What stops you from moving to another state ??
might I add, Texas is BIG, and to me is like 4 different states in ONE! different weather, people, ustoms, economics etc...
when i was 31( o k so that was 48 yrs ago!!)... I quit mt pretty ggod job in SW Ga, sold my place, loaded my horses, and moved to Missouri. some $$, no job, never reqretted doing what I felt was best for me and family. lived there 35 years. I have seen 80% of the U.S. ... maybe NO place is perfect. but everyplace has many good things to o ffer. OK so maybe take Cali off that lit!!! ha
one bit of advice. when a person moves to a different state, best to learn from the locals, rather than trying to change them and tell them what a bunch of "dumbasses" thy are!! ha