As a 5th generation Coloradoan (the town of Bennett, just east of Denver was named after my GG Grandfather), in 1975 I saw the writing on the wall of the Californication of the once great state of Colorado, and I moved to Montana.
Today, the west coast states and the NE coast states seem to have forgotten the visions of our Founding Fathers and our Constitution, and are moving to socialism.
I've also heard that your city of Austin is also slipping into that dark hole...