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University of California doing "studies" to defend the state of California...right before a recall election of the Governor -- color me skeptical. I personally

University of California doing "studies" to defend the state of California...right before a recall election of the Governor -- color me skeptical. I personally know > 10 people who have left (in disgust) in the past 2 years. I have a sister in Texas who is getting personally wealthy selling houses to Californians moving there. She's been selling for > 30 years and has never seen an influx like this from a single state, ever. California even lost a seat in the US Congress due to population decline.[1] [1] https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-04-26/census-data-redistricting-delay https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-04-26/census-dat...

benrbray 5y ago
> University of California doing "studies" to defend the state of California Ok, but who is "allowed" to study the state of California? By your reasoning, * If UC does a study on California, we can't believe what they say because they have an incentive to paint CA in only the best light. * If, say, the New York Times publishes an article on California, we can't believe what they say because they have an incentive to show readers that NY is a much better state to live in than CA. Clearly, this is crazy. People also complain that the UC system has a "liberal bias" when research comes out that paints California's housing policy as racist / classist. So which is it? UC is biased for CA? Against CA? The answer is that the state of California is home to 40 million people with a wide spectrum of beliefs and motivations. You need to look at the individual groups producing this research, and look at where their incentives lie, where they get their money from, and whether their record demonstrates integrity.
diamond559 5y ago
Pretty big and unsubstantiated claim to say that the UC system is working to reelect Newsom. Nice anecdotal evidence too, quality post...
someonehere 5y ago
There was a point before the pandemic that here in SF the U-Haul off of Paul St was out of trucks and trailers. For weeks if not months at a time.

benrbray 5y ago

> University of California doing "studies" to defend the state of California Ok, but who is "allowed" to study the state of California? By your reasoning, * If UC does a study on California, we can't believe what they say because they have an incentive to paint CA in only the best light. * If, say, the New York Times publishes an article on California, we can't believe what they say because they have an incentive to show readers that NY is a much better state to live in than CA. Clearly, this is crazy. People also complain that the UC system has a "liberal bias" when research comes out that paints California's housing policy as racist / classist. So which is it? UC is biased for CA? Against CA? The answer is that the state of California is home to 40 million people with a wide spectrum of beliefs and motivations. You need to look at the individual groups producing this research, and look at where their incentives lie, where they get their money from, and whether their record demonstrates integrity.

diamond559 5y ago

Pretty big and unsubstantiated claim to say that the UC system is working to reelect Newsom. Nice anecdotal evidence too, quality post...

someonehere 5y ago

There was a point before the pandemic that here in SF the U-Haul off of Paul St was out of trucks and trailers. For weeks if not months at a time.