XponentialChaos
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Looks like it has gotten more expensive everywhere, magnifying the gap in prices.Texas and Florida aren't all that affordable these days. Depends on where you are going to, I guess.
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Looks like it has gotten more expensive everywhere, magnifying the gap in prices.Texas and Florida aren't all that affordable these days. Depends on where you are going to, I guess.
if someone moves from California to Texas because houses are cheaper, then how is this a political decision? Walk me through that one.The economy IS political.
Yes.They are moving because everything is more affordable.
The reason houses are so much more expensive in California is partly due to supply vs demand, but also because of wage/hour/union rules, laws, policy, environmental policy, taxes on land and building supplies etc., all of which are driven by politics.if someone moves from California to Texas because houses are cheaper, then how is this a political decision? Walk me through that one.
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If people are willing to buy houses at $X, then that is what they will sell for.The reason houses are so much more expensive in California is partly due to supply vs demand, but also because of wage/hour/union rules, laws, policy, environmental policy, taxes on land and building supplies etc., all of which are driven by politics.
if someone moves from California to Texas because houses are cheaper, then how is this a political decision? Walk me through that one.
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You mean the blue shithole that people are willing to pay more to be in? That blue shithole?Stay in your blue shithole. Please.
They have gone higher.
With house prices skyrocketing, get priced out and move out-of-state. It’s not complicated.
Dont think think you might be leaving out a couple other issues that are driving this exodus?
Those postings were from YEARS ago. I recognize the one on the right. It is often used as the model for high prices in California. People use that house on YouTube to compare housing prices in various other countries.Don’t you think that housing prices might be a reason for someone moving out of state?
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You mean the blue shithole that people are willing to pay more to be in? That blue shithole?
It becomes a political decision when they put enough expense, mandates, restrictions on automobiles that your choices become more and more limited. It becomes a political decision when you are forced to buy an ev instead of an suv. It is a political decision when taxes, rules, regulations make where you would prefer to live too expensive so that you are forced to live someplace you wouldn't have otherwise chosen.If people are willing to buy houses at $X, then that is what they will sell for.
The unions, laws, environmental policies, etc. aren’t going to change that. Consumers have choice. They can choose to pay more to live in California or they can choose to live in Texas and pay less.
I can choose to purchase a Ferrari or I can choose to purchase a Ford. Is that a political decision too?
You know they will.Face it Democrats, they're just not into high taxes, crime and your crap.
Hopefully they won't go there and vote for the things that made them flee
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My job was in Phoenix?National parks and the pacific? Why didn't you move to California/Oregon/Washington then?
So let’s look at what they’re valued at now.Those postings were from YEARS ago.
More than 6 million Californians voted for Trump in 2020. Are they dumb?Yes, dumb people like you.
And despite all of that, they still have a choice now don’t they? Nobody is forcing anyone to live in California.It becomes a political decision when they put enough expense, mandates, restrictions on automobiles that your choices become more and more limited. It becomes a political decision when you are forced to buy an ev instead of an suv.
My argument was simply to explain that often people leave one state for another for political reasons. This thread is about migration of citizens from one state to another.And despite all of that, they still have a choice now don’t they? Nobody is forcing anyone to live in California.
Your argument feels like you’re trying to mash two puzzle pieces together when they don’t actually fit.
People make financial decisions based on price. I choose not to have a $500 steak dinner tonight because I don’t want to pay that much. My decision isn’t political. Not complicated. No mangled puzzle pieces necessary.
And sometimes they leave for financial reasons, obviously. (See post #55)My argument was simply to explain that often people leave one state for another for political reasons.
There's no reason to deny that politics creates or affects many aspects of the economy either.And sometimes they leave for financial reasons, obviously. (See post #55)
There’s no need to try to conflate the two.
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