Depends on how much you make. If you're a regional FO, you can probably scam the system for more benefits than you pay in taxes, especially if you have kids while there.

As they spool up taxation of higher income brackets, and everyone who can flees, they are getting ever more diligent about harvesting those who remain. Silicone Valley is the only thing keeping their welfare-state budget afloat... one big tech industry setback and they are screwed with a capital S. I'll have to flee at that point because they'll come looking to me to cover billions in red ink.