I'd have to sell my guns, for what? To pay nearly 9% sales tax and triple my property tax bill? The place is run by leftists, the weather is mostly miserable and the traffic sucks.
Nearly all of those I know who remain would love to leave, but are tied by family and career issues.
I used to call on businesses in Upstate New York and would find that annually about 10% of my contacts would relocate to the Carolinas.
No doubt the reason North Carolina has become so blue at this point.