Texas welcomed 473,000 new residents, the most of all 50 states.

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I’m a liberal voter and I would absolutely never move there.

But……..

Bought a house after the last financial crisis in 2012. Good rate and reasonable payment.

Trying to start a family in Massachusetts with non elite jobs? Forget it. And that’s why my state is hemorrhaging people. While towns rip each other to shreds over state laws to add more affordable housing.

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Anonymous wrote:My friends and family in TX say most transplants are from CA and IL. They left high-cost areas and came for a career move…but they also admit fleeing the liberal politics and crime. They tend to seek out the predominantly white areas.

I don’t think TX will turn purple.

Ever watched the news in TX? TX citizens hate their social media and local listservs flooded with news on immigration and crime. Even liberals who move there eventually get sick of the impact on their state and communities…even when they live in nice areas largely unaffected by immigration or crime…same as other places.

This. Lots of people were Democrats in DC and CA then become Republicans when they move to TX and FL. If they had a problem with being in a red State, then they wouldn't have moved there.

California resident. There are lots of Republicans in California, and many of them retire in other states like Arizona, Idaho and rural Oregon or to houses they inherit in places like Ohio or Illinois. They were transplants to begin with and leave upon retirement. This has been a thing for years. For instance, LAPD cops all move to some town in Idaho.

Younger CA people are moving to Texas for work and lower COL. 20 years ago they did the same by moving to Nevada. 30 years ago to Washington. Also have lately heard of people moving to Tennessee. Several people I know have relatives who relocated there and also want to. Housing is absolutely ridiculously, prohibitively expensive here and it's crowded. People want bigger lots and houses. It doesn't appeal to me but that's what I hear.

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Anonymous wrote:There's a lot of empty space in Texas. Alaska will be the next frontier with global warming.

Texas has a lot of space, but water will be an issue. It won’t trouble people now, but they’re heading for a crisis.

That's a very good point, but ultimately solvable with the new technologies that can literally pull moisture from the air.

lol ok sure because TX is at the forefront of avant garde technology. They even hate EVs.

Um, what?

https://electrek.co/2023/09/22/tesla-reveals-unbelievable-employment-numbers-giga-texas/

According to the executive, Tesla had over 12,000 employees at Gigafactory Texas by the end of last year.
Now it has already ramped up to over 20,000 employees in the Austin area this year with most of them being located at Gigafactory Texas.
But the wildest claim is that Tesla expects to ramp up to 60,000 employees by the time it has fully ramped up Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend that lives in Texas, and it gets so hot and dry that her and her neighbors have to water their house. Hose down their entire actual house. I had never heard of such a thing til she moved there.

I’m too old to deal with that kind of heat.

It is hot in Texas in the summer, but the watering the house thing is not because of heat, per se. It’s because of the soil conditions — in some places, the soil expands and contracts with moisture (or lack thereof). Most houses there are built on slabs, and too much movement can crack the foundation. So some people (by no means all) need to water their foundation to prevent cracking in the summer when the soil dries out.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of companies are fleeing California for Texas. Think Oracle, Tesla, Ruiz Foods,
Kelly Moore Paints, etc. Whole Foods is HQs is in Austin. Texas is business friendly. People are following the jobs.

Texas has no individual state income taxes and cheaper real estate (or at least it used to be) than California.

Whole Foods was founded in Austin, it didn't move there. I remember visiting a Whole Foods in a liberal state about 30 years ago when the company was still young. The cashier was chatting me up and asked where I was from. When I said Austin, he said "oh wow, so a store like this with healthier options is a big change for you."

People are so prejudiced and ignorant about Texas. It's absolutely a massive state. Don't make generalizations about a place that takes longer to drive across than it does to drive from DC to Chicago.

Are you always this fragile?

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Anonymous wrote:My friends and family in TX say most transplants are from CA and IL. They left high-cost areas and came for a career move…but they also admit fleeing the liberal politics and crime. They tend to seek out the predominantly white areas.

I don’t think TX will turn purple.

Ever watched the news in TX? TX citizens hate their social media and local listservs flooded with news on immigration and crime. Even liberals who move there eventually get sick of the impact on their state and communities…even when they live in nice areas largely unaffected by immigration or crime…same as other places.

This. Lots of people were Democrats in DC and CA then become Republicans when they move to TX and FL. If they had a problem with being in a red State, then they wouldn't have moved there.

This is a right-wing talking point with no basis in reality. It's exactly the narrative they want useful idiots like you spreading for them though. "People fed up with liberal policies becoming Republicans and moving to Texas!"

The reality is that the majority of people moving to TX and FL are Republicans moving from red areas in blue states. Sure there are some Democrats moving as well but they're not changing their views or affiliation when they do.

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Anonymous wrote:https://apple.news/AmZmGdg--SQyzE0Tjgd0AQA

- The state's recent growth can be largely attributed to communities of color.
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- People of color who moved to Texas said they were attracted by jobs and more-affordable homes.

- 2023, more of the growth resulted from people moving in.
The population growth has largely been driven by young people and people of color. Millennials comprised 40.5% of people moving to Texas from 2021 to 2022, and Gen Zers made up about 30%. The Texas Demographic Center's analysis of the 2020 census found that 95% of the state's population growth was associated with a rise in people of color.

- Many Black Americans were returning to the South, and particularly to Texas, in what's been called the New Great Migration.
Census data indicates Texas is home to the largest Black population in the US, with over 4 million people, or about 13.4% of the state's total population.

Where is that link showing this (Census data indicates Texas is home to the largest Black population in the US[/b], with over 4 million people, or about 13.4% of the state's total population)? Because every search I do the list looks like this:

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/us-states-with-the-largest-relative-african-american-populations.html

1 District of Columbia 50.7% African American
2 Mississippi 37.3% African American
3 Louisiana 32.4% African American
4 Georgia 31.4% African American
5 Maryland 30.1% African American
6 South Carolina 28.5% African American
7 Alabama 26.4% African American
8 North Carolina 21.6% African American
9 Delaware 21.0% African American
10 Virginia 19.9% African American


And texas isn't even on the list.

Texas is a big state. The sheer number of black people is higher than any other state. However, relative percentage is lower because we have a lot of all kinds of people.

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Anonymous wrote:https://apple.news/AmZmGdg--SQyzE0Tjgd0AQA

- The state's recent growth can be largely attributed to communities of color.
​

- People of color who moved to Texas said they were attracted by jobs and more-affordable homes.

- 2023, more of the growth resulted from people moving in.
The population growth has largely been driven by young people and people of color. Millennials comprised 40.5% of people moving to Texas from 2021 to 2022, and Gen Zers made up about 30%. The Texas Demographic Center's analysis of the 2020 census found that 95% of the state's population growth was associated with a rise in people of color.

- Many Black Americans were returning to the South, and particularly to Texas, in what's been called the New Great Migration.
Census data indicates Texas is home to the largest Black population in the US, with over 4 million people, or about 13.4% of the state's total population.

Where is that link showing this (Census data indicates Texas is home to the largest Black population in the US[/b], with over 4 million people, or about 13.4% of the state's total population)? Because every search I do the list looks like this:

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/us-states-with-the-largest-relative-african-american-populations.html

1 District of Columbia 50.7% African American
2 Mississippi 37.3% African American
3 Louisiana 32.4% African American
4 Georgia 31.4% African American
5 Maryland 30.1% African American
6 South Carolina 28.5% African American
7 Alabama 26.4% African American
8 North Carolina 21.6% African American
9 Delaware 21.0% African American
10 Virginia 19.9% African American


And texas isn't even on the list.

Um those are percents. And PP said 13% so it wouldn’t be in the top ten. Percent is not the total number. Texas is has a huge population. Dc has a large percent of its population who are AA. Those are different measures.