There are some really great school districts. Not sure how high property taxes are but research and you’ll be pretty content I think. I travel for work and Austin is turning into LA with the traffic, sprawl, and flashy money image rich lifestyle. You’ll run into a bit of MAGA type in PA but in and around the cities is fine. PA is a true swing state but over all I’d say it’s center/center leftish with different parts of the states clearly on certain sides of political spectrum. If you want to move where your vote truly makes a difference then PA is a great spot. It isn’t all roses and daises and it took my husband a good year to get adjusted (but remember, I’m in Philly. Philly is a beast lol) but he’s very content here. What he appreciates is how people don’t mask who they are - if they have money and like nice things, they’ll buy nice things. If they have money but couldn’t care less about things and just hoard money, they do it. If people don’t want to wear make up, they don’t. If they want to, then they do it. If they want to drive a car for 15 years because they’ve paid it off 10 years ago and they literally don’t care what others think, they do it. Especially coming from image conscious Southern California, he just thinks it’s really cool there isn’t a rat race of constantly trying to impress everyone - people just more genuine.