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What are those "nice things" that blue states have that others don't? Looking at the two states in the TFA I can hardly see what meaningful good things CA has t

by Fins 8y ago

What are those "nice things" that blue states have that others don't? Looking at the two states in the TFA I can hardly see what meaningful good things CA has that TX doesn't.

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SOLAR_FIELDS 8y ago
I live in Texas, born and raised and have for the majority of my life, and go to CA quite frequently. The nice things CA has are mostly related to laws designed to protect people and employees. For instance, the most important thing CA has that’s relevant to me is that non-competes are illegal in CA. And that in CA recently the employer must disclose salary range for position if asked. As well as pro-privacy legislation and pro net-neutrality legislation. The recreational marijuana would be a nice bonus (I don’t really smoke, but my wife does a lot and it would be really nice for her to not have to go to sketchy dealers and risk being jailed when she takes the stuff back home). I still haven’t gotten a good enough job offer to offset the cost (after doing some COLA analysis for me to have the same quality of life in Cali my salary would basically have to be doubled, and I make quite a decent salary in Texas), but if/when that offer comes along, I will seriously consider California as a permanent residence.
- Fins 8y ago
  I'm not sure if many of these are really good things, certainly not "recreational" marijuana, but in any case they do cost money. And I think it is highly ironic to praise "pro-privacy" legislation of a state that is the home of Google, Facebook and their ilk. For disclosure, moved from Chicago to San Jose ~4 years ago, moved to ATX over the past month, and could not be happier. Well, may be if going back to Chicago, but ATX is more convenient for family reasons anyway.
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What are those "nice things" that blue states have that others don't? Looking at the two states in the TFA I can hardly see what meaningful good things CA has t

by Fins 8y ago

What are those "nice things" that blue states have that others don't? Looking at the two states in the TFA I can hardly see what meaningful good things CA has that TX doesn't.

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SOLAR_FIELDS 8y ago
I live in Texas, born and raised and have for the majority of my life, and go to CA quite frequently. The nice things CA has are mostly related to laws designed to protect people and employees. For instance, the most important thing CA has that’s relevant to me is that non-competes are illegal in CA. And that in CA recently the employer must disclose salary range for position if asked. As well as pro-privacy legislation and pro net-neutrality legislation. The recreational marijuana would be a nice bonus (I don’t really smoke, but my wife does a lot and it would be really nice for her to not have to go to sketchy dealers and risk being jailed when she takes the stuff back home). I still haven’t gotten a good enough job offer to offset the cost (after doing some COLA analysis for me to have the same quality of life in Cali my salary would basically have to be doubled, and I make quite a decent salary in Texas), but if/when that offer comes along, I will seriously consider California as a permanent residence.
- Fins 8y ago
  I'm not sure if many of these are really good things, certainly not "recreational" marijuana, but in any case they do cost money. And I think it is highly ironic to praise "pro-privacy" legislation of a state that is the home of Google, Facebook and their ilk. For disclosure, moved from Chicago to San Jose ~4 years ago, moved to ATX over the past month, and could not be happier. Well, may be if going back to Chicago, but ATX is more convenient for family reasons anyway.
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