San Francisco billboard darkly warns about moving to Texas
Source: SF Gate
A mysterious and controversial billboard warning people against moving from California to Texas looms over passersby in LA and San Francisco this week.
"The Texas miracle died in Uvalde. Don't move to Texas," the billboard reads, alongside the sinister image of a hooded figure and a crossed-out "Don't mess with Texas" slogan.
"The Texas miracle" references a term championed by then-Governor Rick Perry in 2011 to highlight the Lone Star State's resilient economy that managed to escape the Great Recession relatively unscathed.
Images of the billboards have been posted across LA, San Francisco and Texas subreddits over the last week, causing some anger and debate.
Census data shows that over recent years there has indeed been an increase in residents leaving California for Texas.
Several large tech companies also relocated their headquarters to Texas in recent years, including Tesla, Oracle and HP Enterprise.
The rivalry and culture wars between the two states has rarely been so fierce, with California Governor Gavin Newsom and Texas Governor Greg Abbott battling in the media over guns and abortion, among other issu
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