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I left California for Tennessee a year ago, out of deep concern at the already high level of taxation.

People voted me down for saying it, but I definitely made the right choice. I'm not coming back.

I'm leaving Tennessee for California in a few months. California is amazing in many ways, as is Tennessee. The latter sincerely lacks decent publicly funded education with extra curricular stuff pre-high school. YMMV of course, bit we're on the top 3 wealthiest areas of the state and are finally seeing the downsides to lack of taxes after several years here. Nearby states like Georgia/Florida have well funded education systems. TN does not.

If you can afford private education for your children, by all means, TN is great. If you can't, you're putting them at a sizable disadvantage IMHO.

Good luck and godspeed!

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