Do you live in a blue or red state? Do you have plans to move anytime soon?

submitted by Aureus from self.AskSaidIt

Supposedly a lot of people are leaving California, and many are leaving blue cities due to the riots. I'm wondering if anyone here has noticed this trend IRL, or may even be participating in it.

Is anyone in a blue state that they don't identify with? If so, do you plan to move? Why or why not?

Personally I'm in a mostly-red state. If it were to switch to permanently-blue, I would probably move. I have no plans to move as it is

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[–]yellow_algebra_31 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I have been wanting to move anyway for other reasons, but blue states are way less attractive destinations right now.

I'm not sure if this is a positive development. Perhaps we should be making some effort to retake blue areas rather than forever fleeing. There's no point in anyone throwing their lives away or harming themselves or their family, but at some point we're going to run out of places to run to. It's probably about time to reverse "white flight".

[–]Aureus[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Perhaps we should be making some effort to retake blue areas rather than forever fleeing.

Unfortunately this isn't realistically possible. Did you know the state with the third-most Republican votes in 2016 was California? Almost 4 million Californians voted Republican in 2016. Sadly, they were outnumbered by almost 8 million Democrats.

Entire Republican states would need to depopulate just to have a chance at winning California. But if all Republicans moved away from California and New York - states they have zero chance of winning - they could absolutely dominate every swing state and guarantee victory in every election.

[–]fuck-reddit-forever 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Live in California. Stopped voting but used to vote Dem or Independent/Libertarian/whatever.

Now I am planning on moving to a red state within the next 2-3 years and voting against Dems until they stop this nonsense.

[–]Aureus[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Now I am planning on moving to a red state within the next 2-3 years and voting against Dems until they stop this nonsense.

Nice.