Thanks. There's definitely a flood of people moving out the Northeast. I never imagined that I'd move out of NJ. I've never in my 55 years lived anywhere else, including college and law school (commuted to that in NYC). It was the reaction of King Phil to the pandemic that left me convinced that I need to get the hell out of this state. I really really really wanted to go to DeSantis' Florida, but couldn't convince my 18 year olds to go there. We compromised on SC which I found respectably red and free. The insanely low property taxes were a bonus.

The extended family all have plans to move out of the northeast now. My parents are going to sell their NJ house next year and move to SC as well (unfortunately they are dyed in the wool democrats and will continue to vote blue no matter how often I point out to them how far left their party has moved). Since two of their three daughters will be in that state. The third is in Lancaster County PA and is planning to move too, just needs to figure it out timing wise as she has kids a bit younger than mine who just started high school.