The State Atlas · Comparison

Weigh any two operating environments.

Pick two states. This instrument reads both through the same five decision lenses and shows which coordination priorities change when the environment does, not which state is "better," but what a household would coordinate differently. Every reading is the same reasoning the state pages render.

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High-intent corridors

The routes households weigh most often, each a full comparison with the facts underneath.

California & Texas→ California & Florida→ California & Nevada→ California & Washington→ California & Arizona→ New York & Florida→ New York & Texas→ New York & North Carolina→ New Jersey & Florida→ New Jersey & Pennsylvania→ Illinois & Florida→ Illinois & Texas→ Illinois & Indiana→ Minnesota & Florida→ Massachusetts & New Hampshire→ Oregon & Washington→ Connecticut & Florida→ Maryland & Florida→ Virginia & Florida→ Colorado & Texas→ Hawaii & Nevada→ Washington & Texas→ Texas & Florida→ New York & New Jersey→
Comparing because a move is on the table? A Crossing Brief → turns the difference into an operating plan.

State law reflects 2025 tax-year law; last reviewed 2026-07-07. Every classification is a summary of state law; where a primary-source citation has been verified, it is linked on the card.

What changed
  • 2026-07-07, First law-review date and honest per-cell source labeling; primary-source citations verified for Illinois, California, New York, Texas, and Florida (more in progress).
  • 2025, Washington's 7% (+2.9%) excise on long-term capital gains reflected (enacted 2022).
  • 2025, New Hampshire's Interest & Dividends tax reflected as fully repealed, effective 2025.
  • 2025, Illinois estate-tax detail tracks the pending SB 2970 as of the review date.
Illustrative / hypothetical, not a real track record and not advice. The tax-management impact figure is a hypothetical, after-tax result from the retroactive application of a tax-management model to ~30 years of proxy-spliced market data on a single illustrative path; no client capital was invested, and hypothetical performance does not guarantee future results. Intended for sophisticated investors; it may not be relevant to your situation, and your actual figure depends on your own holdings, basis, and bracket. State tax facts reflect tax year 2025 and can change, confirm with a tax advisor. Driftwood Wealth is the private-wealth practice of Alec Messino. Securities products and advisory services offered through Park Avenue Securities LLC (PAS), member FINRA, SIPC. Alec Messino is a Registered Representative and Financial Advisor of PAS. Driftwood Wealth is not an affiliate or subsidiary of PAS. All figures are illustrative models for educational purposes, not investment, tax, or legal advice, and not a recommendation.
Driftwood. State tax law reflects 2025 tax-year law; last reviewed 2026-07-07. The instrument lays out the reasoning graph; it authors no facts of its own.