Lol, that explains most of the difference between your thinking and mine. The political differences between West Texas and say San Francisco are like the differences between the planet Pluto and Mars!
This probably insures that eventually you, a dreaded “Californian”, will need a passport to enter The Republic of Texas at El Paso. On our side, no one wants to go to SFO anyway!..........except my daughter and she’s learning!
California is over $420 billion in debt. You think the people would wise up.