Why on earth would you say, “We love it here in Utah. The photo opportunism are endless. There are 7 national parks within 5 hours or so of where we live.”
I don’t want any new residents from CA, WA, OR. or any of the states mentioned. I keep meeting people who recently moved to Utah from CA that pay cash for homes, drive up prices and then tell me we need more Starbucks. SLC is already a Democrat cesspool and it’s spreading.
What’s most interesting to me is that as liberals migrate from CA and NY, causing other states to trend left, their original states are getting MORE LIBERAL, as measured by the state legislature numbers.
Believe it or not, that is happening in Alaska too. A recent new resident of our town started raising a ruckus about "Assault weapons" and toy guns being sold in the hardware store. (The horror!) He lobbied the newspaper and radio station to stop accepting ads for gun sales. He went to the town council and gave an impassioned plea for "Common sense"
His campaign to educate the local yokels lasted about a month. I do not know if he still lives here or not. (Odd because it's a really small town)
I can't help but chuckle when I think of how he might have reacted if he had seen what I saw a day or two after I arrived in town: A blood smeared man in cammies with a model 629 openly on his hip, dressing out a black bear in his skiff, tied up at the public docks; or another common sight in season - A moose hung from the dock crane being skinned.