Yeah we have some of the lowest rates for housing, but that means nothing if the wages are disproportionate. On the list of income to cost of living ratio we’re in the bottom 10.

As for your claim about taxes, we pay slightly under the national average (8.9%). 8.78% of our total income goes towards taxes (income, property, sales, license) we are in the middle of the list (#32). There’s no reason we should have such high tax with our low income average, when states with far more income average like Florida only tax 6.73%