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Politics hasn't really played a role in where I want to live. But, I prefer living in cities, and the cities I want to live in happen to be blue.
Politics have real life consequences, so where one chooses to live has everything to do with politics. I live in a blue state and, as a result, suffer with some of the nation's most oppressive gun laws, high taxes, tons of regulation, etc. Ask business owners in Portland, Minneapolis, and other blue cities if losing their livelihoods had anything to do with politics.
I prefer a gridlock state like Wisconsin. Despite all the bickering its the best of both worlds. The lefties don't take their welfare state and entitlement mentality and overpaying of public employees and lavish pensions and micromanagement of everything to rediculous levels but we still get nice roads, parks, services, guns, etc.
I love the area from mequon north through green bay. I don't live in Wisconsin (most of my relatives do) but enjoy my visit.
Extreme left and right types are both idiots...I prefer neither have much power. The left have too much power in the media and it's obnoxious ... The right would likely be obnoxious if they had that much clout. Sorry I offended 80% of you. . Whenever groups of like minded people get too much power they get obnoxious. It's human nature...thus all the checks and balances we have.
I want to live in The United States of America. The country we had before MAGA took over. The nation that did not have leadership whose sole purpose is to divide us into Red & Blue on every topic, issue or problem that we the people face.
I agree, and the divisiveness is really hurting us as a nation. In spite of our division, this is still a great country, because I believe we still have more decent people out there. But, just think of how much better we can could be if we didn't have this deep deep divide that exist today. A divided house against itself cannot stand, it cannot endure as we know it. But, until both sides are willing to work together to tackle this divide, the future doesn't so good.
I prefer to live where I can be left alone and decide for myself what to buy and/or who to buy it from. Neither red or blue team respects that concept.
Agreed! the overall march in American society is away from personal freedoms & responsbility, & towards socialism; where very few at the top dictate how the rest will live. It's undeniable.
It can be measured by total gov't spending as % to GDP, & total # of gov't workers as % to total working population. The gov't creep, has become a sprint, & I can't see it stopping. It ends badly.
Take the bar graph in this link, at chenge it to 50 years, and then realize this is a 2018 chart that doesn't have $3.5T of spending reflected. That means we are at ~45% of every dollar our economy generates, goes to government....government that produces nothing!. That is like filling your cars gas tank, by nearly 1/2, with styrofoam...it will then go only 1/2 as far.
Aside from Texas, hardly anybody wants to move to a bright Red State. For starters, who wants to move to North or South Dakota? The cost of living will always remain low in those states from lack of people moving in to jack up the prices, due to the law of supply and demand.
A blue city in a red state. Well, Houston (home town) or San Antonio. I loved Austin but can’t love it any more. Go out into redland for kolaches and BBQ and Shiner sausage. And bluebonnets, if global warming doesn’t kill them.
And maybe border runs again someday.
Best thing about Texas politics is that the Lege only meets for a few months every two years; limits the damage they can do.
Economist Stephen Moore makes some interesting observations. The proof is in the pudding... or rather the facts. Red states are flourishing, Blue states are falling into despair. California's homeless population gets worse year by year.
On the list of reasons people move, in my experience, politics isn't ever even part of the conversation. Sure I've had clients who were deeply political but the reasons given for relocating to my area are:
1) Jobs
2) The Weather
3) Lower Taxes
4) Cheaper housing
5) Lifestyle
On the list of reasons people move, in my experience, politics isn't ever even part of the conversation. Sure I've had clients who were deeply political but the reasons given for relocating to my area are:
1) Jobs
2) The Weather
3) Lower Taxes
4) Cheaper housing
5) Lifestyle
Yes, but of those, the only one not impacted by politics is the weather. Politics impacts job growth (or more accurately, bad policies hurt job growth). There is a reason Boeing is building new plants in SC and shifting production from WA. Taxes, housing costs and certainly "lifestyle" are impacted by political decisions as well. Look at Portland, Minneapolis or Seattle-their "lifestyle choices" are driven by politics that lets left-wing savages riot, loot and burn the city for months, or take over entire neighborhoods and hold the residents hostage. They let bums take over the city, live on the sidewalks, crap in the streets and "shoot up" wherever they choose. Are those things welcome and embraced in SC?
As "President" Obama once said, elections have consequences. We are seeing that in cities and states all across the country this year.
Aside from Texas, hardly anybody wants to move to a bright Red State.
Wrong. Dead wrong. Tell that to the thousands of Californians that are fleeing to red states every year. Texas is #1, followed by Arizona/Idaho/Tenn and the other usual list.
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. Whenever groups of like minded people get too much power they get obnoxious. It's human nature...thus all the checks and balances we have.
