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> So in essence, your complaint that only democrats win in California and somehow that’s because of the Democratic Party is ironic because single party rule in

> So in essence, your complaint that only democrats win in California and somehow that’s because of the Democratic Party is ironic because single party rule in California is due to direct efforts by Republicans to make it thus There was no complaint. I don't see the point in such a partisan way of thinking. > single party rule by Democrats seems to be quite popular given how the state flourished in the years following This doesn't seem to be the case now. Lots of people are leaving California, as far as I can tell[0]. [0] https://www.ppic.org/blog/whos-leaving-california-and-whos-moving-in https://www.ppic.org/blog/whos-leaving-california-and-whos-m...

nostrademons 3y ago
Be careful trying to draw political conclusions from migration data, because it tells an economic story. The migration data you cite says that the people leaving California are generally lower-income households without higher education. The people entering California tend to be highly educated and have very well-paying jobs [1]. California's housing stock is more or less fixed; actual housing construction is round-off error to the current population. What's happening is that high-earning immigrants are outbidding lower-income residents for the fixed supply of housing, and then faced with soaring housing costs, those lower-income residents are moving to states where their income places them higher on the social pecking order. [1] https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-highly-educated-immigrants/ https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-highly-educated-immigr...
vlovich123 3y ago
> But this trend is now shifting, with a sharp increase in the number of higher-income adults moving to California (up 30% in 2022 versus 2021) and a slight decline in the number moving out. The net effect is a strong rebound from the pandemic years. Basically the trend of pushing out lower income people is continuing because California still struggles to keep CoL under control.

nostrademons 3y ago

Be careful trying to draw political conclusions from migration data, because it tells an economic story. The migration data you cite says that the people leaving California are generally lower-income households without higher education. The people entering California tend to be highly educated and have very well-paying jobs [1]. California's housing stock is more or less fixed; actual housing construction is round-off error to the current population. What's happening is that high-earning immigrants are outbidding lower-income residents for the fixed supply of housing, and then faced with soaring housing costs, those lower-income residents are moving to states where their income places them higher on the social pecking order. [1] https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-highly-educated-immigrants/ https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-highly-educated-immigr...

vlovich123 3y ago

> But this trend is now shifting, with a sharp increase in the number of higher-income adults moving to California (up 30% in 2022 versus 2021) and a slight decline in the number moving out. The net effect is a strong rebound from the pandemic years. Basically the trend of pushing out lower income people is continuing because California still struggles to keep CoL under control.