Well, tech workers here don’t make up a significant voting block in state-wide races. Not to mention we mostly got the conservative tech bros from NYC and Cali anyway, so they’re not really bothered.

That said, Williamson County flipped blue last election which was surprising. A lot of the wealthier, slightly older suburban tech/business Austin crowd lives there.

Bad.

We feel bad about being under that.

I'm trying to improve things where I can, but I'm a singular young person in a state where it's not uncommon to want people like me "gone".

I live in Austin and I hate it here. I vote in every local and statewide race but it seems like it's getting worse.

I'm pretty close to selling my house and moving to Colorado but as third generation Texan I feel like I'm abandoning my home and leaving it to the crazies.

I don't like it. Texas's leadership when not corrupt is cruel, and when not cruel manages to give the appearance of cruelty. It's also increasingly dumb, doing things like trying to strangle the incredible renewable energy generation growth that has kept the power on during recent heat waves.

Texas has always been a one-party state (Democrat until the 1980s and Republican since) but it managed to be mostly pragmatic until 2016 or so.

I wouldn't be happy living under one party government in California (the corruption on California high speed rail makes Texas look squeaky clean) or Hawaii either. But when I can I'll likely move somewhere more reasonable.

Tech worker in Austin here. I'd like to throw Abbott and Patrick in the Rio Grande.

Going by Blind comments, they are enthusiastically cheering the demise of California. For every "lived in texas, found a company" commenter there's like ten "relocated my job to a more sufficiently republican locale" fascist enablers.

I'm no fan of these nutjobs at the wheel, but one important thing to consider is you don't have to be a leftist to be a "tech worker". There's lots of right-leaning tech workers out there. And since Texas has a few tech-focused cities in the South, there's quite a mix of people. Its not like there's just a some leftist tech workers in a sea of right-wing ranchers in Texas.

I know a lot of people who are pretty smart tech people who would argue for the repeal of Roe v. Wade, are pro school vouchers, want a flat tax rate, want to see prayer in schools, etc.

It's easy to close your eyes to politics when you have the capital to cushion you from them.

Like cities with dense populations should operate as city-states and that the current federal model is broken.