If you were a taxpayer living in one of those cities.....why would you continue to live and pay taxes there? They take your money to pay for local services and give you NOTHING in return as instead that money goes to pay off retirees who were given lavish retirement packages by long since retired politicians?
There’s nothing in it for you as the taxpayer. Leave. Don’t let them steal another penny from you.
why would you continue to live and pay taxes there?
Moving on is far easier said than done.
Until recently our elderly parents were nearby, also our children and grandchildren live in the area.
Until I retired, had a very good job, unlikely to duplicate.
I have known more than a few that escaped, only to return a few years later, for a variety of reasons.
I only know two in the age fifty -retirement group that made it. And both drive 100-mile one-way commutes every day to work here.
One a horseman with large ranch, the other a gentleman farmer.