I wish I could say that these were sensible citizens who are fleeing to places that are more aligned with their values and politics.
Sadly I fear these are just leftists with the means to get out and they will infest the new places they fo.
We see that happening in Colorado and Tennessee (where I live) with people leaving California. They come to the other states and vote DEMOCRAT. ??
You ask them why they moved here, “Quality of life, lower taxes, lack of crime and the homeless are taking over their old neighborhood.”
So ... you move and then vote in the people who destroyed the last place you live?
Stuck on stupid. It’s more about virtue signaling and groupthink with white liberals. They live in echo chamber “news” (Dem talking points) where NYT or CNN frame their complete worldview.
I had one tell me he watches Fox news occasionally “for a laugh.” I had to tell him Fox for the most part isn’t conservative (outside of a couple of the commentators - Hannity, Tucker) as their news is middle of the road.
Austin is a good example of a California-ization of a city. Prices of housing skyrocketed. Homeless by the thousands. Working class driven out so it’s the drastic super rich or super poor. Schools taken over by lunatics.
In two years of remote work every scrap of housing has been picked up by a relatively wealthy liberal turd from silicon valley in my city. Housing has skyrocketed and is out of reach from what our local industries provide. Scooped up by some turd writing code for some tech company who indeed get here and complain about the lack of bike paths and “affordable housing.” They need to stay in their fetid s holes and enjoy their own stink.