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"Quite simply, not even conservatives want to live in a red state. "
Mar 19, 2018 - Census Bureau data show California lost just over 138,000 people to ... Arizona gained more than 63,000 residents, and Nevada gained more ..."
Not sure I get your point. NV is solid blue at this point and AZ seems to be headed in that direction. SC, which I am very familiar with, has a whole bunch of retirees and others escaping cold weather moving into the Coastal Communities. It's very pretty there...but HOT. Terribly hot and humid.
My liberal nephew and his wife live there....started a little truck farm and also teach school...yep, teach actual Science to the unwashed masses there.....
for the most part, WV is a high tax old school union state. however, the politicians are corrupt, and have pretty much ran the state into the ground. outside interests came into the state long ago and ravaged the natural resources, so now you have old nearly abandoned coal towns where an entire generation is suffering from things like black lung. no jobs, shady politicians, no hope, and a huge prescription drug addiction problem.
He wasn't culturally though and this is a culture war.
No it isn't. We will always march forward.
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It's a battle between the old WASP America represented by the Norman Rockwell paintings of the 1950s and the diverse, pluralist, secular America represented by the culture in the big American cities of the 21st century.
You wouldn't see any Democratic nominee release this kind of campaign material these days.
Not sure I get your point. NV is solid blue at this point and AZ seems to be headed in that direction. SC, which I am very familiar with, has a whole bunch of retirees and others escaping cold weather moving into the Coastal Communities. It's very pretty there...but HOT. Terribly hot and humid.
My liberal nephew and his wife live there....started a little truck farm and also teach school...yep, teach actual Science to the unwashed masses there.....
Give it some time.
Nevada is a blue state. It's more of a libertarian kind of liberal state. Prostitution is decriminalized. Gambling is basically everwhere. Nevada voted Democratic. Nevada is an interesting state. Gay marriage is supported there. On the flip side, Nevada has the death penalty, and many people love their guns and pickup trucks.
Arizona is Republican, but I agree that it could change soon. What many people are looking at is the Hispanic vote.
With South Carolina, it's a toss up. It's getting alot of retirees from northern states. It's also getting retirees from Florida fleeing the rising cost of living. I went there and saw alot of people in Charleston with Florida license plates.
Nevada is a blue state. It's more of a libertarian kind of liberal state. Prostitution is decriminalized. Gambling is basically everwhere. Nevada voted Democratic. Nevada is an interesting state. Gay marriage is supported there. On the flip side, Nevada has the death penalty, and many people love their guns and pickup trucks.
Nevada might have been libertarian in the past, or maybe a better term would be contrarian but prostitution and gambling are vestiges of the past. Prostitution is controlled and is illegal in the major cities. Casinos were the main driver of the economy for many years, neither are going anywhere. A lot of states have the death penalty, but most don't execute anyone anymore.
The state just passed a law requiring background checks for all private sales & gun show sales and there are some other gun control measures pending votes. Nevada is very blue, I lived there for 14 years and watched it change from purple to blue.
Good question. I live in Oklahoma and I'm currently getting very close to just quitting my job and packing what I can into my car and getting out. Life is too short to spend it in a place this miserable. The economy isn't bad right now nationally so I'm thinking about doing this while I can.
If you're unhappy, go for it. I think the regret of not taking that chance will be a worse feeling than striking out and not finding success. I do share your predicament, and am waiting to retire before I get out of Trumplandia for good.
You're kidding right? You've not even been to those cities.
Those cities are booming, the cost of housing is going sky high.
M-O is in the middle of the oil fields and there is a severe shortage of homes and companies are moving there like crazy.
You speak when you don't know what you're saying.
Amarillo is huge hub for cotton and ranching. A great place to live.
Those cities might be attracting people, but not everyone wants to work in cotton, ranching, or oil.
More people are moving to Fort Worth than to Midland or Odessa. Fort Worth has gained at least 350,000 people over the last 20 years. And some of Texas' fastest growing cities over the last decade include:
Pflugerville (Austin suburb), grew by 35%
New Braunfels (San Antonio suburb) grew by 37.1%
McKinney (Dallas suburb) grew by 38.3%. By the way, McKinney grew from 54,369 to 181,330 in 17 years. Midland doesn't even have that many people now.
The oil and cattle economy might be booming in Texas, but not everyone wants to work in those industries. Evidence of that is the amount of people moving to the DFW area, San Antonio, and Austin metro areas.
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