See Texas, Florida and Tennessee for some of the worst public education in the country. Of course they have no taxes. They pay their teachers next to nothing, and they get what they pay for. They also tax the hell out of tourists (at least Florida does), plus Florida has a huge population of taxpayers that don't utilize any of the services, aka snowbirds. And there's low unemployment? Where do they all work? At The Gap? Or The Cheesecake Factory? Places like Florida, Arizona and Nevada were the first states to start the housing debacle, and they still haven't recovered.

I'll pay my high taxes in NY and at least I'll know that my kids will get a decent education and my house isn't going to fall into a sinkhole.

Wow, so ALL minorities just work the system and don't contribute? That's nice. Nope, no racists here.