| Many leave their home states to get away from having to live as an outsider. Not counting the different native populations that live in each, these states are all populated, for the most part, by homogenous white-bread-and-mayonnaise folks who are often suspicious to intolerant of outsiders, i.e., those different than they are. Native-born persons can be outsiders in their own hometowns when something about them deviates from the norm. Sexual orientation, gender identity, and mixed racial or religious parentage are good examples. Outsiders often flee to big cities where they won't stand out from other people. Notice the lack of big cities in all of these states. So the outsiders move to cities out of state, and the states become even more homogenous and white bread. |
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