PoliticalChic
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And Wiseacre, being another of the great con tools (great in his mind, so please don't let him know the truth) grabs a piece from another right wing bat shit crazy web site, and posts it as fact. Damn, there seems to be a pattern here among the con tools. They all seem to hate actual impartial study. WHAT A SURPRISE.After the war California was the magnet that drew citizens from all over the US. But now, not so much; people are leaving in droves, the kind of people you want to keep. Since 1990, the state has lost nearly 3.4 million residents through this migration. The Manhattan Institute recently did a study on the exodus from California, where people coming into the state come from and where people leaving the state are going to. Here's a snippet from the executive summaery:
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The data show a pattern of movement over the past decade from California mainly to states in the western and southern U.S.: Texas, Nevada, and Arizona, in that order, are the top magnet states. Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah follow. Rounding out the top ten are two southern states: Georgia and South Carolina.
A finer-grained regional analysis reveals that the main current of migration out of California in the past decade has flowed eastward across the Colorado River, reversing the storied passages of the Dust Bowl era. Southern California had about 55 percent of the states population in 2000 but accounted for about 65 percent of the net out-migration in the decade that followed. More than 70 percent of the states net migration to Texas came from Californias south.
What has caused Californias transformation from a pull in to a push out state? The data have revealed several crucial drivers. One is chronic economic adversity (in most years, California unemployment is above the national average). Another is density: the Los Angeles and Orange County region now has a population density of 6,999.3 per square milewell ahead of New York or Chicago. Dense coastal areas are a source of internal migration, as people seek more space in Californias interior, as well as migration to other states. A third factor is state and local governments constant fiscal instability, which sends at least two discouraging messages to businesses and individuals. One is that they cannot count on state and local governments to provide essential servicesmuch less, tax breaks or other incentives. Second, chronically out-of-balance budgets can be seen as tax hikes waiting to happen.
The data also reveal the motives that drive individuals and businesses to leave California. One of these, of course, is work. States with low unemployment rates, such as Texas, are drawing people from California, whose rate is above the national average. Taxation also appears to be a factor, especially as it contributes to the business climate and, in turn, jobs. Most of the destination states favored by Californians have lower taxes. States that have gained the most at Californias expense are rated as having better business climates. The data suggest that many cost driverstaxes, regulations, the high price of housing and commercial real estate, costly electricity, union power, and high labor costsare prompting businesses to locate outside California, thus helping to drive the exodus.
Population change, along with the migration patterns that shape it, are important indicators of fiscal and political health. Migration choices reveal an important truth: some states understand how to get richer, while others seem to have lost the touch. California is a state in the latter group, but it can be put back on track. All it takes is the political will.
Civic Report 71 | The Great California Exodus: A Closer Look
Brookings is hardly a right wing bat shot crazy website; of course, for a left wing bat shit crazy shitbird like you, everything that you don't agree with is from a right wing batshit crazy website. Second, I didn't post anything as fact, just a link to a study. An actual impartial study. Third, how about you post a link to an impartial study that supports your point of view. Until then, STFU.
Point of order!
Point of order!
Please allow this taxonomic correction, Wisey.....
He is not a 'bird' of any variety.
He is a slimy, mucous covered, detestable worm.
The loathsome Lumbricus.