# What state would you love to move to...if it weren't for the current politics there? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133 "2024-06-20T20:10:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/21 "2024-06-21T20:41:12Z")
Realistically, my friends and family are here, so I’d Rather not move. But… Montana and Idaho would be a lot more appealing but for politics. And right now, I’d rather not even visit Texas. I’m going to NC and having second thoughts. Did you know that NC nearly made it illegal to wear masks? (They have an old law intended to apply to the kkk, which was suspended during covid. The new law has an exception for “medical masks”, so i just bought a case of n95 masks that are specifically approved for medical use. Um, yes, i still wear masks in crowded public places. ) Anyway, i have gay and trans friends. I have female friends between menarche and menopause. A lot of states look like they’d be hostile to friends who might otherwise visit me. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/22 "2024-06-22T04:29:29Z")
There’s nowhere I’d rather live than CA. Maybe a bluer _county_ would be better but there’s plenty of places I can move to if Orange County gets too crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/23 "2024-06-22T06:52:30Z")
> [@El\_DeLuxo](#): > > NV can get pretty damned cold in the winter… One of the coldest Thanksgivings I ever experienced was in Las Vegas. Just bitter, dry frozen air. I’m toolin’ around to work on a motorcycle _just dying!_ Growing up, farther north, I would normally be skiing on Thanksgiving. Don’t ever recall it being that cold! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/24 "2024-06-22T11:56:13Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Did you know that NC nearly made it illegal to wear masks? The governor just vetoed that bill, which included a last minute amendment to ease the flow of dark money into state races, done specifically so that the insane Republican candidates for governor, attorney general, and the state superintendent can get quiet financial support without anyone knowing who is funding their horrific campaigns. > **[North Carolina governor vetoes masks bill largely because of provision about...](https://apnews.com/article/masks-ban-covid-protests-north-carolina-fd2b73018228051802c6776ff8205126)** > > Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a North Carolina masking bill that previously removed a pandemic-era exemption that allowed people to mask in public for health reasons. That veto will almost certainly be overridden. This state is really scaring me. As for personal effects, as a teacher in North Carolina, and as a parent of children in public schools, it is heartbreaking to watch the slow and devastating attacks on our public school systems. As a parent of two daughters who will enter their 20s within the decade, it is terrifying to watch the erosion of reproductive freedom. This is not in anyway a theoretical issue for me. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/25 "2024-06-22T12:15:51Z")
I’ve lived in several states, thanks to the US Navy, and honestly, I can’t think of any place I’d rather live than where I am right now. I like the rural county, I like the proximity to the Chesapeake Bay. Even tho it’s a pretty red county, most people aren’t overly insane about it, and overall, the state is pretty blue. Maryland. I don’t plan to move. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/26 "2024-06-22T12:48:07Z")
‘Love’ isn’t the right word, but I’m originally from Ohio and have decided not to apply for a few jobs in Columbus because of the hard right turn the state has taken. Admittedly, it’s also the endless days of grey winter that keeps me from seriously thinking of returning. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/27 "2024-06-22T13:48:12Z")
Ohio here and winters are not as bad now. Back in about 2014 I recall 3 weeks of temps in the 20s. Last winter it was fall like weather til late December. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/28 "2024-06-22T16:09:58Z")
Truthfully, politics is the only reason I’d want to get out of Missouri, where I am now. However, that distaste of politics has made me rethink living in the USA proper, not just Missouri. The only thing I really hate about Missouri, other than its politics, is its weather. And there’s really nowhere in the US that has my definition of perfect weather. So I guess that as long as I live in the US, my feet will be in the Show Me State. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/29 "2024-06-22T19:12:18Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > And there’s really nowhere in the US that has my definition of perfect weather. Is there anywhere on planet earth that does? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/30 "2024-06-22T19:56:42Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Is there anywhere on planet earth that does? Mexico City looks like it comes closest. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/31 "2024-06-22T20:24:30Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I worked in Bakersfield for 6 weeks. It was tolerable for that long, but not for much longer than that, yes. Lovely people but the weather is horrible. Winter is unending gray, Summer is hot with no relief. Fall is when they spray defoliant, etc on the cotton, etc. > [@Velocity](#): > > As for property tax - I’ve never owned a house in Texas and probably never will; I’m a renter type. Then you indirectly pay property tax. > [@HeyHomie](#): > > Mexico City looks like it comes closest. Weather isnt bad, but the air pollution is crazy high. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/32 "2024-06-22T23:03:46Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Weather isnt bad, but the air pollution is crazy high. Nairobi has a similar climate. Subtropical Highland. Also Cuzco, Addis Abeba, Kunming, Johannesburg, and others. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/33 "2024-06-24T02:10:08Z")
I have always assumed that I will move back to my home state of Kentucky at some point to begin my life’s final act. But it is a little depressing to ponder given how deeply blood-red the state has turned. Here, in purple Virginia, at least I stand a fairly good chance at, you know, helping to elect a president, for instance. Kentucky is the state that the political forecasters typically call for the Republican presidential candidate about two milliseconds after the polls have closed. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/34 "2024-06-26T11:58:14Z")
What;s wring with the politics of New Mexico?? And Nevada, for that matter? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/35 "2024-06-26T12:23:58Z")
I don’t know the politics of NM but I want to move there. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/36 "2024-06-26T17:47:34Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > What;s wring with the politics of New Mexico?? > > And Nevada, for that matter? Nothing wrong with the politics of Nevada, as long as you live in Clark County. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/37 "2024-06-29T15:46:20Z")
There are places that I want to move to. I probably won’t. Politics doesn’t even enter into it. I hate winter and this state is too damn expensive. I doubt I’ll leave because my wife doesn’t want to. The cost of moving is also a factor. The San Diego area sounds nice. Been there once. Also the coast of Florida. I would love to be somewhere that I can enjoy the ocean year round. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/38 "2024-06-29T15:51:26Z")
I’m perfectly happy in no. Illinois. I would move to Kentucky because of horses. But I won’t. The thought of packing makes me shudder. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/39 "2024-06-29T16:16:19Z")
There is also that. My sister has moved more times than she could count. I don’t understand the lifestyle. To me it’s the worst thing ever. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133/40 "2024-06-29T16:28:13Z")
🤔 Politics usually isn’t a consideration in my decision to live somewhere. I wouldn’t live somewhere that laws aren’t enforced. Places like Washington State with Woke DA’s. My family has to feel safe wherever we live. We have to know that someone arrested for violent crime won’t be released by the end of the day. Especially if I see that person back in my neighborhood. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133.md?page=3)