Seems like something that WFH would solve without having to upend so many employee lives.

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[–] 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No one from California wants to move to Texas.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Its slowing down recently but in 2021 and 2022 it was a very popular topic and many people did move from CA to TX.

    https://blog.smu.edu/dedmancollege/2022/09/12/why-are-californians-moving-to-texas-and-how-that-might-change-the-state/

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago*

    And guess what happened in 23? A LOT of those people came RIGHT back to California lol

    Perfect example: https://www.businessinsider.com/couple-moved-california-texas-back-santa-cruz-rosenberg-2023-11?op=1

    Looking at census data: https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/california-exodus-census-analysis-18509264.php

    California was one of 11 states whose inmigration rate was lower than the national migration average of 19.9%. The data says that many of the people (44,279) who moved to California last year came from Texas. The second-highest number of people (31,225) who moved from a different state to California came from New York.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Well, lots of people move to Texas from all kinds of states. You could make an article about each one if you tried. Also, people are moving to California from Texas—and everywhere else. You could write an article about each of those places if you tried.

    My point is, people who bleed blue don’t move to Texas unless they have to. And, with recent politics, Texas is a much harder pill to swallow for anyone left of center.

    I’m sure the lefties in California would love to get rid of the righties. Maybe they could make a 1:1 trade, lefties for righties.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The Central Valley disagrees.

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    San Diego is one of the biggest major cities with a Republican Majority and it’s in Cali. Now considering these are tech workers they may care, but I’ve worked with my fair share of tech libertarians. Especially here in Cali.

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  • [+] -14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's not really true. Most of California is very conservative, just not very populated. There's probably a good number of people who at least would say they want to live in Texas, although they'd probably hate it once they realize what the state of California does for them.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Most of the…land? This is the verbal form of “map more red libs get owned”

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Perhaps the first comment was worded poorly. It's less populated in comparison to some of the most populace cities in the world. There's a lot of Republicans in California who would probably say they want to live in Texas. There are just a massive number of people in California.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You said most of California is conservative. Which is just flat out wrong. If u had just left that incorrect statement out then the rest of that comment would have been OK.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Most of California, by land mass, is. Most, by population, is not. Those are both true.

    People tend to think of California as an exclusively blue state, and I think that's ignoring the dangers the right can cause who live there. They are there, and they want to assert themselves. I think it's dangerous to ignore that.

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