[TOMDM]

They likely believe that the more conservative political atmosphere in Texas is an unsuitable place to raise children, especially young girls.

[tester756]

I don't understand

How things can differ so hard that you decide that place is unsuitable to raise children?

[TOMDM]

In the US, states are afforded a lot of leeway to differ legally from each other.

The rights and restrictions you see in one state can differ wildly from the next. This allows for drastically different cultures to pop up.

There is still a lot of shared US culture despite this.

[Murfalo]

Isn't Austin a very left-leaning city? Though, to be fair, the people I know in Austin are deeply conservative Texas natives who hate the new atmosphere...

Edit: I'm missing the point, they said Texas, not Austin.

[mondocat]

They're all left-leaning cities, but the Gerrymandering is strong in Austin, which divides it into four Congressional districts: the 10th, 21st, 25th and 35th.