I don’t know about all that. I like the view out my office window here in Texas. I can see a highway, some other office buildings, some dead grass, some trees, a few longhorns, etc.
It may not be an idyllic scene, but I know that everyone down there is free. I can’t say so much for people in Michigan.
Are you ignorant about Michigan? Not sure how much more “free” you are in Texas. I can carry if I choose. Taxes could be much better, but not the worse. I live very free on lake front property in the northern suburbs of Detroit. 700 inland lakes in Oakland county. Great boating, fishing etc. All this without the Gestapo you may be envisioning. Everyone thinks Michigan is “Detroit”. Couldn’t be further from the truth. Now the winters....