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Great insight, Dave! This is indeed, a key virtue of American society, the freedom/flexibility to MOVE to live in a place of our choice. In Europe, the countries are so small comparatively -- the language barriers too deep -- so it's not so easy to break the bond of a particular town/city or employer.
This physical mobility is great for escaping the high tax states of CA, NY, IL, PA, MA etc. But escaping federal mismanagement is much harder -- unless you've got a weapon like President Trump working for you!
“This physical mobility is great for escaping the high tax states of CA, NY, IL, PA.”
My wife reminded me of our relatives and good friends starting to leave the high tax/crime states starting about 10 years ago. We decided not to move to southern Oregon during that time period.
Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana and Iowa have been the prime move to states for these people.