William Ruger, a political science professor at Texas State University down the road in San Marcos, is the co-author of a new study by the Mercatus Center of George Mason University in Virginia which explains why so many Americans are moving to places like New Hampshire, South Dakota, Indiana, Idaho and Missouri.
They are the top five states in “Freedom in the 50 States, An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom.” They’re drawing new residents from places like New York, New Jersey, California, Hawaii and Massachusetts—the bottom five in the index because their laws and regulations impose the most restrictions on economic, social and personal freedom.
Texas came in fourteenth, after the top five and the next eight: Nevada, Colorado, Oregon, Virginia, North Dakota, Florida, Oklahoma (!) and Iowa. Not something Gov. Rick Perry is likely to be crowing about as he seeks the Republican nomination for the presidential monarchy, but it helps explain why so many Californicators have been moving here in recent years.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
I guess they wouldn’t be giving away hunting licenses for ex-Californians anytime soon in Texas?
Probably not. Some towns are probably happy to have them. I only complain because our traffic has become so bad.