Do you know California is also the top state destination for people leaving Texas ? You know why ? It is because these are two largest states and they exchange population. The per year net migration to Texas is less than 0.1% of CA population.
I do not doubt or dispute that Texas is cheaper to live in. It was the "significant" quality of life for children statement struck me as a red flag. It's a form of WASP signaling I've seen many times before (I may be a WASP too...)
It's a particularly egregious statement given that people the world over (myself included) would love to retire in California some day due to the wonderful weather, the abundance of high-quality food and the lovely ocean next door, not to mention the world-class in-state universities, and the abundant employment opportunities. Yes, SF is expensive, and perhaps it makes sense to move out, but leaving California altogether is a whole other kettle of fish. Resorting to Texas as being significantly better given its poor social safety net, open-carry laws, wide variation in schooling based on neighbourhood wealth, well "significantly better" starts to look downright fishy.
Pretty interesting to see this move makes people so salty. There does seem to be a trend of people fleeing California, I dont know enough about the situation out there to comment on whether or not its valid. I suspect something must be going on for several high profile folks moving out. And before you bash Texas, its not perfect. But its pretty diverse, and it seems that folks with opposing viewpoints can still coexist here. I like that...
I remember reading a study a while back that said people who move to Texas tend to be more Republican percentage wise compared to folks who grew up in Texas.
The study was about people moving generally from elsewhere though. Not from California specifically.
Honestly, the “leave California for Texas!!” comments have started to become obnoxious in their repetition. And I say that as someone who moved from California to another state very recently.
CA is just terrible value for most people currently. I'm not American and neither is Musk, it's not like he's going to make such decision for ideological allegiances. He just gets better value for his money elsewhere. Currently CA seems pretty broken between rural, poor and underinvested areas; and super-expensive, badly mismanaged urban areas. I don't think he's going to move to the desert, he'll probably move to urban TX and it's rather liberal there.
All the Californians that I know who have left recently, did it mostly to escape the high cost of living. Only one of them also left for political reasons, but they moved to a state with the politics they wanted. I realize it's anecdotal, but I don't think all Californians are leaving to escape the politics.
This article doesn't provide enough data to support the conclusion it makes. They link to a report of population projections, but the report doesn't mention California (or any other state) at all. For all we know, just as many conservative Texans could be moving to California as there are Californians moving the other way, and the real trend is just an improved economy in both states -- or any number of other explanations.
people in california flee to Texas (amongst others) because the state, especially the cities have become so hostile. Takes more than a decade to get a building permit some places, cost of living is crazy high, crime increasing, taxes raising. Then they move to afford the lifestyle they want, and continue voting for the exact same policies that caused these issues to begin with
https://www.sfgate.com/expensive-san-francisco/article/move-...
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