Well, there are pros and cons to any type of taxation.
I think that property taxes are levied everywhere in America, whereas not every state levies income taxes or sales tax. I don’t know how or why property taxes evolved as a key source of tax revenue, but it seems to be universal.
The state gas taxes fluctuate quite a bit from state to state, from what I hear.
Walter Williams said that when the type of taxation is being debated it is because the burden of taxation has become excessive. If taxes are reasonable people don't express much concern about the type of taxation.