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17. Texas is a non-voting state

Wed Jul 26, 2023, 01:03 AM

Jul 2023

It is tactics like this that give me hope and the fact that the percentage of rural voters is declining every election cycle

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I have a close colleague I really respect and care for moving to Texas. [View all] Coventina Jul 2023 OP

I'm sorry. But they may have found that the parents wouldn't move. spooky3 Jul 2023 #1

I totally get that. It's a big part of why I'm keeping my mouth shut. Coventina Jul 2023 #3

And you have two governors! Effete Snob Jul 2023 #2

Sometimes it is!! Coventina Jul 2023 #4

What Spooky said. To move a parent from their safety net and comfortable AndyS Jul 2023 #5

Right after I read this, I went to moonscape Jul 2023 #6

I wonder if Texas tourism is declining? Coventina Jul 2023 #7

Florida tourism is up 37.9 % Tickle Jul 2023 #18

Still on the post-Covid bounce...nt Wounded Bear Jul 2023 #24

not exactly Celerity Jul 2023 #31

I believe Hawaii is also a US State. Ace Rothstein Jul 2023 #10

Lol! Sky Jewels Jul 2023 #16

Ack! moonscape Jul 2023 #47

Really inthewind21 Jul 2023 #42

I meant to add 'Mainland', really moonscape Jul 2023 #48

There are blue counties in Texas LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #8

Well, they are getting two more Democratic voters! Coventina Jul 2023 #9

Good LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #11

Texas is a non-voting state LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #17

exactly right, imo anarch Jul 2023 #40

Believe it or not inthewind21 Jul 2023 #43

It was never a blue state ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #61

Last numbers I saw ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #63

Those are all trends that make me very happy LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #64

Please stop talk like this. OBrien Jul 2023 #12

Talk like what? If I were of reproductive age, no way would I move to Texas. Coventina Jul 2023 #14

Houston being blue won't stop climate change Kaleva Jul 2023 #19

OK Lurker Deluxe Jul 2023 #21

Exactly OBrien Jul 2023 #22

You want to move to survive climate change Kaleva Jul 2023 #23

I get it Lurker Deluxe Jul 2023 #27

I didn't say "safe". Kaleva Jul 2023 #33

I guess just not the same research Lurker Deluxe Jul 2023 #35

If you had taken the warnings seriously, you'd have done the research Kaleva Jul 2023 #49

You know what ... Lurker Deluxe Jul 2023 #51

Great but where is the food? Kaleva Jul 2023 #52

Population density Lurker Deluxe Jul 2023 #53

How will climate change impact what grows in your area? Kaleva Jul 2023 #56

No one knows Lurker Deluxe Jul 2023 #58

Some comments Kaleva Jul 2023 #59

Some info on sheep Kaleva Jul 2023 #57

Ignored for being so obtuse ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #62

I'm talking about raising sheep for meat Kaleva Jul 2023 #65

And where have you moved to so you can survive climate change? Snooper9 Jul 2023 #28

One can assume Lurker Deluxe Jul 2023 #30

climate change is going to kill most of us, everywhere anarch Jul 2023 #39

Fortunately, I didn't need to move Kaleva Jul 2023 #34

I find it interesting inthewind21 Jul 2023 #44

Chances of survival are higher here then in other parts. Kaleva Jul 2023 #50

Regional snobbery is a DU tradition BannonsLiver Jul 2023 #37

Exactly inthewind21 Jul 2023 #45

Moving is extremely difficult whether younger or older if you've lived... brush Jul 2023 #13

I get that. Coventina Jul 2023 #15

Here in A'more'ica, like you we have aquired so much shit that downsizing seems a huge task. Prairie_Seagull Jul 2023 #25

You're so right, brush. Moving is the pits peggysue2 Jul 2023 #41

Climate change isn't that important for some people Kaleva Jul 2023 #20

Human migration has already begun. IMO and this is just the beginning. Prairie_Seagull Jul 2023 #26

There's another DUer who did the same thing Kaleva Jul 2023 #32

family rules dembotoz Jul 2023 #29

I'm among those who feel some are being swept up and carried away Hortensis Jul 2023 #36

in my opinion, Texas in general is pretty great--our state government are a bunch of fascists anarch Jul 2023 #38

Laugh and say, "You know it's Texas, right?" And leave it at that. Iggo Jul 2023 #46

If she's planning to have babies I would give a little bit of a warning ecstatic Jul 2023 #54

How about just supporting her efforts to take care of her parents? Paladin Jul 2023 #55

If the parents are doing that poorly ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #60

Not if they are of child-bearing age. And Houston schools are shutting down Coventina Jul 2023 #66