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Will they be taking their voting preferences with them?

throwawa14223 3y ago
It sure seems like it. My state has seen a massive influx of citizens from California and constant demands to raise our low cost of living.
jjtheblunt 3y ago
In Arizona people i overhear think they do.
ChainOfFools 3y ago
I'm going to speculate based on living in one of the places that's losing a lot (in very relative terms) of people to Arizona, utah, New Mexico and Idaho, (but conspicuously not to Oregon or Washington,) that this is in large part a generational effect instigated by the way California development has expanded in the past 50 years or so , with entire towns springing up within the space of 5 years around cheap residential RE development tracts. a lot of these people who are moving originally bought a family home in a new ish (for the time, far-flung) suburb development 25 or 30 years ago for $125-$175k. all the kids have grown up and moved away and they are now selling the grossly inflated slap dash neo-Mediterranean stucco pastiche typical of this area at what they feel is the peak of the market within the curve of their lifetime. Because these giant housing tracts all sold and became occupied more or less simultaneously, everyone who moved in was in similar circumstances and raised families all around the same generational curve. It's no surprise that roughly a generation later we're seeing a surge of out-migration, even without the other factors. most of these people are going move red states redder and California bluer by this move.
- Mindless2112 3y ago
  New Mexico is a blue state [1], and Arizona is a purple state [2], so I wouldn't be so certain. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_New_Mexico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Ne... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Arizona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Ar...
  - buzzert 3y ago
    Both New Mexico and Arizona also have a lot of neo-Mediterranean stucco houses. In fact, in Arizona they're probably a majority.
hdusnoans 3y ago
Urban areas/big cities in the country (including the ones in California) attract a lot of people from all over the country for decades, why didn't everyone bring their voting preferences with them to the cities from where ever they came?
ViktorRay 3y ago
I remember reading a study a while back that said people who move to Texas tend to be more Republican percentage wise compared to folks who grew up in Texas. The study was about people moving generally from elsewhere though. Not from California specifically.
- JohnFen 3y ago
  In terms of the voter demographic, California is not nearly as liberal as red-state conservatives tend to think.

It sure seems like it. My state has seen a massive influx of citizens from California and constant demands to raise our low cost of living.

jjtheblunt 3y ago

In Arizona people i overhear think they do.

ChainOfFools 3y ago

I'm going to speculate based on living in one of the places that's losing a lot (in very relative terms) of people to Arizona, utah, New Mexico and Idaho, (but conspicuously not to Oregon or Washington,) that this is in large part a generational effect instigated by the way California development has expanded in the past 50 years or so , with entire towns springing up within the space of 5 years around cheap residential RE development tracts. a lot of these people who are moving originally bought a family home in a new ish (for the time, far-flung) suburb development 25 or 30 years ago for $125-$175k. all the kids have grown up and moved away and they are now selling the grossly inflated slap dash neo-Mediterranean stucco pastiche typical of this area at what they feel is the peak of the market within the curve of their lifetime. Because these giant housing tracts all sold and became occupied more or less simultaneously, everyone who moved in was in similar circumstances and raised families all around the same generational curve. It's no surprise that roughly a generation later we're seeing a surge of out-migration, even without the other factors. most of these people are going move red states redder and California bluer by this move.

Mindless2112 3y ago
New Mexico is a blue state [1], and Arizona is a purple state [2], so I wouldn't be so certain. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_New_Mexico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Ne... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Arizona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Ar...
- buzzert 3y ago
  Both New Mexico and Arizona also have a lot of neo-Mediterranean stucco houses. In fact, in Arizona they're probably a majority.

hdusnoans 3y ago

Urban areas/big cities in the country (including the ones in California) attract a lot of people from all over the country for decades, why didn't everyone bring their voting preferences with them to the cities from where ever they came?

ViktorRay 3y ago

I remember reading a study a while back that said people who move to Texas tend to be more Republican percentage wise compared to folks who grew up in Texas. The study was about people moving generally from elsewhere though. Not from California specifically.

JohnFen 3y ago
In terms of the voter demographic, California is not nearly as liberal as red-state conservatives tend to think.