I’m a California escapee who got myself and my family to Texas some three and half years ago.
When I tell native Texans that I’m from California, they almost always ask me why I left California to come here. They seem genuinely surprised that I’d leave “The Golden State” to come to their little corner of the world.
What I’ve noticed is that most of them have no idea how different the reality of California is, from the long-established image of the place.
I always tell them that if they moved to California for a year or two, they’d move Heaven and Earth to get back to Texas. It’s that bad, and Texas is that good. This also seems to genuinely surprise them.
People have been leaving New York State for thirty years...I left in 1981...Only people left are welfare and government workers...I think the rich are the last to go for some reason...I moved to Colorado and the Californians we moving in then...they ruined it...There are only a couple of good states left...I’m not telling
I see loads of Texas cars here in San Diego.
In my neighborhood there are many people from NYC, Boston, San Francisco, and Europe.
People are moving here, one reason they are still building highrise condos
Glad to live in San Diego, if I couldn’t live here would pick New York City.
20 years ago I could drive home from work drinking a beer with no insurance. Then yall Yankees moved in. Now Texas sucks as bad as NY or Calf.
Not me. Since the age of four, and excepting a few years in the military, I've only lived in Texas. But I can read a newspaper.
I'm consciously thankful nearly everyday that I live in a state with low taxes and other solid, pro-growth policies. Without fail, every time a fellow Texan complains about the current economic conditions -- and we certainly have been profoundly effected, even here -- I point out they are damn lucky to be in Texas, that it is much worse most other places, and that without our state's good governance it would be much worse here also. I've had a few people (libs and lefties) get angry at these comments, but the large majority nod and agree.