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Nov. 13, 2023 3 AM PT TO THE EDITOR: I have lived for 67 of my 81 years in Texas, and this last summer was a doozy, even for longtime Texans. (“Droves of Californians are moving to Texas.
Here’s the life they are finding,” Nov. 6) I daresay that many folks who moved to Texas from California are having second thoughts about the Lone Star State, and not only because of the
weather, but the ultraconservative political climate as well. We’ll welcome any hardy souls from California who want to move here, but please keep your far-right crazies. We already have
more than enough of those. _John Zeigler, Georgetown, Texas_ _.._ TO THE EDITOR: If 342,000 Californians move out of the state out of a population of close to 40 million, that is less than a
1% reduction. I wouldn’t call that a mass exodus. _Robert Cano, Signal Hill_ .. TO THE EDITOR: Your article on Californians moving to Texas does not mention the higher property tax rates in
that state. Still, there is a lot to like about Texas. Believe me, there’s nothing like watching tumbleweeds roll in front of your house at 40 mph and all the sand that goes with them,
instead of watching those palm trees in my California backyard that provide no useful shade. _Jesse Guevara, Pico Rivera_ _.._ TO THE EDITOR: Every time this subject comes up, the lower gas
prices in Texas are always mentioned. But you have to remember that in Texas, you have drive a long way to go nowhere. _Paul Burns, Granada Hills_ MORE TO READ
