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Super gross generalization here but I've meet a few people from Texas (all immigrants) and they all repeat a version of the same vague comment when asked how is it there: "best place for raising children because of the values"
When pressed they all avoid giving a single concrete example
I've come to understand it's just some veiled racism. The whole "here, we get to hurt people I dislike"
When pressed they all avoid giving a single concrete example
Just like all the brainwashed idiots who say they'll never vote for a Democrat but they don't know why. Because conservative propaganda says they're evil.
There are only 2 things that com from Texas and that's steers and queers, these people don't look much like steers so that kinda narrows it down...
The first paragraph tells you all you need to know about the rankings, "we don't like their beliefs".
It's ironic that their "quality of life" rankings are linked to the ability to abort a child, the quality of the child's life clearly isn't important to their rankings.
I wish nothing more for you and your family than what the Texas ruling party wants for you and your family.
Yea living here is pure fucking hell, id rather die than live here another year.
How is the quality of life for people that murder protestors with their vehicle ?
Pretty good. You can even molest one or two of your child relatives and the Governor will pat your back over it and send you on your way.
Remember kids, the lone star is our review rating.
Car depend shitholes do be like that, when your spend a lot of your time in car... how good is your life?
I grew up in Arlington, TX. It is the 50th most populated city in the United States, and it is the city with the highest population that still doesn't have public transportation. The boomers have voted it down for decades because they wanted to keep it a nice suburb, and they thought buses would bring drug problems. Surprise, motherfuckers, Arlington has a drug problem now anyhow. Let people have their fucking buses.
This is an american classic that wasted generations of wealth on stupid idea to keep lead imprisoned boomers happy.
It depends on what you do during that time. Listen to an audio book or learn something. Call a friend or family that you didn't talk to often. Chat with the passenger. The best of just winding down between work and home, though trains are good for that too.
More power to you if you feel that way.
I found sitting in traffic after working to be soul crushing.
I borrowed my husband's phone one day to take a pic. There were dozens of pictures of him making funny faces. WTF? That's my mad face. That's my happy face. That's my 'just learned about aliens ' face. Again...WTF? He said, "That's what i do while I'm sitting in traffic." 🤷
I went from a commute of 1hr 15min each way to 5 min each way and my life improved so much. No activity in the car would make me ever change back to my old setup.
IMHO commute time overall, car or not, is one of the largest QoL factors after things like money, partner, socials etc