Probably because it was a nice place, built by the kind of people these libs despise. You see it all the time - they move out of their socialist “utopias” because they don’t like the reality of it. Then move on and ruin someplace else.
I moved to Virginia 40 years ago and became a southerner.
It’s been a beautiful place to live, but I’m going to have to leave.
Northeast liberals and illegal aliens have ruined the Commonwealth.