That last post may have left the mistaken impression that we agreed with Mr. Alder that CA proved preferable to TX. Such was not my intent.
The things wrong with TX are different in detail from those wrong with CA, certainly. Different in detail but on the whole not as bad. There are drawbacks to any location, I’ve merely itemized what we found not to love about TX.
In some ways the two places are opposites, CA is a beautiful place badly run by people with crap values. TX is a relatively boring place well run by people with values I respect but only partially share.
When we left TX we moved our primary residence to WY, a beautiful place which is well run by people whose values I mostly share. Roughly 1.5 miles from my house is a sign that declares, “Wyoming - the Way America Used to Be.” There is conservatism, defined in one brief phrase.
In less than a week we will no longer own property in CA, after doing so for 42 years. We’ll come back to CA as tourists, but will no longer leave any asset stake where Sacramento can tax it. Our new winter place will be in small town Nevada.
