Did it ever occur to you that maybe some of those people moving south and west might have direct experience with what doesn't work and could be helpful in preventing you folks from making some of the same mistakes ????
Bumper sticker slogans don't automatically equal wisdom.
There is a lot to learn from success and just as much to learn from failure.
The idea is WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT THEIR WAY. Too many want to move here and tell us how we need to raise taxes so as to provide for the "cultural benefits" they're so used to. And, then, tell us how we ought to change our ways where guns are concerned. That is not welcome here as far as I'm concerned.
Absoluetly, and those folks are very, very welcome. However, the ones who demand more services seem to be moving here in far greater number. Example: California and a lot of north easterners have managed to turn Arizona from red to dark purple and I fear the day we turn blue.