Blue states should make life better and not worse, but every time the numbers get updated they’re revised upwards.
California net gained population last year.
MonkeyKingCoffee on
The expected, normal outcome of nimbyism.
Okbuddyliberals on
Ah, but you see, something something *that’s just your personal pet issue that you are bringing up now opportunistically to convince the Dems to support*, perhaps mixed with something along the lines of *but republicans are worse at governing, what we really need is a liberal propaganda network to simply deny any supposed issues in blue areas since that’s what the gop would do for their side and Dems need to fight harder*
dedev54 on
RAHHHHHHH BUILD MORE HOUSING PLEASE 😭😭😭
SharkSymphony on
As a Californian, the exodus does not particularly worry me. If the state is well-run, and a bunch of people want to leave for whatever reason, fine! It’s a free country, at least as far as that goes. Some amount of outflow might be Good Actually, as it means other parts of the country might be catching up to California where it has been a leader. We’ll deal with it.
What concerns me is that the state does not appear to be very well-run. But comparing its performance to other states, or other countries, seems kind of like an apples and oranges thing. Few other states have to deal with problems at the magnitude that California does right now, and California does not have all of the tools that countries have to address those problems.
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It’s housing.
Blue states should make life better and not worse, but every time the numbers get updated they’re revised upwards.
California net gained population last year.
The expected, normal outcome of nimbyism.
Ah, but you see, something something *that’s just your personal pet issue that you are bringing up now opportunistically to convince the Dems to support*, perhaps mixed with something along the lines of *but republicans are worse at governing, what we really need is a liberal propaganda network to simply deny any supposed issues in blue areas since that’s what the gop would do for their side and Dems need to fight harder*
RAHHHHHHH BUILD MORE HOUSING PLEASE 😭😭😭
As a Californian, the exodus does not particularly worry me. If the state is well-run, and a bunch of people want to leave for whatever reason, fine! It’s a free country, at least as far as that goes. Some amount of outflow might be Good Actually, as it means other parts of the country might be catching up to California where it has been a leader. We’ll deal with it.
What concerns me is that the state does not appear to be very well-run. But comparing its performance to other states, or other countries, seems kind of like an apples and oranges thing. Few other states have to deal with problems at the magnitude that California does right now, and California does not have all of the tools that countries have to address those problems.