Mhm, and look at all the wonderful things living in many red states will get you: near total abortion bans, voting restrictions, the ability to carry a gun without any training or background check beforehand, high mortality and poverty rates, shitass education, etc.
Some states are certainly more ideal than others, but each has their own ups and downs, pros and cons.
Sure each state has their ups and down, pros and cons...and what is a most important pro or con that drives where to live obviously varies from person to person.
But that was the intent in the Constitution, federalism, and the great American Experiment, and the 10th Amendment, that
each state would have its own laws, each state is its
own entity / experiment, 50 unique entities. People could move to the state that suited their beliefs and lifestyle needs best; as long as these state laws didn't infringe upon rights defined federally in the US Constitution and Declaration of Independence.
The Founders never intended for there to be some heavy handed imposition of so many laws (by federal government, federal executive agencies, or individual states) impacting / ruling over every aspect of the lives of all citizens in all states. There is no escape from these laws. That is so far from the intent of our Constitution.
The items you listed that you hate about "red states", what concern is it of yours whether people choose to live in a red state, under these "horrible" conditions. Live and let live, leave people alone.
If people want to live in the state of NY or CA, though I disagree with so much of what they have become, it is none of my business at all, telling anyone else they can't or shouldn't want to live there. Or that those states need to change their laws more to my liking.
It is none of my business, not my role, ( or yours or anyone else's) even to "be woke" and save the other (left leaning or right leaning) people in that state, from evil, misguided (conservative or liberal) laws in the state.
abortion bans: most stringent is disallowing only after a heartbeat; but if I and my family members aren't getting abortions, and I care about the life being terminated; why should I care if the state works to defend these lives?
Voting restrictions: (such as blocking ballot harvesting? requiring voter ID?) unless I plan to cheat or don't think I can figure out how to vote in person, or don't think my fellow neighbor / friend can figure out how to vote, why do I care if the state restricts ability to cheat? If I am hellbent on allowing windows for me to cheat or to vote from my bed, I can move to a blue state. Also - many blue states have more restrictive voting laws than red states. More restrictive in NY and Delaware than in TX.
Poor education: I don't think education should be responsibility of the state / the government. As a parent I should be responsible for choosing a good education for my kids,
that meets state standards. And that I should be able to choose from many free market options that meet those standards. And pay directly to that school.
But if you prefer moving to a blue-state federal government, teacher union agenda driven education system, which has been an abysmal failure in many blue states (look at CA, MD, IL, NY, NJ for starters), move there. Good luck. I'd personally prefer to choose an education for my kids from free market options, accountable to the parents (not the teachers unions) - provided that the education choice meets state standards.
This may sound like: "I just care about myself, screw everyone else". I won't bring up personal charity work here, but just say that on average, people living in red states are much more charitable in time and$ given as % of salary, than those in blue states. It is just largely a matter of whether people think government programs or private individuals do better at caring for the needy, disadvantaged. The results are clear here, too.
