Friday, December 11, 2020

"Texas or Bust"

Here's another cartoon from my friend Hector Cademartori. It's a sorry commentary on California's one-party system which seems hell-bent on curbing pollution and eliminating bumper-to-bumper traffic by making the state a bad place to do business.


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Virtually everyone we know here in California admits to at least one time considering a move to another state.

28 comments:

  1. Amen to that.

    I'm a SoCal native, living between LA and San Diego my entire life. The amazing weather and the topography are the same - everything else is unrecognizable from the CA of my youth.

    The only asset I own in CA is my house because my wife will not stand for selling it. If we were empty nesters then we'd already be gone.

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  2. I live in Austin. Was approached yesterday walking down the street by a real estate agent canvassing for anyone looking to move soon. She has a list of California clients moving here. I also met with an investment banker (formerly from Bay Area) who talked with shaking head about all the CA companies moving here.

    You can feel it and see it in the changing cultural demographics.

    (I can't complain... I invade Colorado for a good portion of the year. They have a love/hate for Texans.)

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  3. PUBLISHED: December 11, 2020 at 2:51 p.m. | UPDATED: December 11, 2020 at 2:52 p.m.

    Bay Area technology icon Oracle plans to move its headquarters from Redwood City to Austin, Texas, the company said Friday.

    The decision follows an announcement less than two weeks ago that Hewlett Packard Enterprise would shift its corporate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Houston.

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  4. The suicide politics of Donks are to blame.

    But also...property zoning.

    The cost of housing, even studio-apartment rentals is beyond belief.

    But, there are no atheists in foxholes, and there are no libertarians when neighborhood property zoning is under review.

    A longlonglong long-shot is someone pleads the Supreme Court is that property zoning is unconstitutional, and wins. Even so, most cities would still zone through subterfuge (regulations on utility hook-ups, or public-safety inspired height limits and so).

    I grew up in LA, and thought it the best big-city on earth. But I left.





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  5. We have millions moving from NY and NJ to Florida to escape high tax states, but if they bring their past voting habits with them, it won't be long before Florida looks like NY. The same holds for Texas and California. Those fleeing these high tax, high regulation states for less crowded, less taxed states, will find themselves living under the same conditions in about 5 years. These migrants have got to turn red. If they don't, the whole nation is sunk!

    Scott, we have beautiful beaches in Florida. You are welcome to move east, young man, so come on over.

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  6. Born and raised in the Bay Area. The political mismanagement is legendary. But the soft-headedness and misplaced priorities among the masses is appalling. I couldn't wait to get out of there. Good riddance.

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  7. There are at least two stats that show how far CA has fallen. It's far from where it was when I was there- a long time ago now (and it was excellent for almost everybody there---really!).

    1. Highest (!!!) rate of poverty when taking into account cost of living
    2. Between #35-#45 (!!!) (down there with AR, MS, etc.), in K-12 public education

    For both of the above, when I was there, the state was near the top of any list of states. It's really hard to believe, and the numbers are starting to show it.

    The voters got what they voted for.

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  8. Scott, thanks for sharing your thoughts with us throughout this crazy year.

    I was born a quarter of a mile from the Alamo at the end of the Depression. what a great time and place to be born. i fear for the Texas i grew up in.

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  9. Ataraxia -

    Carbondale. Hope to make it down to Durango and Ouray.

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  10. A San Diego cat here. The LA DA is what scares me. I lived in LA for a while and it was fine. These days, it's a pit. The new DA will turn it into a failed city.

    My blog post about the topic.

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  11. @randy Nice. I've lived in a few places in Colorado including Carbondale and Durango. You'll see a lot of Texans in Durango it's another wonderful place to spend time in CO...

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