I made the tough decision recently to leave the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and Texas as a whole. The traffic is unbearable, the jobs aren't paying enough to afford the skyrocketing cost of living (unless you're in tech), and the metroplex is overcrowded. I'm not going to blame anyone, although I could go for low hanging fruit.
That being said, I see the writing on the wall and will issue residents of the area a dire warning: The cycle will reach its apex and the decline will be rapid. We've seen it happen before. California used to be a middle class paradise. First it attracted the right people, then it attracted the wrong people, then it became hell on earth.
D/FW and Texas will always have a special place in my heart, but it just doesn't feel like home anymore.
I have two sons in the DFW area...one in Dallas and one in Coppell. You are correct in your assessment of the area. I wish they would consider moving. The traffic is a nightmare, and one that we avoid whenever possible. You are making the right decision. Best wishes on your relocation.
I left Az last year for the same reasons. Lived south of Phoenix in a small town for most of my life. As Phoenix grew, so did my small town. Trying to get into the metro area was getting dangerous due to congestion and inattentive drivers. More and more areas voting for dems turning our red state to purple (probably through fraud). I do love where I moved too but soon found out that we are in an area that most likely has major fraud ( red state, dem govenor).
I hope we can turn this around.
I swear this is a sign for me... Supposed to move there next month for the wife but I never liked the city.. Hopefully get a job out of townish..
Personally, I think any metroplex-ish area sucks, but I'm not big on large cities. That being said, all of those problems are more of a urban city problem in general, not really unique to D/FW. I'm sure the more rural areas of Texas are still great. Beyond that, I wouldn't really say its the "wrong people" coming into these areas. It's been proven multiple times that the people moving to red states, Texas included, are overwhelmingly red.
But your point still stands. It's an unfortunate side effect of basic supply and demand. More people want to move and live there, therefore increasing demand, while the supply is lagging behind. Thus resulting in the ridiculous cost of living. Then of course there's the horrible traffic and all the other problems that come with having the population of a small to medium sized nation packed into 3 counties.
Unfortunately, those facts don't change even when it's conservatives and patriots moving into your area. So I can see wanting to move out of a metropolitan hellhole on that fact alone.