In 2014 I made my exodus from Connecticut. So many people who left Connecticut, or those who plan on leaving Connecticut, are doing so for the same reasons I departed. The cost of living is too high, the taxes are out of control, the legislature believes they have to not only insert themselves into any perceived wrong-doing but that they need to regulate business and industry in the interest of… fill in the blank, but make sure it sounds like a noble cause. I have not heard anyone actually give rounded numbers of how much they saved by moving to another state. After review of my own financial and tax records, I can put some numbers to the claim of “lower cost of living.”