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You may well have a point, and note that some of the red state posters here are not necessarily thrilled about their population gains.
But while it may or may not say something about politics, it clearly suggests better economic conditions in red states.
I plan to retire in a blue state and actually have a job that I can work remotely. The fact that I did purchase a home here and have two kids in school is what's keeping me here now. The cost of living is cheaper than in many other states, but as the saying goes, "you get what you pay for."
Texas had a surplus while so many states were in the news weekly, back a couple of years ago because they were already in need of bailout. I'll never forget Glenn Beck having an audience of Texans, elected officials, judges, and other professionals, and one of their Senators beaming as he told how much of a surplus that Texas had, and was not in need of being bailed-out.
I think the reason a lot of people retire and move to red states is because generally those states have much lower property taxes which in the blue states are used to support public education. I know where I lived prior to moving to a red state my school tax portion of my property taxes for one year would pay for a child's public education here for at least two years.
I like the fact that the taxes are low here and the amount spent on schools is miniscule compared to blue states. After all we don't have to educate any kids here and if the natives don't care about education why should I?
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out if you don't spend money to educate the kids it will be much easier to insure that they will be conservative voters.
Just send them kids to bible school and when they are old enough get them their first gun and you have a conservative voter for life.
Don't need no damn college education unless of course just to learn how to play football/basketball.
I get what you're saying (although I've heard the property taxes in Texas are high) but personally I think that's unhealthy for a state. Look at Arizona. Or Nevada. They gut education. There is not a good employee base to draw from, so companies will only move there if the requirements are very low, such as warehousing. The best companies will choose the highly educated places which is what you see on the West Coast and the Northeast. The jobs in places like Texas are primarily blue collar jobs. So the coastal states get smarter and have wealthier companies. The flyover states get the blue collar jobs that don't require much/any education and their voters continue to cling to their guns and Bible.
Texas had a surplus while so many states were in the news weekly, back a couple of years ago because they were already in need of bailout. I'll never forget Glenn Beck having an audience of Texans, elected officials, judges, and other professionals, and one of their Senators beaming as he told how much of a surplus that Texas had, and was not in need of being bailed-out.
Yes...but we had a major budget crisis for the current two-year period and are likely to for the next one as well.
The way of life of Texans isn't very different from the way of life of other Americans. We have cities where people live just as they do in cities in blue states, we have suburbs where people live just as they do in suburbs in blue states, and we have rural areas where people live just as they do in rural areas in blue states.
I know that you are right. It seems we have a couple of blue state ignoramuses here. The red states actually have a better way of life all around. Some people can't see farther than their noses. LOL
Culture shock? Maybe if you live in the middle of nowhere but, really, the cities and suburban areas aren't so different.
I can understand the "culture shock" aspects if you're referring to what's happening politically but certainly not in our daily lives.
Furthermore, do you think there isn't stupidity in blue states? Do you think there aren't stupid liberals?
Of course, there is stupidity in other states, I learned to tune certain things out in California and Massachusetts too - it is just different. I grew up in Liberal areas. I was used to certain things there. So of course it is going to be a cuture shock for me - just like it would for someone from here to move to Los Angeles or Boston.
Honestly, I have had a few more arguments about politics here and it wasn't because of something I said, it is because I got tired of certain friends or coworkers trying to force their views down my throat and finally had to shut down the politcal comments from them. I have seen people get upset and emmotional over bumper stickers and campaign signs (something I never experienced living elsewhere), I have had people flood me with anti-liberal emails (never experienced that elsewhere) and constantly attempt to make connections between politics and religion (haven't experience that either).
I was taught not to discuss politics and religion on the work place and outside of these forums, unless it is appropriate I keep my political views to myself. Since I have lived in Texas, I can see that is not the norm here.
With the a few exceptions, it seems as though people are moving to states with lower tax burdens. It would make sense for people and businesses to find ways to lower their costs during a depression.
http://taxfoundation.org/UserFiles/Image/Tax-Freedom-Day/2011/tfd_state-map-20110330-2-xL.jpg (broken link)
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