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I was thinking about this issue as I read through threads on individual state forums. Many times a blue stater is thinking of relocating to a red state, but it's almost never work related. Do you think people need to go to the heavy hitting, economically viable blue states to make a career and money (think CA, NY, NJ, New England, etc) and then retire to less expensive red states (TN, SC, FL, etc)? People often move to the DC area, NYC, SF, etc, for jobs, but you almost never here of people relocating to states like TN or KY for a job.
Do you think people need to go to the heavy hitting, economically viable blue
states to make a career and money (think CA, NY, NJ, New England, etc) and then
retire to less expensive red states (TN, SC, FL, etc.)
I'd rather work in a well-paying blue state, preferably in a union job, than be a wage slave in a red state. There is so much poverty in Florida. I'd like to see that state go 'blue'. It did go for Obama in 2012 so maybe it is heading in that direction. It DEFINITELY needs a state income tax. It felt like I was in a poor Central American country.
I'd rather work in a well-paying blue state, preferably in a union job, than be a wage slave in a red state. There is so much poverty in Florida. I'd like to see that state go 'blue'. It did go for Obama in 2012 so maybe it is heading in that direction. It DEFINITELY needs a state income tax. It felt like I was in a poor Central American country.
I am from TN and worked in IA for a year. My salary that I moved back to TN is barely more than half of what I made in IA. Both companies are fortune 500. I have no health insurance, nor any option to get it, and most people I know in TN are uninsured and nearly dead broke. It's sad out here in rural, conservative America.
I am from TN and worked in IA for a year. My salary that I moved back to TN is barely more than half of what I made in IA. Both companies are fortune 500. I have no health insurance, nor any option to get it, and most people I know in TN are uninsured and nearly dead broke. It's sad out here in rural, conservative America.
IIRC the tri-cities area relies very heavily on federal assistance, like social security disability.
anyway, i'm from a pretty typical rural, conservative area of south carolina. There are no jobs. There's employment, if you want to go work in the tire manufacturing plant making $12 / hour. My highly-educated friends are mostly lawyers: it seems to be THE field for young, educated conservatives.
I had to move to one of the most liberal cities in NC/SC to find work in my high-tech field, as the conservative areas are very anti-high-tech.
People's retirement choices are mainly based on economics of the state, not political affiliation.
yes but those two factors (politics and economics at the state level) are definitely related.
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