I think some of the libs set out to intentionally ruin the positive qualities of a red state so there won't be anywhere to escape.
I sit on the city sustainability task force in Fort Worth and am fighting the libtards with all my might. They have all but said "Austin and Denver and everywhere else is doing this and people and business leave... we need to do it here so those people won't have a place that doesn't live under the same rules"
Yeah, I first encountered the pattern back in New Hampshire in the late 80s. People fleeing from MA madness and then trying to recreate the same mess there. I moved away long ago, but saw the handwriting on the wall even then. From the news, it appears they finally succeeded in turning it into a blue state. Sad.