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Following recent statistical proof that Dem's Big Blue Cities
suck far more than their Red counterparts, and that people
are leaving Democrat run States and Cities in droves...


Red States Chart Faster Economic Recovery Than Blue States

by Nicholas Dolinger

https://www.theepochtimes.com/red-states-chart-faster-economic-recovery-than-blue-states_4580799.html
https://www.iwf.org/2020/03/13/kristin-tate-on-the-liberal-invasion-of-red-state-america/
https://pad.human.cornell.edu/papers/downloads/V2021highlights.pdf
https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1545455019079729163

Throughout the United States, an unmistakable pattern has emerged in
economic recovery from the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic:
Conservative-leaning states have seen rapid and major economic growth,
while the coastal economic powerhouses in the Northeast and West Coast
have often lagged behind or stagnated.
The skyline of Miami, Florida, on Sept. 29, 2021. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A recent analysis by Moody’s Analytics attests to this pattern, using
a combination of 13 metrics to chart each state’s progress toward
normalcy. A majority of the best-performing states were found to have
Republican governments, while 8 out of the 10 worst performers were
governed by Democrats.

The impacts on local and state economies are already starting to be
felt. Last May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that his state had
closed out at $20 billion for the most recent fiscal year, a record
surplus that reflects the influx of capital into the state.

Another driver of the economic success of the red states has been the
combination of astronomical real estate and rent prices in states like
California and New York and new work-from-home opportunities,
incentivizing workers to move away from the most expensive cities and
seek more affordable housing elsewhere, where they can continue to
work at jobs based in those cities.

Demographers have predicted an exodus from the coasts to the American
interior for years, but the trend has greatly accelerated as a result
of the CCP virus pandemic and its downstream consequences. All four of
the states that have reported job growth since February 2020 are alike
in having maintained relatively relaxed restrictions throughout the
pandemic, blunting the impact of the virus on these states’ economies.

Businesses have also begun to migrate toward the American interior and
other red-tinted outliers such as Florida. Last December, Tesla
relocated its corporate headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to
Austin, Texas, following years of conflict with California regulators
and rising operational costs. Other companies have also expanded their
operations in Florida and other red states.

Florida has seen an explosion of population, drawing over 200,000 new
residents from July 2020 to July 2021—second only to Texas for net
population growth. Furthermore, hedge-fund company Citadel recently
announced its plans to move to Miami, joining a growing community of
businesses in the Magic City.

This rapid growth in trendy red state metros is complemented by
stagnation and net population loss on the coasts. In 2020, for the
first time in over a century, California recorded a net loss in its
total number of residents, with over 182,000 fewer Californians at the
end of the year than at the beginning. The pattern continued, albeit
to a lesser degree, in 2021, which saw a population decline of nearly
118,000 for the Golden State. At the same time, New York City saw a
population decline of around 4 percent in just the first year of the
pandemic, according to Cornell analysis of U.S. Census data.

    #BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis responds to Newsom ad: "Until the
last few years, I rarely if ever saw a California license plate in
Florida -- now you see a lot of them." pic.twitter.com/50Ok7Sr0MY
    — Forbes (@Forbes) July 8, 2022

For political conservatives, these results are a vindication of
Republican policies. With a combination of low corporate and state
income taxes, non-intrusive CCP virus policies, and tough-on-crime law
enforcement policies, these red-state metros once on the margins of
the U.S. economy have become its fastest-growing hubs.

“If the numbers were reversed, and Blue States were consistently
outperforming Red States, we’d never hear the end of it,” said Richard
Hanania, a political scientist and writer who serves as president of
the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. “This should be
seen as strong empirical data useful for adjudicating different
realities, but it’s ignored or explained away.”

In many respects, the traditional coastal hubs remain the dominant
engines of the U.S. economy. The New York City Metropolitan Area still
ranks first in total GDP, followed by the usual suspects: Los Angeles,
Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay. However, they have seen slower
recovery and a net loss of population since the beginning of the
pandemic, and it is clear that they will face new competition after
decades of undisputed hegemony, as more workers and businesses seek
greener pastures in the conservative-leaning Sun Belt.