But people can and do change. It is just like moving, you get rid of the “junk” by putting out on the curb before you move. That is like when you go from one part of the country to another. You lose that.
oh, sure they CAN. But too many DON’T.
The South is littered with former NY/NY/New Englanders who couldn’t get away fast enough but then settled in, telling the locals how much better they do things ‘back home,’ and continue to vote the same way they did ‘back home’ in an effort to make the place they escaped TO the same as the place they escaped FROM.
Personally, I moved from NY to VA many years ago and the very last thing I want to see is a duplicate of the Empire State crop up in the Old Dominion (tho that does appear to be happening).