2014 Audi SQ5 Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: San Antonio, TX iTrader: (0)	I don't see the lure. My dad and very good friend of his made the move to Denver early-middle of the last decade. I go there to visit and can't stand it. They keep trying to get me to move there...not happening. Nothing makes me appreciate my home more than stepping off the plane after the flight home from Denver.
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10-26-2017, 01:11 PM	#18
saeyedoc Captain 284 Rep 835 Posts Drives: 2013 Carrera S, 2013 Panny GTS Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, TX iTrader: (0)	Weed
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P1 Lieutenant General 11568 Rep 11,135 Posts Drives: 2004 3/4 ton Duramax Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: United States iTrader: (1)	Because Texans either own the land, or in the process of buying more of it.
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10-26-2017, 03:31 PM	#21
cxp213 Lieutenant 313 Rep 525 Posts Drives: M235i Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: TX iTrader: (0)	Ah, I thought there might have been less obvious reasons, lol.
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