I moved from California to Texas but stayed only 4 months. Texas wasn't much cheaper, and everyone was politics-obsessed.
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Kellee Speakman is a 50-year-old teacher who moved from California to Texas in 2022 in search of "freedom," but she stayed only four months.
  • Kellee Speakman, a conservative elementary school teacher, moved from California to Texas in 2022 but returned after four and a half months due to Texas’s political obsession and unexpected living costs.
  • Speakman found Texas to be not much cheaper than California, with high property taxes, expensive services, and lower wages, which contributed to her dissatisfaction.
  • She returned to California, appreciating its lifestyle, public lands, and better teacher benefits, realizing that her idea of freedom involved peace and everyday adventures rather than political rhetoric.
  • reddig33@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Texas is five states stapled together at this point. Your experience is going to vary depending on which part you live in.

    • Dallas Fort Worth is mostly rich and upper middle class (pretending to be rich) white Republicans with a couple of minority enclaves.
    • East Texas is just an extension of the religious right nutjobs from Oklahoma.
    • I don’t think people in Houston give a shit about politics other than the rich oil industry people in the Woodlands.
    • Austin people are involved in politics because they are an oasis of blue in the center of the state, and the capitol is there. Mostly they are involved in local politics because the state government keeps trying to undo anything that passes there (light rail, plastic bag ban, worker rights legislation, etc). Also because half or more of the education taxes are given to the state instead of local schools. 🙄
    • I have no idea what goes on in West Texas. 🤷‍♂️