Texas’ New Hipsters Threaten the Very Environment That Lured Them There
17th December 2018
The prospect of a purple and eventually blue Texas thrills progressives who see the Lone Star State as the key to their drive for post-Trump domination. Before draining their champagne glasses and filling their bongs, the coastal crowd should sober up enough to consider what happens if the Texas miracle comes to an end.
Many Republicans, meantime, have come to consider Texas their sovereign territory, a deeply conservative place where even Democrats were generally pro-business and growth was the prevailing religion. This last election ended what remained of that hallucination. In virtually every big metro—the increasingly dominant geography of Texas—the Democrats grabbed control.
The same process has corrupted New Hampshire. Immigrants from high-tax high-regulation states like Massachusetts and Vermont are turning New Hampshire into a clone of the places they fled.