One thing is for sure and that is no matter how badly Texas sucks California sucks even more!
Is it the bigger economy?
Both States are big ass economies and the rest of the U.S. could not survive without either and both States benefit from the Federal Government!
And one is bigger.
Most red states would be 3rd world without some natural resource propping them up.
I drove through 8 red states last month.
All of them were in a mess. All of them had 3rd world conditions in places.
I saw ghost town after ghost town in red states.
Poverty is running rampant in most red states.
Homelessness so bad that for miles, tents line the side of the freeway. Filth everywhere.
I was so happy when I crossed the state line from Arizona to California. All of a sudden the road became flat and smooth. No more bouncing down the highway.
The roads in most red states are a mess. Most of them haven't been paved in years. They're so criss crossed with that black stuff they fill cracks with that you can barely see the original road. Most have ruts and gouged holes in the roads.
I stopped seeing abandoned small towns when I crossed into California.
There are proper signs on the road telling when a road changed to a different one going a different way in California.
And the people. Wow. So much anger. Wow. The reaction I had from drivers on the road in red states was just disgusting. I can't count how many times someone in a huge pickup truck spewed black smoke at me then tried to force me off the road. So may people flipping me off. Just for driving down the road with a license plate from a blue state.
In Texas I went to the Cadillac Ranch Store. I took one of my cameras in with me to take photos. The lady there saw it and asked me if I was a professional photographer. I said yes and told her what I did. Then I showed her some of my photos on my phone. I left my phone on the counter with her so she could scroll through the photos while I picked out gifts for family and friends. While doing that I saw her taking photos of my photos with her phone. She stole photos from me. I asked her to delete them. She didn't. I asked again. She didn't. Then finally I told her if she didn't she would be getting legal papers from my employer suing her. That my employer has a whole legal department that just loves to sue people who violate their contracts. I signed exclusive contracts with them to sell my work. I had to stand there and watch her delete those photos.
That is the mentality of people in red states. Especially Texas. They have no respect for other people and believe they have the right to just steal what they want.
Those of us who live in blue states live in paradise compared to red ones.