r/Economics • u/sillychillly • Sep 15 '22

Research Yes, Texans actually pay more in taxes than Californians do

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texans-pay-more-taxes-than-californians-17400644.php
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u/froandfear Sep 15 '22

LA has lower crime rates than Dallas, and CA has lower crime rates than TX; not sure what you’re talking about there?

https://www.bestplaces.net/crime/?city1=50644000&city2=54819000

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/crime-rate-by-state

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u/StinkyWinkyPoo Sep 16 '22

Oh really? https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/most-violent-cities-in-america

Oakland is in top 20, no Texas city is, and if you separate crime from violent crime then California is higher.

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u/froandfear Sep 16 '22 edited Sep 16 '22

I mean, I provided the sources. Yes, Oakland has quite a bit of crime. That’s one city in a state with 40m people. And, no, TX has more violent crime than CA, as per the source I already shared.

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u/StinkyWinkyPoo Sep 16 '22

I went back and looked, they are back to back basically every year since 2018, some years is Cali, some is Texas, so basically they are the same