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- Jayne Ashton, 63, is a native Californian with conservative politics.
- She moved to Arizona around 2017 to flee California's liberal politics.
- But she only stayed three months before realizing there's no place like home.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jayne Ashton, a 63-year-old retired police dispatcher who moved from Homeland, California, to Benson, Arizona, in 2017 to escape California's liberal politics and be closer to family. She only stayed in Arizona for three months before realizing she wanted to return home to California.