When Jessica and I were thinking about places to move we completely wrote off the eastern coastal areas. It has been inundated so badly with political refugees from northern states like Ny and DC that the southern culture and charm that made them so attractive has been irreparably lost. The migration of these people shows no signs of subsiding over the next decade. Coastal counties surrounding Savannah, Hilton head, and Charleston have become solidly blue and it's only getting worse. The state legislatures and capitol cities like Atlanta have been overrun to the point that the whole state is in danger of flipping blue like we just saw in Georgia. I fear those places will see systematic suppression of their liberties over the next decade much like Virginia has recently experienced where the liberal at the capitol controls the whole state. The east coast is a favorite vacation spot for seemingly everyone in midwestern states. Places like Hilton head are perpetually overrun most of the summer with out of state vacationers. Some of them enjoy themselves so much they decide to relocate or retire there, many of them not people like you or I. Present company excluded, if I wanted to live arpund and deal with a bunch of no manners having northerners I'd still live in Ohio. Please note again I said present company exclude.
In contrast when we looked along the gulf, every coastal county from Tampa to Houston is still solidly red (with the exception of the back side of ponchatrain over in slidel.) I had to seriously ask myself, with the constant persecution of conservative straight white males, where is the best place to raise two boys into men over the next 20 years. If things were to ever hit the fan due to these deep political divides, where could I find a great population of like minded people. This country is not heading in a good direction and it's only getting worse. There may not be much we can do about that. But by God I can chose to live somewhere that will likely be the last place it changes.
