What happens in California happens to the rest of the country. I grew up in a red county that is rural. Everyone I knew was conservative and hunted. Like I said, it was Reagan Country. Then the state became more liberal in the urban areas. The population of Los Angeles, Sacramento and the Bay area changed our politics. Just like Portland controls Oregon, Vegas controls NV, Boise will control Idaho and a list of others around the country. I did not see it as Californians changing the California I grew up in. If you know history, everyone moved to California after WW2 and it continued for 50 years. They came from other places. It was rare to see families from California. Now everyone blames the Californians for changing their state. My county is still red but it is becoming purple because all the rock climbers from urban areas are moving here. They learned about this place from the internet. Now I see liberal greenies everywhere and a few rednecks. It has changed. But is it really California or just years of liberal media, liberal educators, the internet, etc? I view it more as city people out numbering us rural people. Hell, I heard a statistic that said 60% of millennials view socialism as better than capitalism. I need to live where the mule deer roam, I enjoy four seasons, I hate heat and humidity, and most of all, I don't play well with liberals. It's been that way all my life and I'm a native Californian. I was thinking Montana but foresee Bozeman and Missoula turning that state Blue. I was in Missoula this last summer and it was more liberal than most towns in CA, because I think they have something to prove. It's insane. Wyoming may be in my future.
