California Declining
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If wealthy people are moving out, who's going to fund all the free stuff?
Yeah but at least they had their best days… Can we say the same about west-virginia, dakota, kentucky…
A lot of wealthy people who left NY for FL are returning.
Actually I think it is because although taxes are lower in FL they miss the big apple. A lot of people who moved to FL thought they could live in FL and work remotely in NY. This is proving not to be the case.
The homeless situation there is nasty. And it isn't just in the larger urban areas. When I was there a few months ago it was in smaller towns, on beach areas, everywhere.
Out front of a restaurant nice cars, out back an encampment by the dumpster. And all the attendant drug use, petty crime, threatening behavior, and loss of peace that goes with it.
It reaaly is a bad situation due to income inequality. And people are moving for the simple reason of its the tenth car break in, third house break in, daily needle checks of yards, and they ate now camping on suburban streets. They don't feel safe raising families.
Out front of a restaurant nice cars, out back an encampment by the dumpster. And all the attendant drug use, petty crime, threatening behavior, and loss of peace that goes with it.
It reaaly is a bad situation due to income inequality. And people are moving for the simple reason of its the tenth car break in, third house break in, daily needle checks of yards, and they ate now camping on suburban streets. They don't feel safe raising families.
The right wingers are once again living in denial with regards to California's Economy that is the driving force behind the USA economy in general.
Los Angeles was always known as the "Homeless Capital" of the USA since 1984. Republican Governors that were in charge from 1982 to 1998, did nothing but increased the homelessness over time. The Democratic Governors have since been trying to address the situation. But the blame will always be pointed at the backs of the Democrats by the right wingers!!
Florida Coalition to End Homelessness | The Issue (fchonline.org)
Homelessness in Florida
12,672 were unsheltered and 14,815 were sheltered.
How California Homelessness Became A Crisis : Planet Money : NPR
Jun 8, 2021 — As of January 2020, California alone had about 151,000 inhabitants experiencing homelessness.
Both states have the warm weather and acess to beaches that the homeless prefer
However it is not really a close comparison
Califormia is the left leaning nanny state, ........ come on in
you can not fix inequality
it is part of human nature, always has been , always wiil be
Califormias efforts to fix it just attected more homeless from all over the country
I wouldn't be surprised if populations in many US states (and Canadian provinces!) has declined slightly due to immigration stalling out due to Covid.
Are you really going to blame homelessness in San Francisco on right wing policy?
Its all about rents and property value. And how the tech boom (your economic driver) caused it. Coupled with the Entertainment industry.
Its happening in every state. You will find mass homeless camps in Nevada, New Jersey, Penn State, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, etc etc . After the banks foreclosured on 500,000 homes in 2008 after they were given corporate welfare those homes were sold to rental speculators. Who jacked rents. Or left them empty.
And no this shouldn't be a normal state of things in the richest nation in the history of the planet. And it wasnt until recently. The last time it was this bad was during the Depression
The drought in the southwest is massive and epic. Its not just California.
Now Texas is running out of water.
DRIED UP: Texas cities in fear of running out of water
The American West is experiencing its driest period in human history, a megadrought that threatens health, agriculture and entire ways of life. DRIED UP is examining the dire effects of the drought…
thehill.com
