Non-Yankee here, ended up in Marxist NYC for years for work. Escaping to Texas was the best decision I ever made. "Escape" being the operative term. Felt like Jesse from Breaking Bad as I drove out of the city for the last time. The feeling of that burden lifting once I spent my first night free was indescribable.
Cannot overstate how much better life is here. Anybody on the fence: take the plunge. Leave your wannabe overlords behind.
My fiancé and I are moving to TX at the end of the week from CA. I’ve been here all my life but it wasn’t a hard sell for him. It’s sad seeing what it has become after years of democrat control and what the people have become as a result.
Everyone thinks I’ll be incredibly homesick but I know what I loved about my state is gone. I’ll always treasure my experience growing up in CA but I can’t get out of here soon enough.
Like being able to ski and swim the same day. Or riding a dirt bike through orange groves. Or middle class folks surfing after work at well paying defense jobs. The spirit of entrepreneurship...The Beach Boys.
That’s good to hear pede. We just went out there to visit and check out the countryside (just left before the freeze hit...hope everyone is okay!) can’t wait to sell our house in CA and move to Texas. Trump flags everywhere, it felt like home. Getting back to CA and being amidst all the mask wearing sheep is a bit depressing. Seems that every city (even TX) has become a no-go zone. God and country for me.
Non-Yankee here, ended up in Marxist NYC for years for work. Escaping to Texas was the best decision I ever made. "Escape" being the operative term. Felt like Jesse from Breaking Bad as I drove out of the city for the last time. The feeling of that burden lifting once I spent my first night free was indescribable.
Cannot overstate how much better life is here. Anybody on the fence: take the plunge. Leave your wannabe overlords behind.
My fiancé and I are moving to TX at the end of the week from CA. I’ve been here all my life but it wasn’t a hard sell for him. It’s sad seeing what it has become after years of democrat control and what the people have become as a result.
Everyone thinks I’ll be incredibly homesick but I know what I loved about my state is gone. I’ll always treasure my experience growing up in CA but I can’t get out of here soon enough.
Like being able to ski and swim the same day. Or riding a dirt bike through orange groves. Or middle class folks surfing after work at well paying defense jobs. The spirit of entrepreneurship...The Beach Boys.
We're right behind you.
you just described my Dad's childhood in Long Beach, CA.
He escaped to Oregon in 1970 because he saw what was happening.
I got teary reading that. It was a beautiful state and I don’t think anyone could put what we’ve lost better than you have now
That’s good to hear pede. We just went out there to visit and check out the countryside (just left before the freeze hit...hope everyone is okay!) can’t wait to sell our house in CA and move to Texas. Trump flags everywhere, it felt like home. Getting back to CA and being amidst all the mask wearing sheep is a bit depressing. Seems that every city (even TX) has become a no-go zone. God and country for me.