[narrator]

The migration pattern in the nation seems to be:

1. Going to your super cool tech job in California when you get out of college.

2. After that, you get older and want to buy a house and settle down, and not pay state income tax, and so you move out to a red state to work remote and turn it blue with all the love of diversity picked up in California.

Strict abortion laws might serve as somewhat of a barrier to this sort of cultural re-diffusion.

[ryandrake]

On the other hand, a lot of these "red states" are really hostile to Californians moving in, too. We're low-key looking to move now that remote work is a thing, and I have direct knowledge of communities that overtly don't want political progressives moving in. One home seller's agent brought up that the seller is demanding what they called a "California Tax." The asking price is what it is, but if the buyer is from California, they want 20% more. And it's not because they think we are all rich and can afford it. These places just don't want us around.

[tzs]

You don’t have to move to a red state to avoid state income tax. You can move to Washington.

[karmasimida]

Clearly some of the red states residents have fundamentally different idea on many things from mine. And the divide is huge.

I joked about how woke CA and hate high taxes, but I don't want my life managed by head elected by religious believers/idealogues.

The answer is NO

[cbozeman]

> and turn it blue with all the love of diversity picked up in California.

No thanks. Stay in California, please.

I like Texas as it is. Texas will likely, eventually, end up passing some sort of abortion laws similar to what European nations have - no abortions after 12 weeks, abortions in case of incest / rape, etc.

Frankly, I'd prefer to see Congress get off their ass and do their job and work together on federal abortion laws, since that's... you know... their goddamn fucking job... to pass laws... but we all know it'll never happen because Nancy Pelosi can cry to her ultra-liberal base that, "We TRIED sooooo hard, but the mean ol' Republicans won't let us abort babies 7 seconds before they're born!" and Mitch McConnell can cry to his ultra-conservative base that, "We wanted to meet those baby killers halfway, but they want to abort babies when they're still 16-cell zygotes! Godless heathens!"

And then we end up right back to where we are now, with states deciding... all because we have Congressional leadership and members who are so cowardly they don't understand that their job isn't to get re-elected, it's to pass laws beneficial to the entire nation, with which, the entire nation can live.

[tzs]

What would be the legal basis for a Federal abortion law? I can’t think of any that seems likely to not be struck down by the current Supreme Court.