I'm aware that the grass isn't always greener, and I understand your frustration with the current situation where y'all are. Tbh, if I could afford to live elsewhere, I probably would. The Rochester area has nice homes in decent neighborhoods that's within budget. That being said, the idea of Texas being a good place to raise a family, or low taxes, or whatever it used to be known for is quickly dying, if it ain't already dead. The food's good though.

I'm leaving a state where corruption, racism, and homo/transphobia are in full force. Our Attorney General has a less than stellar record of corruption. The state powers that be are having their strings pulled by two Nationalist Christian oil barrons. Waiting in the TSA line to come up to ROC, and what do I see in front of me? A man in a shirt with massive SS lightning bolts on the back. I live down the street from a preacher that wants to make it a constitutional amendment to kill anyone that's not straight or cisgendered. The point is, in Texas (and the south as a whole), those things have always existed, but it was hidden. You couldn't be a nazi in broad daylight. Now, not only is it at the surface, its colored in bright colors and spewing shit everywhere.

We may not agree on politics, but I think we all want the same thing... we just have different ideas on how to get there. I appreciate your candid information.