• Kellee Speakman, a conservative elementary school teacher, moved from California to Texas in 2022 but returned after four and a half months due to Texas’s political obsession and unexpected living costs.
  • Speakman found Texas to be not much cheaper than California, with high property taxes, expensive services, and lower wages, which contributed to her dissatisfaction.
  • She returned to California, appreciating its lifestyle, public lands, and better teacher benefits, realizing that her idea of freedom involved peace and everyday adventures rather than political rhetoric.
  • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Yeah unless youre born here its hard to take. Even so, much of it is a shitstorm that you have turn off ocassionally to hold onto even a wisp of sanity.