eRe4s3r, I'm sure you do have your thinking cap on, often even -- hence why my criticism was limited. I suspect perhaps you don't fully appreciate a couple of things. One, the size of Texas, it is nearly twice the size of Germany (676,587 sq km to 357,022 sq km) -- although there is a smaller population 80m to 30m. Two, there are a lot of low income families in Texas. Families which barely scrape by even when the crazyness of an on-going pandemic isn't an issue for them. Even in normal circumstances their ability to up root is very limited, they simply don't have the money to do it. Last but not least, the pandemic has caused a housing crunch in the US (and everywhere else?) prices are up significantly and still trending that way. My home property assessment for tax purposes went up 10% this year.

This comment was edited on Sep 6, 2021, 10:27.