“It raised the IQ of both states.”
That implies that the sheeple who stay in New York to pay the taxes are smarter than the escapees, and that the native population of the (presumably low tax, subtropical, 2A friendly) state that they move to is really dumb. Is that what OP really wants to say? (I might be missing something. I was just released from jury duty yesterday, and my brain still hurts.)
Yes, you missed the joke.
I’m only referring to Oklahoma and Cali.
Look at what has happened to Cali since the dust bowl in the 1930s.
Oklahoma is booming! Cali is laying there like a slug.