This editor just got back from The New Republic's X feed, and — this is no exaggeration — they've posted 135 tweets linking to this article, with most getting somewhere between zero and four likes. No, really, 135 tweets. This study must be something really special. And it is … it's showing that college-educated professionals are being driven out of red states by "extremist conservative policies."

We were under the impression that people were leaving blue states like California for Texas and Florida. The New Republic's data seems to come from Tuan D. Nguyen, an associate professor at Kansas State. His study says there's a huge shortage of quality teachers in red states, as well as OB/GYNs, leading to "maternity deserts."

We hope these young professionals enjoy crime.

Jeff Bezos just said he was bugging out of Seattle for Miami, and he has enough money to live anywhere.

There are many problems with the assumptions and methodology in this but even the basics aren't correct.

Here's a recent study of wealthy millennials (not a perfect proxy for education but close) showing they are largely leaving Blue states, particularly NY and CA and largely moving to Red States

hhttps://upgradedpoints.com/finance/states-attracting-most-wealthy-millennials/

The big loss seems to be teachers, who want to work where they can host Drag Queen Story Hour in peace.

Yes, Gov. Kate Brown said the state was doing away with reading and math proficiency standards to graduate.

Young professionals can move to San Francisco and live in an "adult dormitory" with a shared bathroom and kitchen or live in a pod the size of a casket with the money they'll make.