Originally Posted by
PacNWflyer
A lot of great advice on here, thank you!
For those of you who moved to Illinois, how many of you would leave if you had the chance? I've been looking at Houston and thinking that it would be a better move financially. I'm not sure that I want to give Illinois 5% in income tax for the privilege of living here...
If you're willing to pay Houston property taxes... Just move to Chicago. The extra 3.75% state income tax will be only a slight overall increase for a way better location.
It was 5% for a short time, state legislature put a sunset on the increase which expired.