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> Texas politics, which leaks to Austin, is very top-down big-government. SF and maybe CA politics is more personal freedom. I don't see that at all. Californi
by djrogers 5y ago
> Texas politics, which leaks to Austin, is very top-down big-government. SF and maybe CA politics is more personal freedom.
I don't see that at all. California is one of the hardest places in the country to run a small business. It's #1 or #2 in high taxes every year. California very restrictive and proscriptive land use laws (Rent control, permitting requirements, mandatory building laws, etc). California also has some of the strictest professional/occupational licensing laws in the country.
Unless you're only focused on getting booze delivered and buying pot, almost anything you want to do is cheaper, easier, and more legal in Texas.
- renewiltord 5y agoOh, I see those as freedom, yes, but not that around my person. Yeah, there's a lot deregulated in Texas, but for personal freedom it is some seriously big government stuff. In the Bay, I can buy and consume weed or psychedelics, I can drink in the park, I can generally be naked. Texas is very big on government policing personal behaviour. They're not really about individuals having freedom around their person.