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I wonder if you have ever lived in The Lone Star State and what you actually look for in a city/state: Texas - with the notable exception of Austin - doesn't offer a good quality of life AT ALL!
I'm so glad I don't live there anymore.
Houston area has a great quality of life as does Dallas Ft worth, Abaliene, San marcos, Tyler, San Antonio, and many other places
The fact that you said only Austin makes you obviously uninformed and nothing more than someone who has been brainwashed by liberal media outlets
Try thinking for yourself sometime
Signed..... the vast majority of people who love living in Texas
In which quality-of-life standards do Red States fare better than Blue States?
Well, for starters, the US Census show that Southerners, while having lower household incomes, actually have substantially higher adjusted household incomes that states such as California or New York. The cost of just living in those states has become hideously expensive. So while you might get a bigger paycheck living in those two states, it doesn't go nearly as far as it would elsewhere.
Blue states for the most part have the large cities, and quality of life is better in the major urban areas than rural areas. It has nothing to do with politics. Texas, a red state, has quality of life meeting and exceeding that of most blue states because its an urban state. Wealth has a lot to do with it. Red states generally have more poor people in the rural areas, and poor people are most of the time more religious. Because religion brings in social conservatism, that pushes the vote towards the Republicans.
The "red-state" and "blue-state" divides are overly simplistic and often flat-out wrong. Individual Republicans tend to be wealthier than individual Democrats, however Democrats also tend to live in areas with a LOT of people (ie urban areas). Republicans tend to live in the suburbs and more rural settings. The lower the population density of an area, the less Republican, generally speaking. Also, Republican areas tend to be more homogenous in certain ways (especially race, but also often economic class, too), whereas Democrats will often live in areas that are racially diverse (namely, big cities and racially diverse suburbs).
Also, keep in mind that there are so many different flavors of Democrats, just as there are with Republicans as well. What I mean is that different people prioritize different issues. Some Republicans are supportive of Wall Street, other more supportive of Main Street. Some are pro-life, but there are many pro-choice Republicans in certain parts of the country. Some are against gay marriage, but not all. Some Republicans are supportive of free trade, others are more wary of it. Some Republicans fervently support the Tea Party, others not so much. Some Republicans are for an aggressive foreign policy, others are more non-interventionist. Many of these same divides within the GOP also apply to the Democrats, with the main difference being that the liberals outnumber and out-influence the moderates and conservatives in the Democratic Party, while it's the other way around (conservatives being by far the most important bloc) in the Republican Party.
My point is, you can't neatly divide the country into a simple "Red-state/Blue-state" polarization. Things are more nuanced and complex than that.
Houston area has a great quality of life as does Dallas Ft worth, Abaliene, San marcos, Tyler, San Antonio, and many other places
The fact that you said only Austin makes you obviously uninformed and nothing more than someone who has been brainwashed by liberal media outlets
Try thinking for yourself sometime
Houston? Dallas?
Wow, the world most beautiful cities
Also, brainwashed by liberal media?
You don't know what you're talking about: when I relocated to Texas I didn't know anthing about USA politics, but Austin immediately seemed to me a livable, nice city... I couldn't say the same about those giant, lifeless and UGLY suburbs called Houston and Dallas: I find more beauty, charm, SOUL and streetlife in one block of NYC, Portland and Boston than in the entire metropolitan areas of Dallas and Houston combined.
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Judging by your angry rants, I think we all see who the real hateful person is..... on behalf of all of us who are happy in life and loving our lives here..... THANK YOU for leaving..... please locate yourself in some bedwetting passive aggressive craphole in the Northeast......
I am not surprised that there are people who love living in Texas, not everyone is exigent and demanding
Crapholes in the Northeast?
Oh yes, there are unfortunately ugly cities in the Northeast, but - let's face it - Houston, Lubbock, Corpus Christi, Plano, El Paso and Dallas aren't beautiful at all: but if you like it, to each its own.
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Well, for starters, the US Census show that Southerners, while having lower household incomes, actually have substantially higher adjusted household incomes that states such as California or New York. The cost of just living in those states has become hideously expensive. So while you might get a bigger paycheck living in those two states, it doesn't go nearly as far as it would elsewhere.
In the blue states you also get better services, just have a look at the life expectancy: in NYS, Massachussets, Hawaii, Washington State and California people tend to live longer and healthier...
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