Anonymous wrote:People are moving south because it is cheaper and warmer. No surprise.

it’s HOT and you have to drive everywhere. I’d rather move to Cleveland or Modesto.

The below is both cause and effect. Also, those counting on Texas turning blue are vastly oversimplifying. Hispanic populations in Texas are increasingly conservative, and the previously Democratic Mayor of Dallas recently became a Republican. The Californians who move to Texas aren’t the ones who love what’s happening in the Blue cities there.

I visit Dallas regularly, and I am impressed by how young and diverse the population is. There are an amazing number of interesting restaurants & shops filled with a mix of affluent people of all ages and races.

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.

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.

People are moving south because it is cheaper and warmer. No surprise.

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Anonymous wrote:Texas has 29.5 million people.

Florida is a distant third with under 22 million.

I should hope that Texas is growing fast. It would be embarrassing if it weren’t.

Why would current population make it a larger target of migration?

It's proportional. Texas absorbed an amount of people about 1.5% of its population. If VA did that, it would mean 129,000 people moved to VA. Did that happen in VA?

Anonymous wrote:Texas has 29.5 million people.

Florida is a distant third with under 22 million.

I should hope that Texas is growing fast. It would be embarrassing if it weren’t.

Why would current population make it a larger target of migration?

IF it follows the trend of the previous 5 years, then 80% of that migration is going into the urban and suburban area which trend more liberal vs the rural areas which trend more conservative. This is why Texas is heading towards being a purple state rather than a red one. The blue areas are growing significantly faster than the red areas. Trump won Texas in 2020, but only 630K votes. The last 4 years have show a significant growth in the most liberal areas of the state (Austin in #1, but Houston, Dallas and San Antonio area all likewise growing in liberal voters).

The November election in Texas should be interesting to watch.

Texas has 29.5 million people.

Florida is a distant third with under 22 million.

I should hope that Texas is growing fast. It would be embarrassing if it weren’t.

So this giant state will be purple before long if the dems don’t keep f ing things up.

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

The states along the Canadian border will grow before Alaska does.

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

It’s pretty fantastic if you can get in the right neighborhood and lead a quiet family life.

Also from the same article:

"Nearly 23% of movers identified as Hispanic, while 14.4% identified as Black, about 10% identified as Asian, 4.2% said they were of two races, and 1.1% selected other. About 48% identified as white."

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.