Judging by our population growth, many are.
Reports say 1,500 per day are legally entering Texas to live.
Have no problem with Idaho, am sure it is a fine place to live. Texas is not without it’s problems, but it has a friendly neighborly culture in general. Oklahoma is the same way.
But the scale and development of Texas vs Idaho make a comparison not very relevant.
Many of the author’s comparisons aren’t very relevant.
I live in the middle of nowhere and only 5-6 transplants with the big city attitude can really screw things up for the people who like things the way they are.