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"The red states seem to be the best place to find that nowadays."

Based on what criteria?

Walter Russell Mead's blog pretty regularly talks about state and local governance. The big pension disasters are heavily biased towards the blue states, and red states like Texas have seen heavy migration from blue staters looking for jobs.

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.

You need more than a single datapoint to determine something like good governance. From what I've read a lot of Texas' growth can be attributed to its geology (They have lots of oil and gas), demography (They have lots of immigrants willing to take on various jobs), and its geography (They share a border with Mexico and have port access with the Gulf. They trade a ton with Latin America.) (1) Don't get me wrong it's still growth, but not really a recepie that can be applied to all States.

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...

I know this is late, but I don't base my opinion on just one data point. The bankruptcy of blue state pensions is a national phenomenon. Following the issue closely drives me more and more Republican, as does living in the one-party state that is California.

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