Texas

Texas ranked as the fourth most free state in the country. Americans have been choosing to leave Democrat-run states like New York and California in favor of the Lone Star state because of lower taxes and less red tape. Businesses have also decided to move from Democrat-led states like California in favor of Texas, over the past year a number of corporations relocated their headquarters to Texas. Joe Lonsdale, who founded technology firms Palantir and Addepar was among the business owners who relocated to Austin, Texas.

Lonsdale listed a breakdown in public safety, unreliable electricity, a non-responsive government caused by “California’s intolerant far left, which would rather demonize opponents than discuss honest differences of opinion,” and high housing costs made worse by government regulation as reasons for moving to Texas.