Best Part of Living in a Red State?

[avebury]

72. I would totally recommend staying away from talking religion

and politics unless you know you are talking to a progressive (particularly at work). In deep red states like Oklahoma, people just are not rational about those topics. Until recently I always worked in an office with at least a few progressives. Now I work in an office with a lot of religious conservatives and I keep my mouth shut and keep to myself for the most part. Around religious conservatives you need to be aware of not damaging your own career.

And you really need to look at the politics and how the legislature functions in the state you are considering moving to. For example, in Oklahoma, our Governor and State Legislature are bat sh*t crazy to put it mildly. Their focus is on passing intrusive, unconstitutional laws, the crazier the better (and then having the State AG defend them in the inevitable lawsuit). They are pretty destructive and stuff like that needs to be taken into consideration.

I am stuck here until at minimum I retire. If I were younger I would be more apt to move to another country then to a deep red state (although I often feel like I have moved to a third world country, I just never thought that it would be within the US).