I live in a blue shithole and I'm looking to get out. It's still a step above Commieforina but the writing is on the wall. We're going to be a mini San Francisco 20 years ago from now. It should go without saying that I don't vote blue now and I sure as shit won't start when I flee this dystopia.
I'm looking for suggestions on where to move to. Good gun laws and a reasonable cost of living (especially in real estate) are the two big things I'm looking for. I'm planning to work remotely so I won't need to stay where the work is if things go to plan. Ideally I'd buy a plot of land in the middle of nowhere and build on it, but my need for internet access will restrict how far away from the nonsense I can get. I suspect parts the South would be a good cultural fit as long as they're okay with me not being actively religious, but I don't deal with heat and humidly very well.
I've plugged the Strategic Relocation book before, but it's sitting on my shelf and is a good resource as to what sorts of things to think about when making this sort of decision. I've also found PDFs of the older Third Edition floating around the internet if you don't want to drop the coin. The major difference between the Third and Fourth edition is the Fourth was published after the 2020 WuFlu shit and has been updated to reflect the various states' reactions to it.
Though one of the things that book (and pretty much everyone who thinks about such things) ignores is the long-term demographic changes of what sort of people are moving to certain places. For example Northern Idaho is probably in the top 5 of my personal list (Randy Weaver lived there for a reason), but the massive influx of people moving to Idaho from more left-wing places (eg. California) makes it a bit of a wildcard in the long term if you expect to spend the rest of your days living in a "Red state"
Another thing to consider is that, if we continue to see a breakdown of centralized authority and order, things like "gun laws" matter a lot less than whether you can come to an understanding with your neighbors and/or your local sheriff. It might be instructive to look at how such things work in Central and South America. And in that case things like "Blue state" or "Red state" matter a lot less than living someplace where there's a lot of open land, a largely self-sufficient population, and aren't a lot of prying eyes (or if there are prying eyes it's to find out if they can help you do whatever it is you're doing.
Anyways that's my two cents, speaking as someone who had similar thoughts last year but started coming around to my current way of thinking (partially motivated by thoughts of "I'm tired of running" and "got to make a stand somewhere").
Idaho has gotten very expensive, especially the greater Boise area. There are reports of it having the most overinflated housing market in the country.
Yeah Idaho is basically following the same path that Oregon and Washington went down.