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"housing costs" is not supported by the article itself. It's clickbait and violates HN guidelines. The referenced article: https://www.ppic.org/publication/pp

"housing costs" is not supported by the article itself. It's clickbait and violates HN guidelines. The referenced article: https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-february-2023/ https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-calif... says: > When asked about the most important issue for the governor and state legislature to work on, Californians are most likely to name jobs, the economy, and inflation (23%) or homelessness (20%). Fewer Californians mention the environment (6%) or housing costs and availability (6%).

_s3lq 3y ago
It's entirely supported by the article itself. The link you shared specifically says one in three Californians "say that their housing costs make them seriously consider moving out of the state." I think you're just reading the wrong part of that page. (Why would the "most important issue for the governor" be the relevant statistic from that page?) There's also an infographic linked further down which repeats the statistic (with the words "startling conclusion.") "34% of Californians say they are considering moving out of the state due to housing costs." That's 13 million people. (It's the first line of the article.) The subset that goes from "considering" to actually leaving the state certainly accounts for the net 407,000-person difference in people who are leaving the state versus immigrating into it.
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  You're reading what you like rather than what it says. Homelessness belongs in the headline, if anything.