East of the Mississippi--does it matter?

Since taxes were brought up, remember that there are no STATE income taxes for:

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_income_tax

Every bit helps and at least there is a choice.

And Florida and Texas have very reasonable personal vehicle tag fees (compared to Ad Volorem states like Georgia-$63 for a tag for my pick-up that GA wants $1200+ for) and even Commercial vehicle tags are cheap, too.