Why We Left Our Blue State and Moved to Dallas, Texas

Leaving your home state isn’t something you do on a whim — it’s a slow build of realizations, frustrations, and finally, the moment you admit the place you love just isn’t the place you can thrive anymore. For us, Minneapolis was home for decades: our roots, our businesses, our community, our memories. But by 2022, the political climate, cancel-culture drama, and a rising sense that everyday life was becoming more hostile than hopeful pushed us to make a change. When your own kid gets hit by cyberbullying and even your professional life isn’t safe from public backlash, you stop pretending “it’ll get better someday” and start asking what future you’re building. Dallas became the answer we didn’t know we needed. The weather, the opportunity, the travel access, the culture of respect, the open community — it all created a different kind of life, one built on momentum instead of managing chaos. This is the real, no-nonsense look at why we left a blue state, what we found in Texas, and how the move transformed our family’s future.