Screed, huh? Good to know you’d have the means to leave. If leaving means becoming a refugee living in tents in California or New York and being treated like such, how much better is that? I’m sure all the poor Black folks in Mississippi and Alabama and Louisiana would love to be able to blithely debate the merits of purchasing $500,000 worth of property in Portugal or Spain. As much as I appreciate the motivation behind the Texpatriates thread, it’s absolutely infuriating to read. I’d love to pick up my life and move to NYC or Seattle or San Diego or wherever. Problem is, I don’t have the economic ability to do so. And the majority of Texans who feel the same way you don’t either. This board skews very white and rich and out of touch with the majority of Democratic voters. Sometimes it’s really obvious that most of y’all were former republicans and these discussions are illustrative of that. Y’all really want to effect real electoral change? Move to purple states and make your vote and politics count.