California seeing a sizable influx of new residents relocating from Texas

I often work in rural TX. I've had a number of Texans suggest I ought to move there, cause muh freedums. Yeah, I target shoot a little, but I'm lefty as hell. I talk about guns sometimes to deflect questions about my politics.

They are so full of themselves. They think because great grandpa was a cowboy that they inherit all his toughness. I don't know how grandpa lived, but I know Texans today live mostly in air conditioning and love shopping, huge portions, and convenience. They're fully convinced there is nowhere better on Earth. But no, I've been all over the Earth. TX sucks and I'd never move there.

They're fully convinced there is nowhere better on Earth.
Huh. So Texas is to Americans what America is to the world. Interesting.
(I'm mostly joking...)
- It's really accurate, though.
  Most texans believe texas is the greatest place on earth while never having even left their state. That's how delusional they are.
- Pretty much, I find it's funny that it's considered a Bastion of freedoms and a refuge away from the liberal policies of the world. When it actually is the state with the most human rights violations and the state where legally you actually have less personal freedom than any other state. I wouldn't go to Texas even if you paid me, I wouldn't go to Texas even if you could promise me a steak cooked on a propane grill by Hankster Hillington himself.
I'm born and raised in the valley north of Sac. Moved to texas after freshman year of highschool and been here for almost 20 years. I married a texan and God damn if it isn't difficult to extricate a texan from texas. She has since become a travelling surgical tech and is seeing the country. It took her a whole 2 contracts to be ready to move away from texas.
texas fuckin blows. The only people trying to stay here are the ones that have never left to see what's out there.
Texans are some of the most delusional people on the planet.
On both sides of the political spectrum.
I know that this will get buried in down votes, but I lived up and down the East Coast for the entirety of my childhood. I moved to Texas during my time in the military and fell in love. I'm wrapping up my degree now and honestly I don't want to leave. Your judgemental view of a few Texans does not represent all or even the majority of them.
- Look, I never said there was nothing to like about TX, or that everyone is awful. I don't get jobs in Austin, or any of the major cities really. Guadalupe Mountains National Park is lovely and Big Bend is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.
  But you know what I don't like? Knowing full well that the instant I go mask off, and the small town locals realize I'm a gender-nonconforming, socialist, atheist, antifascist, who thinks Trump should be buried in the NYC sewer, it's just possible all that fake friendliness might disappear, and I could soon need to defend myself against multiple assailants. Fortunately I blend well, but I was nearly assaulted down there just for wearing a mask during the height of COVID. Do you think I called the cops? I'm not much of a fighter. I'm a cuddly bear. People don't usually mess with me. Maybe in cities people are cool. Maybe. I do not feel safe just being myself in most places, but especially not TX. Sure, there are lots of belligerent assholes in small towns across the country. I've been all over, but Texans go hard about it.
  You see, they aren't just the meanest gullible suckers in your state who might try to beat my ass or kill me; those are a dime a dozen. They are the people in your state with actual wealth and power. They are the cops. They are the judges. If I lose the fight I might die. What hell would unleash if I won? You think TX is a free state? Only if you consider punching down one of your basic freedoms. I can't imagine what it'd be like if I wasn't a white dude. If they wanna fight, they should fight as equals. Otherwise is just... Well, it sure ain't tough.
- Do you know what you like about Texas, that makes it stand out from other places you’ve lived?

It been fucking hillarious seeing people doubletalk California demographics.

"Everybody keeps leaving California because the cost of rent and housing keeps going up!" which feels true but like...

It has big "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded" energy.

There have always been more people entering than leaving lol.
- https://www.macrotrends.net/states/california/population
I feel like people keep going to Texas because the rent is too high in california, then they go back to California because there are no freedoms in Texas, which forces them to go back to Texas because there's no place to live in California as it's too expensive. And they're just stuck in this Loop
I feel like people keep going to Texas because the rent is too high in california, then they go back to California because there are no freedoms in Texas, which forces them to go back to Texas because there's no place to live in California as it's too expensive. And they're just stuck in this Loop

Daily reminder that Texas sucks. So do Republicans.

Similar thing is happening here in Washington. A lot of people from Austin moving here because Texas politics are terrible.

I moved from Texas to Washington about 12 years ago. I noticed pretty quickly after moving that damn near any time I drive, I can spot a car with Texas plates if I look for one. I saw one just yesterday while I was taking a walk.

Texas politics are homo- and transphobic. Gladly a certain Trans Texan Twitch streamer left the state for safety.

For fucking real, people have been moving both to and from these places for a long time. The net migration is really not that big of a slice, but articles about it must drive clicks

But but but I was told during the pandemic that these blue states were going to die because everyone was leaving for FREEDOM in TX and FL.

Hey look it's me in the future.

Pretty sure liberals are starting to recognize texas is never going blue and they should just move so they stop contributing to its economy.

It's generally preferable to have running power and water during the winters, but that might just be me.
I think they just want infrastructure that actually works.
Tots and pears don't keep you cool in the summer or warm in the winter.

Best place to be homeless at

I get that this a quip, but it actually is. Weather patterns are a lot more forgiving of the un sheltered. To the point where other states will send their homeless to us. As if we weren't putting enough people out.
- How could it possibly be better than like, southern Cali?
  I swear if I was ever homeless and without dependents, I'd just start walking southwest. Fuck being homeless in the winter up north.
Best place to be homeless to