Why don't you stay and fight?
Some people have families
It's traditional for Americans to seek freedom over the next mountain and around the next bend. If the spirit moves you, I say go for it. My wife and I got out of California this summer and are glad we did.
I'll tell you why. Because 85% of the population of southern illinios is made up of lawyers. In Illinios it is LEGAL for lawyers to contribute to the re-election campaigns of sitting judges, even judges who preside over their cases.
In East St. Louis, Democrats openly pay five dollars for every vote. We've tried to stop this, but the courts are literally owned by Democrats.
In Belleville, it has become some communistic that they created the "Good Government Party". One of their new "innovations" is to hold inspections for each property in the city and if someone needs to have repairs, they must use one of the city's contractors or face fines. They've taken cronism to a new high.
I've lived here most of my life (except college in Champaign). I've seen conservatives work themselves to death just to get an even shake. It will not happen.
Now you have the Chicago Daley Machine poster boy in office and he's importing drugs from Canada with no regard for what it does to our local businesses, no problem with undermining the American economy. Then, he's calling the desire to have gay sex a civil right.
If we've come to the point where our desires must be catered to, then I'll expect my carton of cigarettes in the mail each week. Oh, Blagoyebit$h also is adding to gun restrictions, having his aids take his kids to school, etc. And our local congressman has had three members of his family hired for 50K+ positions while the state was in a hiring freeze.
Sorry for the rant, but I'm fired up and I could go on forever.