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It's true, that tech workers lean politically left, but it's not true that access to abortion is the single-issue that drives everyone's decision making. Nation

It's true, that tech workers lean politically left, but it's not true that access to abortion is the single-issue that drives everyone's decision making. Nationally it continues to trail behind the economy when people are polled about which issue is most important to them. California might be great at social policy, but the average person can't afford to buy a $1.5M home while paying exorbitant taxes, and all the pro-choice laws in the world won't change that. Sure there will be some people with strong political convictions who stay, but most people grow up and want a small house, a yard, and a safe neighborhood for their kids to grow up in. California continues to fail in that area by every conceivable metric.

XorNot 4y ago
Its not "political". Its a matter of life and death. For the safety, health and security of my partner, there is no way I would ever move to Texas. The abortion laws, their enforcement, and the impact on other drugs and services is not a theoretical harm it is very real and would've had substantial, possibly lethal harm to my partner when we were trying to conceive.
jen20 4y ago
> buy a $1.5M home while paying exorbitant taxes Bad luck living in the acceptable parts of Austin then.
pixl97 4y ago
I see you don't pay property taxes in Texas then.
- RhodesianHunter 4y ago
  I do. Between getting a nicer bigger home for cheaper, and no income tax, it works out pretty well for me. YMMV
seanmcdirmid 4y ago
> California continues to fail in that area by every conceivable metric. The right repeats this over and over again, hoping for it to become true. Meanwhile, those liberals who bought at $500k now have houses worth $1.5M, and their pay checks aren't taking the 13% hit conservatives keep repeating (because they don't understand how graduated tax rates work). People will continue to move to as well as leave California in remarkably reasonable numbers, I doubt Texas will achieve population parity with California again (they were the same size in 1940) in my lifetime.

XorNot 4y ago

Its not "political". Its a matter of life and death. For the safety, health and security of my partner, there is no way I would ever move to Texas. The abortion laws, their enforcement, and the impact on other drugs and services is not a theoretical harm it is very real and would've had substantial, possibly lethal harm to my partner when we were trying to conceive.

jen20 4y ago

> buy a $1.5M home while paying exorbitant taxes Bad luck living in the acceptable parts of Austin then.

pixl97 4y ago

I see you don't pay property taxes in Texas then.

RhodesianHunter 4y ago
I do. Between getting a nicer bigger home for cheaper, and no income tax, it works out pretty well for me. YMMV

seanmcdirmid 4y ago

> California continues to fail in that area by every conceivable metric. The right repeats this over and over again, hoping for it to become true. Meanwhile, those liberals who bought at $500k now have houses worth $1.5M, and their pay checks aren't taking the 13% hit conservatives keep repeating (because they don't understand how graduated tax rates work). People will continue to move to as well as leave California in remarkably reasonable numbers, I doubt Texas will achieve population parity with California again (they were the same size in 1940) in my lifetime.