I'd argue that the real estate prices and cost of living make such places less desirable, not more. These cities are large because they were hubs for commerce, drawing lots of people, which drew more companies, which drew more people. With the 21st century economy and the ability for many people to telework - it will be interesting to see how people "vote" on desirability of cities.
Most people outside those areas want to separate, just like most of Real Oregon wants to be separated from Portland, Salem and Eugene.
California's budget surplus has exploded to $68B
Lawmakers are eagerly preparing a wishlist for the estimated windfall.www.politico.com
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Hello, what's this? Record setting budget surplus? From California?
For whatever reason, California seems to often be a punching bag for Republicans & Conservatives, who claim California is everything wrong with America.
However, it would seem in terms of balancing their budget - California may be among the best in the nation.
It looks like the continuous stories of California going broke, are just that - stories!
Some do..becsuse they don't understand
They move to california
Tim Pole made a great, genius observation on his podcast a few weeks ago that basically goes (paraphrase) " There are no Blue States, just Blue Cities that keep entire states hostage or prisoner".
That about sums it up. And yet righties like to pretend that getting rid of the tolerant government will improve the situation. They ignore the factors that actually matter.
and then with harvesting and other methods of election fraud they vote Democrat, ****ing over the entire state.
Thanks, I could not remember which other Mega-Corporation AT&T sold piece of crap to 3 weeks ago. WOW you really got me good, what a sick burn, I need to take a cold shower just to cool off. Of course I also feel I need to shower from having to see that Festering Piece of Crap you have as a Profile Picture.
see #62
Was it you that I gave the good advise to a few months ago? That if you have an Repulsive Piece of Crap as an avatar pic people are likely assume that you are also a Repulsive piece of Crap. That is not an ad hominem attack, just the type of mature parental advise that I would give to my own children.You OK?
Here in Colorado, they recently announced married couples filing jointly will receive 400 dollars each ( 800 total ) later this summer due to our budget surplus.
No problem, but like even most Democrats I have more personal respect and regard for the Turd I just pinched off in the toilet than I do for that.What's the problem?
Also, as a side note, at least in the county I live in, senior citizens that are 66 years of age, or older, only pay 50% of property taxes for primary residences, provided the money is available. There has only been one year in the last 25 or so the discount wasn't given. The discount is an incentive to help keep senior citizens living in their homes in their golden years.
I have an Idea that the Next POTUS wont be that thing, it will be the the Next GOP Speaker of the House after the next Congress impeaches Her and Pedophile Joe, and not even most Democrats will care.What's the problem?
