In the case of Houston, The extremist abortion bans and what it is doing to women. Also in the case of Houston, the corrupt Paxton situation. Information technology folks want nothing to do with that kind of stuff, and they can basically live where they want, so those kinds of policies are driving IT folks out and that was the main thing driving Houston. It is also driving out doctors. If You look into the statistics since the road decision, doctors are already leaving red safe because of the anti-science anti-vax stuff. Now with abortion bans etc. that has further accelerated the exodus of medical professionals from these red states. Go pull up the doctor to patient ratios for Red cities. basically every red city is declining and blue cities and states are increasing.
I absolutely agree New York taxation It is a part of it. any of these big cities with increased taxes, if a business has moved to remote work and doesn’t need a physical presence there, why would they continue to do business there and pay those higher taxes. but that’s a universal thing, many many big cities have dedicated separate taxes, hell even Pontiac Michigan has separate taxes, lol.
Go pull up the doctor to patient ratios for Red cities. There are few red cities or at least what we would consider a city. Cities tend to lean blue. Most doctors don’t want to be rural. I didn’t want to go rural after medical school.
Abortion laws are driving away OBGYN and I don’t blame them. It doesn’t appear to be driving away other doctors. If I was still practicing, I would move because of the law unless I was tied to abortion to some degree.
Most financial companies require onsite work. They rarely allow remote work due to regulations. It’s why so many have moved to Florida.
My cousin lived in Texas until last year. He’s an ENT and his youngest kiddo is a 2yo girl. Doctors are in short supply, they can move wherever they want just like IT workers. He moved for the sake of his daughter, even though she was only two at the time.
My company is offering priority relocation on any workers that are located in states that ban abortion. That contributed dramatically to the closure of the Houston office.
Red / MAGA policies are unpopular with a majority of college graduates. From everything I have seen in read, there is a brain drain going on that isn’t immediately evident or being actively reported on. It will be blatantly obvious in the coming years though.
Heck, My sister lived in Orlando and they moved back to Michigan when they couldn’t get a vaccine for their toddler because of DeSantis, and because of book banning and other crazy with the schools.