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Voting with one’s feet should not be seen as necessarily bad or unpatriotic. The recent relocation trend may revitalize new parts of the country. It may lead to new forms of associations—master-planned communities, small towns that people revive, homeschooling pods, and all the new adventures that a new environment presents.

Relocating is a form of political action. It is counter-demoralizing rather than demoralizing. You could view it as rekindling the spirit of settlers and pioneers, or the waves of migration that built this country. Think of the Great Migration North of African-Americans, the Dust Bowl Okies who migrated to California, or those who had “Gone to Texas” after the Panic of 1819. Now, as then, there are cultural and economic factors driving these decisions: Why give tax money to places that hate you? Why not move where your kids can attend school or where there’s greater economic opportunity?

> Voting with one’s feet should not be seen as necessarily bad or unpatriotic. The recent relocation trend may revitalize new parts of the country. It may lead to new forms of associations—master-planned communities, small towns that people revive, homeschooling pods, and all the new adventures that a new environment presents. > Relocating is a form of political action. It is counter-demoralizing rather than demoralizing. You could view it as rekindling the spirit of settlers and pioneers, or the waves of migration that built this country. Think of the Great Migration North of African-Americans, the Dust Bowl Okies who migrated to California, or those who had “Gone to Texas” after the Panic of 1819. Now, as then, there are cultural and economic factors driving these decisions: Why give tax money to places that hate you? Why not move where your kids can attend school or where there’s greater economic opportunity?

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There's been an attitude for years where red states don't want blue state refugees. I read some study that they tend to vote conservative in a 2:1 ratio. Basically the exodus just makes blue state strongholds bluer while negligently affecting but strengthening the red states blue state inhabitants move into. I really hope that's accurate at least.

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Yeah, that's a huge issue with conservative locals; People fleeing leftist states and bringing their shit with them instead of fitting in with the culture that made their new home attractive in the first place.