Agree, Definitely recommend having job lined up before any major change like that.

High COL also means high income. You are expressing a sunk cost fallacy.

Agreed, first pass the post voting ensures a biparty system, full stop. It’ll always be close, too many disparate groups of many sides that splinter, coalesce, engage/disengage to create the 2 parties. The Overton window can move however.