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ASU2003 · 06-06-2006, 07:42 PM

If state's rights make each state very different from one another, will it cause people to move to a state that match their views more? Or will people consider it too much work and too risky to find a new job, new friends and a new house?

There are state's trying to ban smoking in public places for instance. Would a smoker move to Nevada from California? I don't see people moving states because of the abortion legality, but it might be a possibility. What happens if the taxes get too high and favor the majority when you are the minority? Or if Wal-Mart and the other big box stores come in and make shopping simpler, but make you feel like an ant to the owners of the store. Would you move to a different place where there is more local businesses? What happens if a state attempts to and is successful at banning guns, because there is no need for a militia in Maine for instance? If you really believed in the second amendment would you move to a gun friendly state that matched your views on the issues?

Or is it better to stay and protest to the local and state government to try and get the majority of voters to change their minds?

The last time you moved to a new state, did you look at how liberal or conservative the area was? And would there be some states you wouldn't live in because you are too different from the mainstream views held in the state?

06-06-2006, 07:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	Will people move to states where their views are the norm? If state's rights make each state very different from one another, will it cause people to move to a state that match their views more? Or will people consider it too much work and too risky to find a new job, new friends and a new house? There are state's trying to ban smoking in public places for instance. Would a smoker move to Nevada from California? I don't see people moving states because of the abortion legality, but it might be a possibility. What happens if the taxes get too high and favor the majority when you are the minority? Or if Wal-Mart and the other big box stores come in and make shopping simpler, but make you feel like an ant to the owners of the store. Would you move to a different place where there is more local businesses? What happens if a state attempts to and is successful at banning guns, because there is no need for a militia in Maine for instance? If you really believed in the second amendment would you move to a gun friendly state that matched your views on the issues? Or is it better to stay and protest to the local and state government to try and get the majority of voters to change their minds? The last time you moved to a new state, did you look at how liberal or conservative the area was? And would there be some states you wouldn't live in because you are too different from the mainstream views held in the state?