The Democrats are doing quite well politically at the moment, regardless of the quality of the governance they offer. They feel little pressure to change a winning formula.
All I want out of my government is good governance - a system built to last without any budget time-bombs that allows for human flourishing. The red states seem to be the best place to find that nowadays.
Based on what criteria?
The danger is that migrants from blue states will turn red states blue and kill the nice business environment that attracted them in the first place.
As a young person looking to start a business soon, Austin's downtown and cheap rent look very appealing. Though unfortunately I think the cheap rent thing is going to change soon, haha.
(1) http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/10/obama-and-perry-and-the...