California, Love It and Leave It
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#2> Bad policy has made the state unlivable, so I moved my family and my venture-capital firm to Texas.
If I may read between the lines of this very particularly-chosen wording, it sounds like this Palantir co-founder will probably still be here constantly for work or what have you. Some move, huh?
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#3People in Washington State and Oregon have been complaining about Californians for the dawn of time.
One aspect of California migration largely ignored, is that the wealthy and educated are moving in and the low and middle class are moving out.
https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/01/not-the-gol...
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#4People in Washington State and Oregon have been complaining about Californians for the dawn of time. One aspect of California migration largely ignored, is that the wealthy and educated are moving in and the low and middle class are moving out. https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/01/not-the-gol...
I just assume that's the point of the rising economic inequality, rising prices for everything, and near total lack of new housing construction, all since right around the time of the USA's civil rights acts and the supposed "end" of segregation. People will ask "WTF Happened In 1971?"[0] for days but somehow never ask "WTF happened in 1968?"
[0] https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/
e: unfortunately downvoting the bad news does not make the Bay Area any less-segregated http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?bayarea
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#5I just left CA after 42 years. Austin, apart from panhandling and corporate retail dominating commercial real estate, is awesome. Free tattoos line around the block for Friday the 13th on 6th st. was hilarious. People are much nicer and more social. Groceries are cheaper (HEB rocks). Traffic sorta sucks but it's nothing like LA or Bay Area commute. The weather is baller as long as it's not summer, in which case, vaca in Canada or Santa Cruz. Land outside of city limits is dirt cheap for whatever purpose, homestead or commercial. Property taxes are nearly 2%/yr in most of TX so there's a disincentive to owning expensive homes for most people.
People in CA aren't dating or having kids like TX, middle states, and UT. The coasts are graveyards for all but the rich, retirees, and high-income visiting employees; everyone else is like a SF "gold rush miner" trying to hang-on to a delusion, spending most of their income on rent. Screw that; build a life somewhere sustainable such as on the outskirts of a burgeoning city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...
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#6"Politics in the state is in many ways closed off to different ideas. We grew weary of California’s intolerant far left, which would rather demonize opponents than discuss honest differences of opinion."
I disagree with much in this article, but I do agree with this specific point. I've had many conversations in San Francisco that have turned me off from discussing politics.
It's very difficult for some to accept that others can have more moderate viewpoints on certain issues. Just because one doesn't agree with another to the extent they do doesn't mean there isn't a middle ground.
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#7"Politics in the state is in many ways closed off to different ideas. We grew weary of California’s intolerant far left, which would rather demonize opponents than discuss honest differences of opinion." I disagree with much in this article, but I do agree with this specific point. I've had many conversations in San Francisco that have turned me off from discussing politics. It's very difficult for some to accept tha…
> Just because one doesn't agree with another to the extent they do doesn't mean there isn't a middle ground.
I found this culture sneaking into Silicon Valley companies, too. I recently left a SV company for one in the NE and the difference is astounding.
I’m much happier and there is much less corporate activism.
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#8I just left CA after 42 years. Austin, apart from panhandling and corporate retail dominating commercial real estate, is awesome. Free tattoos line around the block for Friday the 13th on 6th st. was hilarious. People are much nicer and more social. Groceries are cheaper (HEB rocks). Traffic sorta sucks but it's nothing like LA or Bay Area commute. The weather is baller as long as it's not summer, in which case, vaca…
Have you been to Buccees and Whataburger yet? Try both if you haven’t. Welcome!
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#9I hope that Texans find some way to deal with the growing Californian infestation sooner rather than later.
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#10I just left CA after 42 years. Austin, apart from panhandling and corporate retail dominating commercial real estate, is awesome. Free tattoos line around the block for Friday the 13th on 6th st. was hilarious. People are much nicer and more social. Groceries are cheaper (HEB rocks). Traffic sorta sucks but it's nothing like LA or Bay Area commute. The weather is baller as long as it's not summer, in which case, vaca…
Sustainable?
https://www.zillow.com/travis-county-tx/home-values/
Enjoy that gold rush.