A lot more of this is happening than people realize, I bet. Not just fancy doctors (which are of course among the worst people to lose for the well being of the state). I was hiking last week and met two people on the trail who’d just moved here from Texas, fleeing the politics there.
Of course, many (most?) people don’t have the ability to move, and we musn’t forget that. Moving for political reasons is a privilege. It’s expensive, you have to take kids out of school, you may be leaving elderly family who need care behind, and so on. Many people can’t do it. And anyway, people shouldn’t have to leave their homes for stupid political reasons. The whole point of democracy is that everyone everywhere is free and treated equally.
