Not intending to turn this thread into a political debate, but Irene and I watch the news a lot, and we feel the coastal half of California, especially San Francisco, have lost their minds. It's been going on for a long time and getting worse every year. But they stepped up the madness since the last presidential election. I understand how you feel. If we lived there, we too would try our best to get out of Dodge.
We live 25 miles west of Chicago and have our own problems, and they are not so different. If not for our family, our church, and our dream home, we would be moving out of Illinois. If we could move, we still don't know where we would run to. I fear we'd might place ourselves into a worse situation.