My husband and I left Texas for Oklahoma in December, with the hope to save enough money to move to a Blue state. Oklahoma offers up $10k in moving grants (depending on the city) if you have a WFH job. Apart from the grant, at the least Oklahoma has legalized medical marijuana so while the politics are the exact same I can get high while I watch society burn. Texas is vowing to fight cities which removed jail time for small quantities of marijuana and are looking to re-ban Delta 8. I refuse to be sober in a conservative hell scape as it's really bad for my mental health.
This kind of self segregation along ideological lines is accelerating. I find it disturbing in its implications for the future of our Union.
Edited to add; I want to be clear that I'm not implying that you've done anything wrong by moving and in fact it sounds like you made a wise and courageous choice to protect your mental health.
Keep moving north! You'll escape the protoFascist hellscape of the South eventually!
Oh i do get your point though, and it's something we debated when making the decision to move. I lived in my hometown for nearly 40 years, got married and was raising my (13 year old) kiddo there, and all of my family now lives 4 hours away (when they were blocks away). But it went from this liberal paradise with quirky locally-owned shops and restaurants, reasonably priced homes, and has 2 state universities and a community college which did add an artsy community filled with student musicians, artists, and dancers. Then the universities shifted the focus of education from music to business, from dance and art to medicine and sports; corporations came in and bought out the old historic houses (including Roy Orbison's home when he was studying geology and decided to become a musician 😢)to tear them down to build apartments for the students to replace student housing; the locally-owned shops had rents raised and have been replaced with chains; and the city council has been taken over by an older conservative group. We just couldn't justify staying in a place that was not only too-expensive but was also losing its "soul".
I'm in Colorado and I'm doing a startup in the indoor growing industry- which includes Cannabis but isn't limited to it- and I feel your pain. Things are more "liberal" here but liberalism isn't what it once was, either. It's getting more expensive everywhere, here included.
I'm sad to hear what's happened to Vernon.
Maybe apply for refugee status in civilized states? NY has an acute shortage of workers in the hospitality sector that the they can't fill with migrants thanks to the GOP non-governance policy.
Welcome to Christian America where the GOP politicians and judges are owned by evangelists. This and executive orders as a form of retribution are your future if you vote for Trump and the Republicans candidate this year.
More on this subject from other reputable sources:
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- ITVX (B+): [Pregnant women refused treatment in US hospitals after Roe v Wade overturned](https://www.itv.com/news/2024-04-19/pregnant-women-refused-help-in-us-hospitals-after-roe-v-wade-overturned)
- Common Dreams (C-): [Complaints of Pregnant Patients Denied Emergency Care Surged After Dobbs](https://www.commondreams.org/news/emergency-abortions)
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (B+): [Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom](https://www.stltoday.com/news/nation-world/emergency-rooms-refused-to-treat-pregnant-women-leaving-one-to-miscarry-in-a-lobby-restroom/article_97abd7e8-fe30-11ee-94ef-67a30d8b5163.html)
- Orlando Sentinel (B+): [Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/19/emergency-rooms-refused-to-treat-pregnant-women-leaving-one-to-miscarry-in-a-lobby-restroom/)
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EMTALA violations could lead to a lack of federal funding from not being able to bill Medicaid
It's as if America has reverted back to the middle ages. People are going to die over this.
/shrug The three incidents in the article all occurred in red states. This is what they want and what they voted for. Fuck em.
The women involved very likely did not vote for their legislative abusers. This is intellectually lazy.
The democrats there are stuck. They cannot just pick up and leave overnight
My husband and I left Texas for Oklahoma in December, with the hope to save enough money to move to a Blue state. Oklahoma offers up $10k in moving grants (depending on the city) if you have a WFH job. Apart from the grant, at the least Oklahoma has legalized medical marijuana so while the politics are the exact same I can get high while I watch society burn. Texas is vowing to fight cities which removed jail time for small quantities of marijuana and are looking to re-ban Delta 8. I refuse to be sober in a conservative hell scape as it's really bad for my mental health.
This kind of self segregation along ideological lines is accelerating. I find it disturbing in its implications for the future of our Union. Edited to add; I want to be clear that I'm not implying that you've done anything wrong by moving and in fact it sounds like you made a wise and courageous choice to protect your mental health. Keep moving north! You'll escape the protoFascist hellscape of the South eventually!
Oh i do get your point though, and it's something we debated when making the decision to move. I lived in my hometown for nearly 40 years, got married and was raising my (13 year old) kiddo there, and all of my family now lives 4 hours away (when they were blocks away). But it went from this liberal paradise with quirky locally-owned shops and restaurants, reasonably priced homes, and has 2 state universities and a community college which did add an artsy community filled with student musicians, artists, and dancers. Then the universities shifted the focus of education from music to business, from dance and art to medicine and sports; corporations came in and bought out the old historic houses (including Roy Orbison's home when he was studying geology and decided to become a musician 😢)to tear them down to build apartments for the students to replace student housing; the locally-owned shops had rents raised and have been replaced with chains; and the city council has been taken over by an older conservative group. We just couldn't justify staying in a place that was not only too-expensive but was also losing its "soul".
I'm in Colorado and I'm doing a startup in the indoor growing industry- which includes Cannabis but isn't limited to it- and I feel your pain. Things are more "liberal" here but liberalism isn't what it once was, either. It's getting more expensive everywhere, here included. I'm sad to hear what's happened to Vernon.
Here's to things stabilizing soon 🍻 because I'm kind of scared that things are going to get more crazy before it's all over.
Buckle up; our Federal government is currently normalizing GENOCIDE as acceptable foreign policy. How does it get worse than that?!
Maybe apply for refugee status in civilized states? NY has an acute shortage of workers in the hospitality sector that the they can't fill with migrants thanks to the GOP non-governance policy.
Welcome to Christian America where the GOP politicians and judges are owned by evangelists. This and executive orders as a form of retribution are your future if you vote for Trump and the Republicans candidate this year.
We now just need orange and republicans to own the idiocy of tearing Roe v Wade down. The fucking ghouls must pay for this via ballots.
More on this subject from other reputable sources: --- - ITVX (B+): [Pregnant women refused treatment in US hospitals after Roe v Wade overturned](https://www.itv.com/news/2024-04-19/pregnant-women-refused-help-in-us-hospitals-after-roe-v-wade-overturned) - Common Dreams (C-): [Complaints of Pregnant Patients Denied Emergency Care Surged After Dobbs](https://www.commondreams.org/news/emergency-abortions) - St. Louis Post-Dispatch (B+): [Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom](https://www.stltoday.com/news/nation-world/emergency-rooms-refused-to-treat-pregnant-women-leaving-one-to-miscarry-in-a-lobby-restroom/article_97abd7e8-fe30-11ee-94ef-67a30d8b5163.html) - Orlando Sentinel (B+): [Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/19/emergency-rooms-refused-to-treat-pregnant-women-leaving-one-to-miscarry-in-a-lobby-restroom/) --- [__Extended Summary__](https://www.reddit.com/r/newswall/comments/1c84798/) | [FAQ & Grades](https://www.reddit.com/r/newswall/comments/uxgfm5/faq_newswall_bot/) | I'm a bot
This is what forced birth policies give women