The California Exodus

go on...

When I make a claim, I will put forth all the effort to support it. Feel free to hold me to that. And no, that doesn't cover my refusal to accept your accusation by default.

No, your worship. When you make an accusation, the homework is yours to complete. You won't do it because you know it won't turn out the way you want.

As the majority of your claims are self-referential "It is what it is BECAUSE I SAY SO!!!!" concomitant with your claim that nobody here knows who you really are (because your posts are apparently in no way indicative of who you really are), regardless of your age, you really are Old Man Yelling at Cloud.

Name five. Hell, name one. It probably exists, defined that broadly. I'll even concede that.

Another one I'd love to see proven.

The only thing I REALLY AM(tm) , with regard to you, is an input that returns an error message when filtered through your "Hack Bullshitter Canned Response Message Generator."

So what's your take on the OP? From your Midwestern perspective, are people fleeing California?

Not surprised that this thread devolved into a roundabout between garamet and Uncle Albert, with Federal Farmer aggressively masturbating to UA's posts in the corner.

You can also hold down the equal key on your smartphone or tablet device to make this: ≠

Ewwwwww

Ok, so leaving aside the personal attacks, let me ask you a question.

You attribute success in life to hard work and merit?

If so, to what do you attribute the vast statistical gulf in the likelihood of achieving that success between racial groups?

Man, I sure am glad states like Texas are around to welcome in California ex-pats. They sure proved California wrong!!

Let them leave, less people on the freeways here

Send 'em to Seattle so Anc has to deal with them.

Better Seattle than Boise...nothing personal Anc...

Texas vs California: A Song of Ice and Fire

Texas vs California is already a thing. Nonetheless, you’re joke was funny.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_v._Texas

California: rolling black-outs due to overregulation.
Texas: rolling black-outs due to underregulation.

The rolling blackouts were to ensure wind didn’t take down power lines and start more massive fires. Not sure what regulation you’re talking about. It’s actually capitalism - utility companies in fear of liability for starting fires with their poorly maintained lines, resulting in death and property damage. It’s cheaper to turn off the grid to save people than to maintain their lines.

The fact that PG&E got away with not maintaining those lines in the first place definitely doesn't scream "overregulation" to me.

Yes, California over regulated electricity by

*checks notes*

allowing a private company to periodically shut off its unsafe, outdated equipment to prevent the state from catching on fire, and the old equipment is only still in place because corporate executives wanted to save a buck so they could get a higher bonus payout.

So pretty much the opposite of what you said. It's in fact closer to Texas, in that PG&E was not regulated enough.

So about that California exodus, a lot of people were predicting that our Silicon Valley would shift to Texas. That hasn't been the case at all...

https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article258940938.html

And for a comparison on quality of life between California and Texas, Californians on average pay less taxes, earn more income, are less likely to be murdered or raped, are less likely to commit suicide, and are more likely to live longer...

Plus they don't have to live with a load of Texans. I'd put up with being raped and murdered daily rather than endure that.

This thread has aged as well as Volpone's thread on Seattle.

from what and who I know, Ben Shapiro would be most uncomfortable working with CDN film crews.