Tesla in Texas

[Pete]

Same, California is better in almost every metric than just about every other state. Restrictive land-use policies and geographic restraints have driven up the cost of housing.

And the fact that so many people want to live there; despite all the rhetoric about it being a sinking ship, it still has way more population than any other state.

It's pretty simple supply and demand. And that's also why promoting yourself as 'cheap' can be very counter-productive.

California is expensive for very good reasons, which also begs the question of why other places are inexpensive.

[BoulderSooner]

And the fact that so many people want to live there; despite all the rhetoric about it being a sinking ship, it still has way more population than any other state.

It's pretty simple supply and demand. And that's also why promoting yourself as 'cheap' can be very counter-productive.

California is expensive for very good reasons, which also begs the question of why other places are inexpensive.

and for the first time in the history of the state people are leaving California and the population is dropping ...

[Pete]

and for the first time in the history of the state people are leaving California and the population is dropping ...

In the short term.

Still by far the largest state by population.

[BoulderSooner]

In the short term.

Still by far the largest state by population.

we will have to see if it is a short term trend or not ....

but yeah people don't grasp how many people live in California .. this is a good stat to throw out that puts the size of California in perspective "more people voted republican in California in the 2020 presidential election then the number of people that voted republican in Texas in the 2020 election "