There are two types of Californians coming to Texas. The early ones (over the past ten years) came like many other Texans in search of freedom and liberty. I know of at least two couples that made the move because of the gun laws.I am sure the other regulations and restrictions were additional reasons...
The other type are arriving here because that’s where their jobs went... This is typical of those moving to Austin and bringing California with them thus destroying our “Hill Country” in many ways. We live sixty miles north of Austin near IH-35 and we are getting the overflow.
In the past we looked forward to our trips to Austin and I belonged to a couple of volunteer organizations there. I refuse to even visit the city now unless there is no choice.
Our area is undergoing massive expansion for two reasons, Texans leaving Austin and the California overflow.Our real estate prices are gong out of sight and California based businesses are moving into every strip mall bringing their sorry Cali-burgers with them.
The relocated folks are very defensive when you ask where they are from since we make no secret that we do not like the invasion.
They are also putting a strain on our limited resources like water.
The Corps of Engineers and the Brazos River Authority are now preparing a pipe line to tie our two local lakes together so that water can be moved to the lake that is already pipe-lined to our adjacent county,Williamson, that is the north Austin sanctuary of Californians. Our lakes are all at drought levels with the major source of Austin water, Lake Travis, down to 46% capacity and it is that high only because it feeder lake, the very large Lake Buchanan, has been drained to 60% capacity. We ain’t got the water as tens of thousands more Californians prepare to move into the jobs already announced in the Central Texas area...
We personally own a large parcel of land very near IH-35 (4 miles and IH-14 (1/2 mile) where the deer and the armadillos still roam. We are constantly bombarded by people wanting to do us a favor by taking this old unused land and turn it into a California East... We are doing our best to keep Texas the way Texas wants to be. ENUF!!!