Jobs, booming economy, cheaper housing, beautiful scenery, mountains, beaches.
Until we started losing state-wide races consistently because of the influx of liberals we were a reliably conservative state. Our legislature still is, but our governors and Senators are all Democrats.
Okay, explain the first 2 in the context of the 1980s or 1990s of people leaving the northeast, “Virginia or BUST!!!!” I never heard of Virginia as a hotspot or future destination from those of the north. Yes I heard of the northeasterns moving to Florida, well because it’s Florida and I was one of them. Where were these jobs or booming economy coming from? Tobacco?