The most popular bumper sticker where I lived 40 years ago was “DON’T CALIFORNICATE COLORADO!”
Now it has been. First it was Oregon, then Washington, then Colorado, Now they are moving into my home state of New Mexico.
They foul their own nest, then move to a clean one and start to foul it, trying to make it a copy of the one they left.
I lived there in the mid 60’s and loved the state and it’s stark beauty. But, as the years went by I kept track of what was going on there since my Mom still lived there. As it got more and more “progressive”, it quickly fell off the list of someplace I wanted to retire. Sad dang situation. Of course when I moved there in ‘63, I don’t think there were a million residents in the entire state. I think ABQ tops that easily now.