Y'all-itics

Confessions of a Texas Transplant


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It is the siren song of Texas: lower taxes, more land and more jobs.  And it’s luring folks from all over.  But is our promise too good to be true?  And can policy keep up with this explosive growth?  In this episode of Y’all-itics, hear the confessions of a Texas transplant.  The Jasons are joined by a recent transplant whose family moved here from a NYC suburb thinking they were about to experience Texas-sized savings.  But reality on the ground is proving to be much more expensive for many Texas newbies, from property taxes, to home prices, to the gas in those vehicles they’re now using much more than they expected.

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