David Brooks notes the migration of talented young people from blue states to less expensive, more business-friendly blue cities in red states, but worries that the GOP is killing the golden goose by imposing reactionary rules on these engines of growth. Is he right?
Yes. Most of these states–even Texas–were once run by pragmatic PBPs who put money into infrastructure and education, but the reactionaries are now completely in charge, so anyone who wants to move to a red state will be knowingly trading freedom for lower taxes and cheaper real estate. These days, it isn’t even that much cheaper; Austin, for example, has become very expensive.
It doesn’t sound like a great bargain to me.