- Kellee Speakman, a conservative elementary school teacher, moved from California to Texas in 2022 but returned after four and a half months due to Texas’s political obsession and unexpected living costs.
- Speakman found Texas to be not much cheaper than California, with high property taxes, expensive services, and lower wages, which contributed to her dissatisfaction.
- She returned to California, appreciating its lifestyle, public lands, and better teacher benefits, realizing that her idea of freedom involved peace and everyday adventures rather than political rhetoric.
I spent three months in Houston about 10 years ago and I’ve never experienced such a wild-ass level of passive aggressive probing to see if I was in their particular in-group anywhere else. I’m from the Midwest and used to some of that but it was every fucking conversation, down to getting asked what church I attend while trying to get a coffee at a cafe.
Ah yes! I also grew up in the Midwest and lived in Fort Worth for a few years and the biggest culture shock was that, “What church do you go to?” was essentially the standard follow-up to introducing myself. I always lied and said I went to a church out in one of the suburbs in the hopes that they wouldn’t try to associate…
And “sorry, I was raised Canadian” doesn’t work?
Just laugh and say u don’t believe in sky fairies
The fuck ? thats creepy and weird as fuck :(