'Conservative Move': A relocation service for conservatives fleeing blue states
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Outside of very high state taxes, most of the other issues seem to stem mostly from excessively high real estate prices. In Texas the lack of mountains, oceans and rivers means expansion in all direction keeps new development cheap and homeownership affordable - not any specific policies.
Secondly, Dallas has some serious air quality problems that I hope reverse soon due to lax state level pollution policies. (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/2017/06/22/michae...)
The air quality problems is most cities are in fact due to geography, prevailing winds etc..
We all drive pretty much the same cars.
These people have an absurd victim complex.
This sounds bad, but I question if their political views would have really mattered as much if Texas wasn't much cheaper. Being able to buy a house instead of forever renting a tiny place sounds like the real incentive. Regressive social policies are just a bonus.
The article claims he ran for congress twice without support from the republican party.
That can't have been easy on his pocketbook.