And like every other red state it's covered in blue "sores" called major cities. That's where the population is going and that's where the future state officeholders are going to come from. I'm not for it. I'm mostly conservative and yeah, I wish all these people coming in from out of state would go the fuck home but I'm also not deluding myself about it. It's inevitable. People cluster in cities, Democrats run for office promising them all the free shit they can imagine and get elected. More people come in for the jobs and free shit. Cities are economic engines and Houston (where I am at for example) is a big one. As more Democrat policies come online property taxes start to rise but more people keep coming and eventually they start floating bonds. In Houston/Harris County we flipped local government in 2018. Since then the Democrats in charge of the county have spent every dime they could get their hands on and borrowed even more. Now here in my nice, comfy, Republican controlled red state I get tents on sidewalks, crap and needles on the ground, and high taxes going higher. The solution is simple. Go rural. It's not optimal but I'll be damned if I'm going to stay here.