It was a fine posting and quite interesting...thanks very much for this informative addition to Free Republic. Just to supplement what you've already done, here's the migration map for those wanting a quick overview:
Can’t say I blame anybody who wants to flee a blue state. We’re hoping to get out of California ourselves by the summer.
Can’t say I blame anybody who wants to flee a blue state. We’re hoping to get out of California ourselves by the summer.
This is great for discussion...
The trouble tough is that many of the fleeing come to red states and then vote to recreate the social environment that destroyed their former communities and chased them from their former hell-hole.
It was a fine posting and quite interesting...thanks very much for this informative addition to Free Republic. Just to supplement what you've already done, here's the migration map for those wanting a quick overview:
If KahLeeFawNeeYuh passes their draconian and tyrannical laws that usurp my inalienable rights, The Constitution demands “Seal not be infringed upon”, I will leave within six months.
For anyone thinking of moving south, be sure to bring lots of jokes about dumb Southerners. We just love to hear new comers tell us all the things we are doing wrong and how great things were up there.
We're number eight!
We're number eight!
:O(
It is likely economically worse than it appears as population leaving blue states contains a high percentage of (economic) Producers, and is partially offset by population arriving that has a low percentage of Producers.
Thus the economic health of those states is far more seriously eroded than the population shift indicates.
I left the midwest and headed 850 miles southwest over 10 years ago. I will live longer without the 6 month angst of snow and ice. Not to mention the fact that snow shoveling often kills.