I've never done a real in depth analysis but it seems to me, just about all the states have the same basic services that have to be paid with taxes from some place. If it's no income tax, there's got to be taxes on something else to pay for the services. Same thing if property taxes are low, there's something else to generate revenue to provide the services. Nirvana is retirement (pension, SS, ETC) is exempt from a high income tax, property taxes are low as are other taxes including personal property taxes. If such a place exists, it would probably be flooded with retirees and rapidly go broke.
On the subject of Social Security, I retired from one job at 55, started my own business and then waited till my FRA to start taking SS. Made the most sense to me and probably was a pretty good bet since I died last August and was revived with an AED.
. The SS Checks were and are used for travel and other luxuries. If I had waited until 70 and not been revived when my heart stopped, I would have missed a lot of fun.
Cheers