Very true. I'm a Mortgage Loan Officer by trade, doing a transaction for a client in Colorado right now. Her taxes are ~$2000 or so on a $500,000 house.

Compared to my ~$4000 tax bill on my $250,000 house.

You can dispute the bill and apply for exemptions that are applicable to you, but it doesn't help much.

Yup, my house in CO is twice the price and half the property taxes of the TX house I had.