Comments by "VisibilityFoggy" (@VisibilityFoggy) on "Joe Rogan Ponders Move to Texas, Calls Bryan Callen" video.

@yadadoo20 - Because they are made up mainly of rural areas that aren't suited for people in a majority of circumstances. There is nothing wrong with those places, it just isn't a good fit for most people to move unless you have a specific skillset that gels with the industries/economies located there. Plus, if you are in the media business, you need large markets and access to a certain level of tech infrastructure. Texas has all that, natural beauty, a variety of landscapes, and low taxes, and a great economy. It's a no brainer as well as people don't take their horrendous voting booth behavior with them.
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It's the same in NJ. There is no middle class there anymore – just ultra-rich people who grudgingly deal with the taxes and ultra poor people who receive gargantuan amounts of services from the government. All the businesses have moved out, there are no good jobs. Unless you are a Wall Street banker who commutes to NYC, you're going to end up in a dead-end service industry job. The best thing I ever did in my entire life was decide to move away from that hell on Earth.
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@yadadoo20 - In NJ we had horrific hospitals and a few great ones. The great ones, which are only open to those with Cadillac insurance plans, are so great that they raise the national rankings. Same with schools – a few districts where every kid comes from a millionaire family are so high-performing, they make up for the decrepit cities and drug-addled suburbs that represent the entire state outside of the ring around NYC and Philadelphia. It's a big myth that states like NJ and CA are intellectually superior to others or have a better style of living. Also, my understanding from people who have kids and move to areas where there are underperforming schools districts is that a family can afford a private school and still come out ahead given the tax decrease.
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@zubair-xj5mn - No, a limited number of regions in "blue" states that have outrageously high incomes from Wall Street and Silicon Valley pay such a gargantuan amount in federal income taxes that they make an entire state appear as if it is contributing more than it is. If these states are so productive, why are most of them in financial free-fall, near insolvency, losing revenue and seeing employers and residents move out? Liberals love to throw out narrow stats with no context, then walk away from what is a much larger discussion.
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