New Census numbers just dropped

I would bet a lot of people who are moving to red states are moving to areas that have no shortage of Democrats, like Austin and Raleigh, parts of GA.

TX has a business-friendly climate. FLA is a big retiree state with no state income tax. So politics plays a role here.

TX/FLA also have more gun violence per capita, lower standardized test scores, a more obese population, inferior public Universities, inferior private universities, and are lower performing than CA and NY in a lot of areas.

Also, it's hard and maybe not even meaningful to compare these states across the board because they are so large. People in Redding live far differently than people in L.A., or Fresno, or San Luis Obispo. Back east that would be like 4 different states right there. I'd imagine people in Austin live far differently than people in rural west TX.

None of this is to say TX/FLA aren't good places or that I would not want to live there. I personally love NC. But the idea that Republicans know the secret sauce is complete nonsense.

So it's mere coincidence that these RED states are growing

TX +470k
FL +416k
NC +133k

And that these BLUE (100% run by DEMOCRATS) states are shrinking?

NY -180k
CA -113k
IL -104k

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LEAVING BLUE STATES?

352 companies moved their headquarters out of California between 2018 and 2021 – with countless more moving warehouses or production facilities.

It counted 46 headquarters that relocated in 2018.

That number ballooned to 153 in 2021.

These include big names: Oracle, Tesla, Charles Schwab, and the list goes on.

Why would they leave 100% run by DEMOCRATS California???? Why?

kmph.com

Special Report: Companies are leaving California. What are state leaders doing about it?

http://www.facebook.com/kmphfox26

California is the land of innovation.But whether the innovators—and their companies-- stick around, is another story.A recent report by the Hoover Institution f

Link:kmph.com/news/local/special-report-com...

He gets pointed out for being wrong all the time so it probably won’t ring a bell for him. His wife left him for a liberal.

Sorry to destroy your stereotype of liberals. Not all of us want to live in large urban areas and chase trends. I am looking at a few red state locations because real estate is comparatively dirt cheap in urban adjacent areas with good access to outdoor recreation. Right or left, don't we all like a good bargain along with some peace and quiet?

I'll let you in on a little secret...my next door neighbor flies a Trump flag. We don't agree on anything political but we don't talk about it either. He's still a good neighbor, a decent man, and he's never seen fit to scream at me or call me rude names. Want to hear the weird part? I don't treat him poorly and I loan him my power tools when he is doing projects on his house. We celebrated his new backyard deck with a BBQ and some beers last summer. It turned out really nice!

Your city's solution to its homelessness problem is to give all the homeless people a one-way bus ticket to San Francisco.

I didn't say it was a coincidence. TX and FLA are more business friendly and are cheaper to operate in. That reflects a political element. Is this your point? OK, cool.

But if you're saying this has to do with CRT, wokeness, LGBTQ, pronouns, snowflakes, liberals, poop on the sidewalk, crime, homelessness, etc., that's all nonsense.

"I am looking at a few red state locations"

Of course you are. 100%. This is what this thread is about.

Do know how many people are looking for "a few blues state locations"?

ZERO

I live in Coeur a Alene. Trump took 73% of the vote here. Not because he is Trump but because he has a (R) after his name on the ballot.

My next door neighbor is a dem who put up signs for Biden. No one bothered him. We get along great. He has no idea what my politics are since there were no Trump signs in my neighborhood.

Looks like you are good neighbor.

Where does wazzu live anyway?

Why is he so wound up on Christmas week about California?

Its just weird.

FACT CHECK: True

No, actually that would be '84--the apostrophe goes in place of what's missing.

But I understand: WSU.

People have been moving from the Rust Belt to the Sunbelt since the 1930s. It's nothing new. They're looking for warmer weather, cheaper living, and more space. Many don't even realize how brutal the weather is down here from April to November, but then they have to spend all their time indoors or driving. And most of them are going to southern urban/suburban areas, not rural areas, which are depopulating.

Then you should stop thinking of yourself, or aligning in any way with, with the Left/Democrats. Why not be in a decent human being in all regards? Rather than thinking you can pick up and choose from evil dark side, people who literally would want to murder your neighbor and you for not wanting to murder him in cold blood (BLM/Antifa)?

If we don't wake up to this two party scam soon we are doomed

Leaving Cali?

You want to be known. I don’t need that, I’m good. I didn’t get cut from my D1 team, I also didn’t have to go the JUCO route just to get the grades to get into everyone else’s 4th-choice school. Plus you look like Ichabod Crane, you big bad keyboard warrior. I definitely hit close to the bone. Sorry, not sorry.

The only people this blindly partisan are immature or people pandering to/profiting from the immature.

I gave you a "like". You are showing some fire for once! Maybe work in some relevant content in regards to the topic at hand. Or perhaps just roll with the personal attacks. I really don't care. I thought you were dead inside. Nice rebound!

See ya at Hayward for the JUCO's this summer.