5. These next few points are related to money, because, frankly, money is a reality of our existence, especially when I stay home all day, no one pays me a salary, and our health insurance is going up another 35% next month after it went up 40% six months ago. So, yes, the fifth thing I love about Texas is the price of gasoline. As I write, the cheapest price in Plano is $2.31 (via gasbuddy). By contrast, the cheapest gas in Santa Clarita (at Arco) is $2.91, and the cheapest gas in Jerusalem is $6.52.
Gas is even cheaper at Costco, plus a 3% rebate
6. An even greater price difference is to be found in the price of homes. My guess is that prices here are about 1/3 of what they are in California. We rent a house, and I think that for what we pay for our large home with swimming pool, in Santa Clarita we would get a 2 bedroom, 1200 sq. foot apartment next to the city dump. Maybe.