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A majority of them have never even been to California yet they seem to talk about it/bash it non-stop.

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[–] Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Since nobody here is giving any actual reasons and just putting up straw men, let me give you the real reasons.

Crowded and high cost of living.

And because politics, those two points extend into lots of homeless (crowded) and "liberal initiatives" (cost of living). But it's always rooted into crowded and high cost of living.

But what about large cities in the red states? Yes, the same is said of those. Crowded and high cost of living.

These are "I don't want to live there" reasons. The hate for California that right-wingers have is "this place shouldn't exist" type hate.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why is it crowded there? It's expensive because it's crowded, so why is it so crowded? Do people actually want to live there or something?

[–] RabbitMix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

As my dad said after moving to San Francisco "It's expensive here because it's worth it"

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago

The OP asked about the state, not cities. There is a ton of cheap land here. There are also tons of different sized cities with different housing costs.

You said others were offering straw men? What is this?

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What conservatives alsp forget is their own system of capitalism they worship is what drives its high cost of living. People want to live there. If there wasn't a demand to live there, cost of living would lower.

More homeless are seen in the west coast states also because the climate is more hospitable, and the governments and people a little more so, too. Also because right-wing media magnify the problem.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago

also because red states purposely bus them to blue states,

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

So. Propoganda.