How Texas Is Becoming California

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  • @SomethingDifferentFilms
    @SomethingDifferentFilms  ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Thank you for watching my video on if Texas is becoming California, I know this can be a divisive issue, but I do my best to present everything in the most authentic and data driven way possible. While of course also trying to be entertaining and interesting, because this is TH-cam.

    • @sirwill619
      @sirwill619 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Why not mention any benefits of living in California if you want to seem objective? I found this bias as hell

    • @planetarysolidarity
      @planetarysolidarity ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Texas boosters habitually leave out how much Texas has benefited from NAFTA.

    • @gilbertgaines672
      @gilbertgaines672 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You know that it is classic stupidity of economics. To point at a state that has no harsh deadly winters homeless population. But ignore those homeless come from an Capitalists system.
      Then to straight out ignore the Corporations big property grab in California. Where they are purposely inflating the rent in California. On my block alone, they built 4 apartment units and charging $4,500.00 per month. In a neighborhood where a 2 bedroom apartment was only $1,800 to $2,500. Now because of the Corporations inflated apartment prices. Now a 2 bedroom is now $3,000.00.
      What's the point telling a story? When you leave key aspects of information out of the story.
      Los Angeles is super over populated. The census has Los Angeles County alone with a population of 12 million. And they know it is still 8 million to 10 million under count of Los Angeles true population. Yeah, Los Angeles alone has a 3 million to 5 million illegal immigrant population. And that's not counting the "visitors". The cousins, family members, friends, that move in for a bit. That's 2 million on the very conservative count.
      California is one of the few American states with a + birthrate. OK not a + birthrate of white children. But everyone else is doing great.
      So a state with a plus birthrate and getting a Corporations property squeeze. That's going to bite those companies in the butt in the next 2 years. These Corporations geniuses are putting 10 million dollars into building an apartment. Thinking they can get $72k per year each apartment.
      Question: Do you actually think that is sustainable?
      Also, you do know the population of California is around 40 million+. California has the same population as Ukraine. Believe me, we need more people leaving California.

    • @sirwill619
      @sirwill619 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@gilbertgaines672 Oh, it is definitely overpopulated. I live in San Diego where a lot of transplants decide to live during or after their military service because it's a beautiful city, but man does it make it more expensive. We need more people to leave as you stated

    • @mmmd3429
      @mmmd3429 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Don't be shy or scared to mention the benefits of California. Worker rights and benefits alone crush Texas.

  • @martinknoerr8037
    @martinknoerr8037 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    I've lived in Texas all my life. Ever since our state has gotten a huge amount of transplants from other states, prices have gone sky high. My rent went up over $500.00 a month when I renewed my lease, and the response I got from the leasing agent is that they're keeping up with the market. I have been living at the same complex for 12 years, and originally paid $800.00 a month. Now I'm paying $1850.00 a month. People from New York, California think that's cheap, as they pay way more than that for a decent place to live. My point is, this influx of people moving to Texas is making it no longer affordable for the average person. That's not a good thing.

    • @SmokyOle
      @SmokyOle ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Blame the landlords for jacking up the prices. It's not the "market" like they claim. They are just greedy and know transplants will pay.

    • @jeffwebb2966
      @jeffwebb2966 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Housing costs are a huge thing. Texas has no income tax but that has never been that important in the big scheme of daily costs. If you are pricing out the middle class wage growth and cost of living is the most important thing

    • @MacieCatherine
      @MacieCatherine ปีที่แล้ว +10

      my mom has lived in the same apt for 12 years too, and still pays $750 just like she did back then. if her rent goes up like yours did there’s absolutely no way she’d be able to pay that. everyday i hope and pray that her rent stays the same.

    • @Trashman702
      @Trashman702 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Renting for 13 years? Why have t you bought a home ?

    • @1onsight852
      @1onsight852 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I get your frustration. I'm a new Yorker looking to move to Texas with my family. You are absolutely right the prices in texas doesn't compare to the likes of nyc. I'm renting a 2bed 2 bath apt at $2300 a month. If I was to give you a break down of my monthly bills you would think I'm crazy. I'm getting out of ny because of the weather , crime and looking for tranquility. The homes I've seen in texas for under $300k would easily run well over 800k or more in nyc.

  • @gabetalks9275
    @gabetalks9275 ปีที่แล้ว +743

    If Texas wants to avoid becoming the next California, than they need to end single family zoning and start building missing middle housing and more walkable neighborhoods. California making its housing market nothing but single family homes is the biggest reason why their middle class is now being priced out. Because single family homes are generally very expensive, which lower-income people can't afford.

    • @lopoa126
      @lopoa126 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Good thing California is ending more of that single family zoning

    • @louisinese
      @louisinese ปีที่แล้ว +34

      In Atlanta we are getting a lot of 3 level townhomes and more complexes. They range 500-600,000 total or 3,000 a month. Then for the apartments 2,000 to 2,500. Pretty standard stuff. Where it gets tricky is the cost of living paired with the okay housing prices. The single family homes tho range from 600,000 to 900,000.

    • @gabetalks9275
      @gabetalks9275 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@lopoa126 It's being repealed in certain cities, but it needs to be repealed state wide.

    • @gabetalks9275
      @gabetalks9275 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@louisinese Georgia is definitely an attractive place to live, especially with its growing status as the new Hollywood of the East Coast.

    • @highway2heaven91
      @highway2heaven91 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      They also need to get the High Speed Rail going.

  • @Frank451Martin
    @Frank451Martin ปีที่แล้ว +192

    Stop the insane zoning laws and stop prioritize single families, make alternative transportation widely accessible so we don’t have to deal with traffic and make the streets walkable.

    • @kaihornung1671
      @kaihornung1671 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No

    • @touchofgrey5372
      @touchofgrey5372 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Just as long as you can guarantee SAFE mass transit! Not asking for much, am I?

    • @zlonewolf
      @zlonewolf ปีที่แล้ว +9

      California has one of the better public transit systems.
      Trolleys, busses, and greyhound stations and Amtrac stations.
      Public transportation doesnt deter people from over building in tight city limits and reproducing like rabbits.
      You will see people barely speaking English living on EBT but has nice cars and living on section 8 housing while fellow Americans are homeless.
      California has bigger support system for illegals than Americans citizens struggling.

    • @dianadialga3955
      @dianadialga3955 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alternative transportation just makes places more crowded and expensive, pushing out people who could once afford to live there. Ask me how I know.

    • @dianadialga3955
      @dianadialga3955 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree about zoning though. If we could build houses smaller and not have such insane square footage requirements it would be so much better.

  • @LuisOwnsPomona
    @LuisOwnsPomona ปีที่แล้ว +197

    As a Texan home owner
    My house has tripled in price but so has the population around me, I moved from California to avoid people and live the small town life but now seems I might have to move again due to my small town rapidly growing into a mid sized city

    • @lennarthomas
      @lennarthomas ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Wherever you go, there you are.

    • @williammuthee7390
      @williammuthee7390 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I lived in Dallas until 2021 until all the dumb California liberals moved here, so I have moved to Oshkosh Wisconsin and couldn’t be happier. Texas is gone now.

    • @2dwc
      @2dwc ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I feel that! I'll be moving from my native home of Central Florida in the next few months for a village in Central Maine because of how expensive and crowded it's getting here.

    • @lennarthomas
      @lennarthomas ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@2dwc Is Florida getting as bad as Texas as far as expenses? I preferred to move to Florida over Texas.

    • @2dwc
      @2dwc ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@lennarthomas not quite as bad but we're catching up

  • @mariusfacktor3597
    @mariusfacktor3597 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    California has major problems with mass homelessness, high home prices, and traffic. These problems have risen from exclusionary zoning which bans low cost housing on the majority of land and creates sprawl which makes everyone live further apart.
    Texas is very much destined to end up with the same problems as California because Texas also embraces exclusionary policies. Texas is growing outward with exurbs popping up way far out from the city centers. This is unsustainable since it gobbles up nature and costs a tremendous amount in lots of infrastructure for a low density of people. Traffic in Texas will continuously get worse because of it. IF, however, Texas embraces its city centers and makes an effort to redirect much of the newcomers to live there, they can keep housing costs low and avoid the pitfalls of California.

    • @SomethingDifferentFilms
      @SomethingDifferentFilms  ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I recently read that urban core utilization in all Texas cities is the highest it's ever been, and that's on a percentage basis. So perhaps that is something to be hopeful for in that regard.

    • @lopoa126
      @lopoa126 ปีที่แล้ว

      A big chunk of homeless folks come from out of state to California because of the lack of work in more conservative states. Plus the weather is much nicer in California to be homeless than the Midwest. Property taxes are already high Texas. What about Texas welcomes outsiders? Banning anything that offends the white folks like Abbott and local governments are doing? Texans love being controlled like cattle.

    • @baronvonjo1929
      @baronvonjo1929 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I agree with what you say. I do wonder if you can change the mindset of what Americans want. People want their own home and own yard. That's the dream for most. So I always wondered if it would actually work even if we built it all right.

    • @elbertmoreno2159
      @elbertmoreno2159 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Texas is a interesting experiment indeed...

    • @bruhbutwhytho
      @bruhbutwhytho ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@baronvonjo1929 people say that but I don't know if it's actually true, before WWII most people didn't live in suburbia so the idea is fairly new.

  • @itzerez2662
    @itzerez2662 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    as a Texan from Austin I don't want Texas to become bad please pray Texas does not become bad

    • @GSM92
      @GSM92 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Houston is the best city in Texas

    • @_morgoth_
      @_morgoth_ ปีที่แล้ว +28

      California had to deal with migration from all over the US for decades. Glad someone else gets to deal with that problem now! Thanks for the help Texas! ;). Jk

    • @poppyflower9003
      @poppyflower9003 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We'll pray 🙏

    • @texasvanity
      @texasvanity ปีที่แล้ว

      Too late. I'm a born and bred Texan. I remember Austin when it was still weird and catered to us broke college students back in the 90s and before. It's an overrated, Disney world urban tourist attraction full of fake the funk Californians today. Not even worth visiting anymore.

    • @dylansalazar7921
      @dylansalazar7921 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@GSM92Austin >>>>>

  • @scvcebc
    @scvcebc ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Before WWII, California was more like Texas. California's roots were based in agriculture and most people lived in rural areas and were conservative. It was the growth of the larger cities and their sprawling suburbs of middle class workers after the war that turned the state liberal. There are still many rural areas that are sparsely populated and conservative, but they are out voted by the coastal metropolitan areas. This same pattern can be seen in Illinois and New York, each state has one very large metropolitan area that outvotes the rest of the state. As Texas cities grow, they will also become a bigger voting block than the rest of the state. Since Texas doesn't want to plan or regulate growth, it will inevitably transition from a rural dominated culture to an urban one.

    • @dchenkin02
      @dchenkin02 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Before World War II, few families owned a car and only the wealthy owned more than one car. California still had San Francisco which had a trolley system prior to World War II. Also, New York City had a large naval industry prior to the 1950s; a large percentage New York City residents were employed in military related jobs during World War II. It was the closing of a Naval Yard in Brooklyn and defense contractor factories which contributed to the Dodgers and baseball Giants leaving New York City for California in the 1950s.

    • @mrrogers4591
      @mrrogers4591 ปีที่แล้ว

      As a former Californian and a 20 year Texan, it scares me to see all the liberal Californians moving to Texas. It's high paid office workers how will destroy Texas. They think the solution to all problems is spend more money.

    • @Student0Toucher
      @Student0Toucher ปีที่แล้ว

      In other words liberals ruin states

    • @ingridjenner6946
      @ingridjenner6946 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      California was republican well into the 1990’s.. what are you talking ab

    • @christinah.8504
      @christinah.8504 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      boy, you hit the nail on the head.

  • @carlos8040ca
    @carlos8040ca ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Homeless are everywhere, Houston Texas, Phoenix Arizona, Seattle Washington, homeless is a National problem not just in California

    • @thankyou9085
      @thankyou9085 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very true
      Any urbanized area will have homeless no matter what

  • @aroundtheworldwithcameron
    @aroundtheworldwithcameron ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I would say California is more being distributed between Texas and Georgia. Georgia is taking their entertainment industry, while Texas is taking their businesses.

    • @jeffmora5161
      @jeffmora5161 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I have heard about Hollywood moving to Atlanta, but not as much as Silicon Valley going to Texas. Would love to see a video about that!

    • @louisinese
      @louisinese ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jeffmora5161 I think Austin is doing a lot of tech stuff. Some of the chips from the chip shortage are being produced in Texas.

    • @SomethingDifferentFilms
      @SomethingDifferentFilms  ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Cameron, when Georgia passed legislation to give tax credits to legitimate film projects of almost any size, I believe a couple decades ago, the migration of Hollywood to Georgia began. Several population tv shows and movies (like the Walking Dead) were filmed in Georgia, and Atlanta now has world-class sound and film production and post-production studios with more on the way. I think the other comments, that the transition to Georgia is slower than whats happening with Austin Texas are spot on though.

    • @jackskellington6cs
      @jackskellington6cs ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SomethingDifferentFilms Same with New Mexico since the mid 2000s. Both Netflix and Universal have opened up production studios in Albuquerque.

    • @Juan_deep
      @Juan_deep ปีที่แล้ว

      No we’re taking in a bunch of single moms and frustrated people in general stop with the fake optimism the succesful people are staying in cali we are getting the unsuccessful people hence why they are moving

  • @smokeheavystudios
    @smokeheavystudios ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I love how they show a bunch of footage of homelessness in Kansas City while talking about California lol

    • @ViburaBlanca
      @ViburaBlanca ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sad cause KS is a beautiful city and the surrounding ones too. Olathe, Lawrence

    • @whatsup7535
      @whatsup7535 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All they had to do, was film just about anywhere in the state

    • @StanH1966
      @StanH1966 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @whatsup7535 you've actually never been. Focus on your surroundings. I'm sure they're just as sh!tty. California's will continue to enjoy San Diego and Malibu and Palm Springs and Carmel-by-the-Sea and Big Sur and Lake Tahoe and Laguna Beach and Yosemite and...
      What you got???

    • @mmmd3429
      @mmmd3429 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@whatsup7535 You've never left your trailer park. California is living rent free in your head 😂

    • @whatsup7535
      @whatsup7535 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mmmd3429 You can't see trailer parks in California?

  • @jeffmora5161
    @jeffmora5161 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Been waiting for this video since I subscribed. Love your content, keep it up! Looking forward to that Austin video since I plan to move there in a few months from NYC

    • @SomethingDifferentFilms
      @SomethingDifferentFilms  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you so much Jeff, and the Austin video is already in the works.

    • @anthonyherring6636
      @anthonyherring6636 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Other Southern states like Arkansas and Mississippi, lmao

    • @greggf6831
      @greggf6831 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why are you moving from NYC? Just curious to your reasons?

    • @kaihornung1671
      @kaihornung1671 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please stay in your failed state

    • @jeffmora5161
      @jeffmora5161 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@greggf6831 For starters I lived in the Northeast my whole life and I'm tired of the cold, but I do know Austin is becoming more lavish and I love city luxuries (I'm a sucker for rooftop bars) which are also half the price there compared to here. And I'm a data analyst so with tech booming there, it's a great place for networking. When I visited this past summer I absolutely loved it! Working out at an outdoor calisthenics gym in 100 degree weather was better than the 5-10 min walk in single digit weather to my local gym.

  • @rockfire1669
    @rockfire1669 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I know what you are trying to say but let’s expand the thought. Who were the people who first came to California? The people from the other states. Really, this is just a big circle.

    • @SomethingDifferentFilms
      @SomethingDifferentFilms  ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Population shifts have been part of the United States from the very beginning. It was the industrial revolution, the gold rush in California, migration to the Sun Belt region with the invent of the AC, the rise of big tech, then fin-tech, it really is quite astonishing. I enjoy the history of it all as much as I appreciate the story that is still being written.

    • @JohnDavis-yz9nq
      @JohnDavis-yz9nq ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mainly people from Oklahoma originally.

    • @susettesantiago5509
      @susettesantiago5509 ปีที่แล้ว

      True true true……….what we should be wondering is……..are they planning to have us as refugees throughout the United States………very scary…….but those shifts are quite circular and extremely beneficial for the use of bank loans………banks are always winning while we lose……..

    • @kingdeecash0074
      @kingdeecash0074 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Urban renewal, white flight, red lining, trail of tears, Reservations, project housing 😂 America was never meant to be United, that's why there were over 500 nations here. Time is almost up.

  • @Dontreadthis0
    @Dontreadthis0 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Whether it becomes another Cali hinges on how well it treats its low and middle income.
    One of calis biggest issues that I can see is that it regulates very heavily but does nothing in return. The benefits(or should be) of regulation and taxes is to take money from everyone and then use it to benefit people overall(especially the lower or middle income who might struggle to afford critical services)
    But Cali doesn't do this. It has the highest cost of living and housing and the biggest homeless problem in the country. If you take a lot from people for nothing in return they aren't going to stay there long

    • @SomethingDifferentFilms
      @SomethingDifferentFilms  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I agree with the sentiment of what your saying here, it's sort of like California having some of the nations worst pollution despite having the toughest environmental rules and regulations and of course the nations highest rate of taxation on gasoline.

    • @Dontreadthis0
      @Dontreadthis0 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SomethingDifferentFilms exactly, I completely forgot about the pollution but that's another example.
      now I will preface this with that I am no social scientist or data analyst. rather its just my observations from visiting cali a few times and some very general knowledge about the politics of cali. So I could be wrong but so far this theory has held true from what I've observed.

    • @schwenda3727
      @schwenda3727 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Illinois is in almost identical of a situation, except folks leaving the state would be more likely to move to just about ANY neighboring state surrounding Illinois. Drive around the “main” cities of Central Illinois and then do the same in Southern Wisconsin & Iowa.

    • @bruhbutwhytho
      @bruhbutwhytho ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah it's weird coming from New England where we have very high taxes but it is shown in our Schools and health care being some of the best.

    • @_morgoth_
      @_morgoth_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It also has the highest homeless population because it is where the homeless can actually survive. This last week our lows were the upper 40s, low 50s. Not like the rest of the US where it was below freezing. Or during summers it is mild compared to many Southern states. Rarely gets into the 100s.

  • @rexx9496
    @rexx9496 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    When you factor all taxes in, state, local, property, sales, etc, someone of a median wage pays less effective tax rate in CA than in TX. I know people think it's the opposite, but CA's taxes are very progressive and skewed toward higher income. If you're wealthy, or upper middle class you're taxes will be lower in Texas, if you are middle class and working class either lower in CA or a wash. It's really not taxes that are driving migration to TX, it's almost entirely high cost of housing in CA. This isn't the first time this has happened either. When there have been other major housing spikes over the last several decades, you also saw an exodus of people out of CA. Then when housing prices crashed, the exodus stopped. Also, sometimes people forget that the average CA transplant to TX is more conservative than the average Texan. I know everything thinks CA is just full of far left communists or something, but more than 6 million Californians voted for Trump in 2020. That's more than entire population of many states.

    • @VegitoBlue202
      @VegitoBlue202 ปีที่แล้ว

      If California was Communist housing would've been free and the state wouldn't exist due to the innate idea of Communism.

    • @Da__goat
      @Da__goat ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s no state income tax in Texas and the state sales tax is 5.5%. what

    • @rexx9496
      @rexx9496 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Da__goat you left out Texas' very high property tsx

  • @twistedturtle6654
    @twistedturtle6654 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Biggest problem comparing Texas to California is how they tax. In Texas the top 1% earners pay 20% less taxes than the median earner. With the state losing more than 12 million from Elon alone. That tax burden is put on the poor that actually put their income back into the economy. So cost of living is lower, but the wage is lower and the sales taxes and property taxes are higher by % of income.

    • @bobbybishop5662
      @bobbybishop5662 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is no state income tax in Texas , the property taxes are only higher in some areas around the big cities. Austin and Dallas are liberal shit holes . Living in smaller towns in Texas is much cheaper than in California. You really have no clue about living in Texas.

    • @bobbybishop5662
      @bobbybishop5662 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@CodeOnBlocks To start with the majority of the Cali transplants are moving to the rural out skirt cities around the big metro areas. They can easily commute to the jobs in the big cities. The small town closest to me is around 10k population. In 22 over 1000 new homes were built in this area. The property taxes are about 1k per 200k home in value. Every person I've talked with that came here from Cali were amazed at how much more home and property they got here compared to what they paid in Cali for similar property. Most seem to realize that there liberal voting habits in Cali caused all the problems in the state. Many have admitted they have to rethink how they vote to keep Texas from turning into the same mess.

    • @samuelmorales2344
      @samuelmorales2344 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      California has a higher poverty rate than Texas. Clearly with all the taxes and higher minimum wage, it isn't doing much against the poverty rate and homelessness. The benefit of not having a income tax is that you have greater choice. In Texas, you can choose to live in a expensive house and pay higher taxes or live in a expensive neighborhood, and choose how much you spend in general. In California, you have less choice. The benefit of a income tax is you can avoid property liens or reduce the chances of a lien assuming you still have a lower property tax. There is much more flexibility in land development in Texas compared to California. You can build cheap housing, affordable apartments, or more expensive housing, rents for the more affluent. In California they have more restrictions.

    • @whatsup7535
      @whatsup7535 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If a millionaire pays 90,000 in taxes, that's already more than most people pay.

    • @baironvaldez9482
      @baironvaldez9482 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Elon was in California for 20 years. Even middle class Texans pay a lot lower tax than California. It's not the same. A world of a difference. And our gas is less than $4.

  • @gbsgarage
    @gbsgarage ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a recently retired Texas resident, I’m disgusted at the high cost of living, due to the extremely high property tax.

  • @GoodGameOKC1
    @GoodGameOKC1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm a transplant to Texas from neighboring state of Oklahoma. The cost of living and no state taxes is a huge factor for the moves. Also a huge thriving job market.

  • @felipethefirst8293
    @felipethefirst8293 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    At this point I’m just waiting for everyone to leave California so then I can move there

    • @highbrass3749
      @highbrass3749 ปีที่แล้ว

      You’ll be waiting a while. Thousands of illegals are moving in every day. Lowering wages and raising the cost of living.

    • @tylerkriesel8590
      @tylerkriesel8590 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol not gonna happen. They bulldoze 20 unit apartments for a 5 unit one. They gonna keep doing that. It’s never gonna be cheap because they know people like you exist and know that CAN keep the prices high.

    • @anyone150
      @anyone150 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If it does become cheap, California can become the least desirable place to move to like Baltimore, Detroit or Flint.

    • @peggymccabe5090
      @peggymccabe5090 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I'm in Cali and you are welcome here 😂

    • @peggymccabe5090
      @peggymccabe5090 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Y F Khan that will not happen this state of mine is beautiful 😂

  • @jdredwine7224
    @jdredwine7224 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Texas currently and California during there growth period have a very similar culture. Both really embraced car culture, both really embraced the highway, and both really embraced single family house houses and sprawl. Texas really needs to embrace walkability, bikeability, and transit, as well mixed use zoning laws with a lot of missing middle housing. I actually would consider adopting Japan's Zoning Laws and The Netherlands bike infrastructure. On a positive note Houston, Austin, and Dallas has much better transit systems than Los Angeles did in 1980 or 1990, but suburbs like Arlington need to readdress their transit policy and join in with Trinity and Dart and cities like San Antonio needs to wake up.

    • @gabetalks9275
      @gabetalks9275 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      We need to nationalize our transit systems. We already nationalized our roads. Now it's time to complete the system by nationalizing transit.

    • @danmur2797
      @danmur2797 ปีที่แล้ว

      But Los Angeles blows Houston, Austin, and Dallas in public transit infrastructure out of the water today. A lot of what was missing in 1980s and 1990 was built within the last 25 years

    • @jdredwine7224
      @jdredwine7224 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danmur2797 LA has made great progress, but it was too late when they started to address this. Dallas has the longest light rail network in the US and they started before Dallas started to get out of control. Dallas still has a very long ways to go however.

    • @danmur2797
      @danmur2797 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jdredwine7224 LA now has the 3rd largest public rail network (light rail, subway and commuter rail lines) in the country after NYC and Chicago. Surpassing cities like Boston, DC, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
      It's true LA started late (after its trolley system was dismantled), but it's leapt forward in the last 30 years.
      Better late than never. It's population also grew the fastest between 1920-1990, not just the 80s and 90s.
      The challenge now is to expand public rail to every corner of the conurbation--LA MSA covers more than 2000 sq miles and 18 million people.

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No they don't. Yeah they embraced cars, highways and single family homes, but CA does not and never had the Alamo, does not and never had the Andalucian cult of the brave and brazenly masculine, and most importantly to the present discussion, does not and never had the potent combination of good manners and common sense that gives Texans a nearly impossible ability to work through nearly anything. California was always a selfish and close-minded place, both as a red state and a blue state. Texas is an individualistic place, but has the integrity to live with honor and to have certain shared notions of how people should be treated that allow real discussion and learning to happen.

  • @deyoungyoung3059
    @deyoungyoung3059 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Exactly, this has been a trend for many years. People moving from states like California, Illinois and New York to states like Texas and Florida.

    • @SomethingDifferentFilms
      @SomethingDifferentFilms  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Big Dick Black California has been posting net negative population growth since the start of the 2020's, so while millions had been leaving California for some time now (with slightly more moving in than out keeping the numbers slightly positive) its now outright losing a small but meaningful portion of it's population.

    • @dchenkin02
      @dchenkin02 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      New York to Florida is far more retired people than low income families.

  • @Michaela1942
    @Michaela1942 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Despite our problems, California is still a wonderful place. It's definitely not "dying." Yes, we've lost some population, but after generations of massive growth, a lot of us born and bred Californians view that as a good thing. Truly and good thing. I'm in my 80s and the naysayers have been predicting the death of California for most of my life. It's fine. Have at it. Enjoy yourselves. We are.

  • @Djsweh
    @Djsweh ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It’s not so much who’s moving here, but it’s their mindsets they are bringing with them. Bipolarism

  • @josephhoward4697
    @josephhoward4697 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    All growth becomes maintenance. Texas will suffer California’s fate, as California is suffering the Rust Belt’s fate. It is inevitable.

  • @510island
    @510island ปีที่แล้ว +27

    As a lifelong Bay Area resident, I'm thrilled to hear that the tech avalanche that completely shitted on our region is starting to take its business elsewhere. Everyone's housing costs being decided by wages in an industry that only employs a small fraction of our residents has made millions of people here miserable. It's also a huge factor in why theft is rampant.

    • @mariusfacktor3597
      @mariusfacktor3597 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The reason housing in the Bay Area is so high is because the only thing that's allowed to be built on 90% of the land is a single family house. Those houses go for like $1.5M and everyone who can't afford that needs to compete for an apartment in the 10% of land left over. It's been nearly impossible to build more housing in the Bay Area for about 50 years now due to exclusionary zoning and that's why housing is so expensive. In essence, homeowners rigged the housing market by creating artificial scarcity.

    • @nathanu6074
      @nathanu6074 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yea itd be cool if they didnt come to texas and screw the place ive lived in for 15 years now. i was expecting to be able to buy a house by 25 but now that's seemingly impossible. but it's great that californians are coming here and having a good time i guess lmao

    • @mariusfacktor3597
      @mariusfacktor3597 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@nathanu6074 If Texans wanted to keep housing prices down, they would repeal exclusionary zoning. That's completely within control of Texas cities.

    • @andrewfreeman88
      @andrewfreeman88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mariusfacktor3597 How did Homeowners rig the housing market? If anyone is to blame it's SF City planning for not changing the zoning. Also it's a tiny peninsula, there's only so much space to build man.

    • @andrewfreeman88
      @andrewfreeman88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nathanu6074 There are plenty of places around Austin that are still affordable. Buda, Kyle, the south east and north east.

  • @MB-gs4zw
    @MB-gs4zw ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I’ve lived in California for decades now and I still love it. You’re talking about the bad parts of California only. Texas has horrible areAs as well especially in Houston and Dallas. Texas cannot be California. We have the best weather here. I don’t mind paying taxes as long as I enjoy the weather all year round.

    • @SP-xy7yh
      @SP-xy7yh ปีที่แล้ว

      Californian born, raised, and still living. Our state is a shell of what it used to be. Please take your head out of the sand.

    • @kathleenking47
      @kathleenking47 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, Dallas was ZERO DEGREES for awhile..a few days before Christmas
      CA doesn't have that problem
      At one time, CA was like TX..even SF bay area used to have Rodeos

    • @GAURAV25855ify
      @GAURAV25855ify ปีที่แล้ว

      California decades back become the next big apple

    • @_morgoth_
      @_morgoth_ ปีที่แล้ว +8

      California native here. I love it here too. I’m glad Texas is taking people away. Hopefully it puts downward pressure on prices here. And since tech has been moving to Texas, they get to experience what we have been for decades. A bunch of high income employees coming in and buying up all the properties and further increasing real estate and other cost of living expenses in their cities making it unaffordable for almost everyone else. Good luck!
      The weather is definitely one of the best things about California. And because of that, there are always going to be people wanting to live here. So we won’t ever see a mass exodus or a big price drop from outward migration and lower demand.

    • @letsgowalk
      @letsgowalk ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That rodeo between Hayward and Castro Valley is still there! I believe there are still frequent events.

  • @FaisalKhan-wf8ys
    @FaisalKhan-wf8ys ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Curious to see how remote work may affect this migration. If I can work anywhere, why would I pick either state. One way ticket to the Carribean please. (Grew up in Los Angeles, live in Houston).

    • @AlwaysGrowing0
      @AlwaysGrowing0 ปีที่แล้ว

      Activities. For example, my hobbies are dancing and hiking. So I want to live somewhere that has options for both those activities.

  • @tesseg
    @tesseg ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The only parts of Texas I really like were Austin and the Big Bend. All of California rocks. Texas is OK, if you can't afford California.

    • @georgetesseris3870
      @georgetesseris3870 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@highguycomics3869 You know SFA about where I live. I'm speaking from the point of view of a tourist having traveled extensively in both.

  • @tybarker5038
    @tybarker5038 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I grew up in Texas and sadly, I don’t think that swamp will ever have beautiful mountains and dramatic coastlines with near perfect weather every day. Texas to me will always be a backwoods swamp that people only move to for family or affordability. California is where people go to live the good life and chase their dreams. I just don’t see my home state becoming a place like that.

    • @dchiznit209
      @dchiznit209 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m IN CA and had a chance to live in TX for a while. Weather is the only redeeming thing about CA, and even then, it’s starting to become untenable due to the droughts here.

    • @DakotaofRaptors
      @DakotaofRaptors ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Texas weather is ok if you live on the Gulf Coast

    • @Miss_TEXAS_713
      @Miss_TEXAS_713 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True cali have nice mountains and so does west /&&Central Texas But to say cali's coastlines is dramatic as if your talking abt the beaches in Florida or Hawaii is laughable in itself🤣🤷‍♂️💯

    • @tybarker5038
      @tybarker5038 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Miss_TEXAS_713 lmao Florida beaches aren’t near as pretty. Okay yeah HAWAII obviously has everyone beat but as far as the contiguous states, CA and OR look the best by the ocean, especially northern CA and pretty much anywhere in Oregon. Washington doesn’t have much accessible coast and their weather sucks for the beach but at least it’s there. My last beach trip in Texas had an “oily” vibe and I didn’t want to stay very long. Big oil has ruined Texas :/

    • @mmmd3429
      @mmmd3429 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Miss_TEXAS_713 Where are these mountains in Central Texas? I can't find Mt. Denial on the map 🤣

  • @schwenda3727
    @schwenda3727 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If/when Texas becomes identical to present day California, literally everyone between the Mississippi River, I-20, US 81 or 281 & Sioux Falls best become prepared on getting priced out next.
    Not only because of Texas’s medium term outlook but Florida also potentially running out of room, Atlanta getting increasingly expensive, and NC already growing fast enough to the point where most medium sized cities statewide HAVE BEEN building brand new beltways from scratch.
    Historically all booms eventually go bust and then someplace(s) else fills the void. The “rust belt” was supposedly THE place to be around this time 100 years ago… look at many of those same METROPOLITAN area statistics over the past 50 years.

    • @underground9260
      @underground9260 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly! And just 20 years ago, the rust belt was more expensive than it was in the south! But today; that’s a total different story!

    • @rackss1661
      @rackss1661 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn that means Arkansas is next 😳

    • @scvcebc
      @scvcebc ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Most of Florida is barely above sea level. In 100 years the coastal cities will be flooded and millions will have to move.

  • @checkitout5403
    @checkitout5403 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Nice professional video. No income tax in Texas, but Texas has a high property tax. (Texans know what I am talking about)

    • @dchenkin02
      @dchenkin02 ปีที่แล้ว

      New Hampshire is the same, just much smaller in population and square mileage.

    • @mmmd3429
      @mmmd3429 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, that's a regressive tax system for the average Joe and working class.

    • @user-hm1zb8js5i
      @user-hm1zb8js5i ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mmmd3429 Property taxes are not regressive. People with higher incomes are more likely to own larger homes and more total properties, which means they pay the most in property taxes than poor people do.

    • @mmmd3429
      @mmmd3429 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-hm1zb8js5i You don't know what regressive means and you skipped over the income tax portion. One star rating.

  • @bchristian85
    @bchristian85 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I think Texas politics right now is going to slow its growth. The Southern Baptist Church is flexing its muscles in that state right now. A lot of more secular-minded people are wanting to leave. The state is wanting to dissolve the city of Austin since the population there is so socially progressive. The problem with California is its cost of living. Everything else hinges on that. If you can afford it, California is still one of the best places in the country to live for overall quality of life and things to do. Problem is, most can't afford it.

  • @d.b.1176
    @d.b.1176 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This is a win, win. People are leaving CA and “ruining” Texas at the same time. 😂

    • @d.b.1176
      @d.b.1176 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Kay A lol, good one.

    • @Juan_deep
      @Juan_deep ปีที่แล้ว

      F u but true

    • @6feet6figures
      @6feet6figures ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If Texas is so great how could anyone ruin it sounds you don’t even believe your own lies

    • @YouWillNeverKnow
      @YouWillNeverKnow ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And how's that a good thing?

    • @cameronspence4977
      @cameronspence4977 ปีที่แล้ว

      So that would be a lose lose then? Pretty sure you got your definitions mixed up. All the idiotic extremist morons who dont know how things like equality, laws, rights, governance, functional society and the constitution work need be contained in 1 place and keep ruining the only places they have ruined so far and leave the rest of the normal places alone. So the fact that they are doing the opposite of that is a lose lose. Not sure I understand your logic

  • @ddwkc
    @ddwkc ปีที่แล้ว +8

    To be fair, lot of Californians aren't originally from California as well.

  • @A_Hotwheels_Collector
    @A_Hotwheels_Collector ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If San Fransisco and Portland had a Baby, It Would be Austin. Born With Blue Hair and a Nose Ring

    • @thefutureisnowoldman7653
      @thefutureisnowoldman7653 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And just as racist

    • @antihero9443
      @antihero9443 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are those nose rings chips connected to the brain in order to think in a certain way?

    • @A_Hotwheels_Collector
      @A_Hotwheels_Collector ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@antihero9443 Probably 😂

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 ปีที่แล้ว

      More San Francisco and a silk road city like Tashkent, Bukhara, Ashgebat or Kabul if you ask me.

  • @rachelm.3173
    @rachelm.3173 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Texas is getting horrible now. I'm born and raised...it's a different state at this point. The cost of living, housing prices, the traffic. It's over populated and it's only getting worse.

  • @mg6192
    @mg6192 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    the weather in Texas during the summer is awful. Can't imagine why people from California where the weather is perfect would wanna move here.

    • @thankyou9085
      @thankyou9085 ปีที่แล้ว

      It got to 115 degrees where I’m from in socal, but it was dry heat so cooling down was a lot easier

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because weather isn't everything.

    • @mg6192
      @mg6192 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alexanderfretheim5720 it is if you live in Texas

  • @Christian-uj1mq
    @Christian-uj1mq ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lol people talking about how California is finished are just stupid. The state will continue to be the richest in the US, Yes Texas is rising and they is nothing wrong with that. But what people don’t get get is that within the capitalist framework of our economy Texas is simply the next best place for higher returns on investments like property like California was. Once those returns dry up as property prices go up,salaries go up you will see the same thing that happened to cali happened to Texas with people moving to Oklahoma or something. It’s nothing but the business cycle of things. But what will save states like cali or is saving NY is that the business they generate are world class entities , bringing billions. So despite people who can’t afford it are leaving, just like the video stated they still attract highly educated individuals who go on to earn fat salaries to afford living there. This is the reason why places like NYC despite being called overpriced and dangerous have stood at the top for decades and will continue to do so. This can being seen with business like Goldman’s Sachs building a new super skyscraper in NYC instead of leaving for places like Texas or Ohio or whatever because NYC/ NY just has advantages for business like these can’t be anywhere else.

    • @jonathanbowers8964
      @jonathanbowers8964 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just remember that New York still has almost double the economic output as Florida despite Florida having 1.5 X New York's population.

  • @2472Jessica
    @2472Jessica ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I don’t mind the cost of living given the beautiful weather CA gives me year long and the peace of mind knowing I have disability insurance and paid family leave. There’s actually a lot of benefits. Heck I was able to be off 6months off with my baby last year. Paid Family leave is crucial and we are pioneers in it.
    And also as a nurse we have patients ratios, can’t beat that.

    • @mmmd3429
      @mmmd3429 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      People in Texas cannot comprehend the benefits. Preach!
      Plus worker rights as well.

    • @tylerkriesel8590
      @tylerkriesel8590 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Must be nice to have money. The rest of us aren’t so lucky.

    • @2472Jessica
      @2472Jessica ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tylerkriesel8590 i dont have money but I know the importance of paying taxes and see how they directly benefit the people, hence my paid family leave with my baby. Plus I worked my ass off for my degree and work my ass off for my money. It's not luck, it's hard work.

  • @sophiaisabelle01
    @sophiaisabelle01 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We appreciate your take on this. We all hope to see more videos on this. God bless you.

  • @Chillfam
    @Chillfam ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you move to Texas, move to a smaller city 1hr away from major cities like Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio. Cheaper and future proof from becoming overcrowded

  • @michaeljvm
    @michaeljvm ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Oh, Texans would just love this! I'm just curious where people would move after they have exhausted Texas

    • @danielkelly2210
      @danielkelly2210 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Most likely to Arizona, Tennessee, Florida, and Colorado. Longer term to Nevada and Idaho.

    • @schwenda3727
      @schwenda3727 ปีที่แล้ว

      If they are able to tolerate a legit winter then it’s almost an inevitability they’ll be SWARMING the entirety of the Eastern Great Plains; from OKC/Tulsa all the way to Sioux Falls.
      Precovid to present, many of their larger metropolitan areas appear significantly more successful than most of the entire Midwest, much less the Great Lakes.

    • @HoodAdventures
      @HoodAdventures ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Colorado and Tennessee for sure

    • @bruhbutwhytho
      @bruhbutwhytho ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Pandemicjoe probably back to California since it would probably be cheap and still somewhat big by then.

    • @scruffy4647
      @scruffy4647 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      No matter where you decide to live, it's hard to beat the climate California offers. California dreaming is no longer. Too many people. Soon, Texas will be be the same.

  • @MacieCatherine
    @MacieCatherine ปีที่แล้ว +2

    no wonder the cost of living in austin is absolutely insane. i saw a two bedroom apt for almost $5k a month!! my mom lives in a small town near the border of MX and she pays $750 for a 3 bed townhome 😭 as for me i live about 30 minutes from austin and i pay $979 for a one bed but it’s going up next year cause of this shit 😵‍💫

  • @christopherbradley5575
    @christopherbradley5575 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There's no news here. Here in texas, we've been saying this for a decade now. On top of that, I grew up in California in the 1980s and it was exactly the way Texas is now. There's no secret that this place is going to turn into California and there's no secret that when that happens, I'm getting the fuck out of here.

    • @scvcebc
      @scvcebc ปีที่แล้ว

      But wherever you go, others will go too!

    • @dchenkin02
      @dchenkin02 ปีที่แล้ว

      California in the 1980s had a higher percentage of Catholic, Asian, and foreign born US citizens than Texas has today. Texas has always had a higher percentage of Black American Protestants than California.

  • @JAYY_JAYY
    @JAYY_JAYY ปีที่แล้ว +13

    As a homeowner outside the Bay Area my mortgage is 1400 per month that includes property taxes and insurance.
    Californias could careless about those who choose to move away .
    I personally prefer more of those that do not like the politics and the way we do things leave .
    The opportunity are endless here and the climate is generally mild 70-90 degrees all year .
    The beaches , ocean , snow , mountains redwoods are all within a few hours .
    There is a reason people from all over the world come here .

    • @atigerclaw
      @atigerclaw ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If your government keeps things up, you won't have a state for people to visit much longer:
      - Massive water shortages, and the government's response has been 'too expensive to build production infrastructure, let's wait it out and hope it rains'. (Water water everywhere, and not a drop to drink. If only someone would build some nuclear-powered desalinization plants.)
      - Strained Power Grid. Poorly maintained high-tension line right of ways.
      - Horribly mismanaged forest and wildland control leading to catastrophic wildfires that have wiped entire towns off the map.
      - A homelessness crisis of unbelievable magnitude. Leading to extremely hazardous conditions (trash buildup, fire hazards, drugs, biowaste on the streets, literal dark age diseases popping up).
      - Uncontrolled and rising crime. Partly because nobody will do anything about it. And partly because when something is done, it's a revolving door with a slap on the wrist and a punch card (Get a free frosty after being released your tenth time!). I mean seriously, when your response to vehicle break-ins is the motor vehicle equivalent to turning out your pockets so you don't get mugged, you are FAR beyond 'problem' and firmly in 'crisis' territory. When common chain stores are closing locations because of losses to looting, you have a crisis.
      - Social welfare programs that prioritize giving free things to people instead of directing those resources to any number of support jobs that could help relieve the previously pointed out problems. (While putting the destitute to work for pay no less! [Insert Mind Blown image here].)
      - Absurdly overblown taxes to try and pay for everything above, but falls short, resulting in struggling to keep everything funded... Creating a kind of death spiral that's causes all these problems to worsen.
      *_Tilts head to side._*
      The view of the bay area must be *_amazing_* from the glass house you live in at the top of that mountain.
      It's like watching a poorly run Sim City game in real time. There's a point where the poor management begins a domino effect of collapse. First comes the abandoned buildings. Then comes dropping the city services in order to save money lost from the missing tax base that just left, which only makes the causes of sim dissatisfaction worse. Then comes more abandoning... then services cuts branch into jacking up the taxes to try and compensate for an ever increasing deficit, which just drives more sims out and reduces the number coming in, then entire districts begin to collapse, having a knock on effect in reducing desirability further from stacking negative factors, and by the time you've hit this point the budget has collapsed, you've taken all the loans, and the violent mob with the torches and pitchforks are kicking down your office door and _OH GOD NOT THE FAC-_ *[CONNECTION TERMINATED]*
      Shockingly, when you carve out the middle class and have nothing but contempt for the lower class, your foundation for your stratified society... _crumbles._ And for those in situations like yours, everything is fine...
      _Until it isn't._
      I would really like to pause the game and do some micromanaging.

    • @twostop6895
      @twostop6895 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@atigerclaw Texas doesn’t have water neither,

    • @atigerclaw
      @atigerclaw ปีที่แล้ว

      @@twostop6895
      We used to. Then the Californians started moving in. And I'd like some Nuclear Desal here as well.

    • @vegasmitch1472
      @vegasmitch1472 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      $1,400 in the Bay Area??? That's BULLSHT!! i was there in the Early 90's & a 2 Bedroom was that then!!

    • @JAYY_JAYY
      @JAYY_JAYY ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vegasmitch1472 I am 1 hour outside Bay Area
      My mortgage, tax , insurance is 1400$ total per month

  • @achyutakrishna
    @achyutakrishna ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very good analysis. Thanks for your time and effort. Worth watching.

  • @twilightcitystudios
    @twilightcitystudios ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Illinois is still a prosperous state. Another look at the 2020 census revealed the exodus wasn't as big, for now. You show a picture of Chicago, but the Chicagoland area gained in population. It was the other parts of the state of Illinois, like central & southern Illinois that saw more of the population decline. It is disappointing that IL did lose residents, with that said it was mainly coming from areas outside of the Chicagoland metro area. That is sad to see and hopefully that can be reversed, but there's limitations as to what can be done or made for that. There are cool places outside of the Chicago area like the Quad Cities on the Mississippi River. While New York and California also have issues I have my doubts about how many people are really flocking out of those states. A more detailed analysis is needed like whose is flocking out and why, more than a one sentence word in your description. Illinois has problems that need to be looked into as well, but I would argue those are all still good states. Florida, Utah, and Texas also have their own problems and flaws. These problems vary from state to state. Utah has an issue with water shortages as more people move to Utah they'll have to find ways to handle the water supply, Texas has a similar problem also experiencing multiple droughts. I watched a video that suggested that Florida is becoming more and more expensive to live in as more people move there. It may impact the locals who have lived there for decades. Still a lot of opportunities in the Chicagoland area. New developments within Chicago itself like the 78 development and the Lincoln Yards development. Along with developments in the suburbs.

    • @glenmurie
      @glenmurie ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There's the bones of good cities in Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, and even Indianapolis. But the zoning and transportation issues need to get sorted. Tear down the car dependant infrastructure and single family sprawl and replace with trains, trams, bikes, pedestrians and multi family housing for middle class budgets.

    • @nombretaken9467
      @nombretaken9467 ปีที่แล้ว

      In NYS if you look up counties by population I think all the NYC boroughs experienced growth with brooklyn gaining 11% more people and suffolk county on long island was the only big county to lose population nassau county gained. The small counties were losing population. Im assuming people are moving out from areas that are poorer. While people are still actively moving to the cities

    • @1MinuteFlipDoc
      @1MinuteFlipDoc ปีที่แล้ว

      Illinois is a government bankruptcy waiting to happen.

    • @underground9260
      @underground9260 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m from Mississippi, and just recently moved to southern Illinois last year, (Carterville to be exact, near Carbondale). It’s a nice area. My quality of life has improved since I’ve moved here. I am doing better here than I was back in Mississippi. I make more money, have a nice apartment, and hopefully soon, I’ll buy a home. And not just that, we got a lot of recreational activities in Shawnee. It’s truly a hidden gem and the falls are more colorful than back home. Yes, Illinois got its problems and it’s poor in some places. But it’s a big improvement from where I’ve came from. And for someone that wants to move to Florida, it would benefit more for people who are more wealthy, than it would benefit from working class people.
      And on the plus side, I am allowed to be an adult, not be treated like a criminal over a plant, and I can get my alcohol in the same county, without traveling to different counties to get it. Because they still have alcohol sales that are not legal in certain counties.

    • @papaicebreakerii8180
      @papaicebreakerii8180 ปีที่แล้ว

      The growth is stagnant in Illinois. It’s one of the only states losing population right now. It might not be that fast now but in a few decades it’s definitely gonna hurt the state. And it’s not sustainable for one city(Chicago) to be the only prosperous part of an entire state. U can’t leave the millions of ppl outside the Chi behind

  • @lisalee3067
    @lisalee3067 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I hope Texas doesn’t become an overpriced homeless encampment. I recently visited Austin and loved it.

    • @dchenkin02
      @dchenkin02 ปีที่แล้ว

      Texas is a more rural state than most of the United States. Southern States hide their homeless population by making it easier for people to live in trailer parks; only a few large cities see homeless encampments thanks to a lack of affordable housing.

  • @gvanys
    @gvanys ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Texas, Georgia and Florida about to become so libral.

  • @dayanalopez6780
    @dayanalopez6780 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Born and raised in TX. All my neighbors in a new suburb are from California. I've noticed all the Californias moving to Texas are the poor California's. No wealthy Californian will prefer flat, dry, hot TX over California.

    • @lisasdfwhightechworld9946
      @lisasdfwhightechworld9946 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only 44% of Texas is flat. The rest is mountains, hills, and slopes. Texas has the 2nd largest canyon in the U.S. and miles and miles of forests.

    • @aidenrokez8629
      @aidenrokez8629 ปีที่แล้ว

      California actually gets hotter than Texas, especially in the high desert by Death Valley it gets to 110 over there.

    • @jonshasteen3474
      @jonshasteen3474 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dry TX? Houston, Dallas, and Austin are some of the most humid cities in the country.

    • @richardedmiston3756
      @richardedmiston3756 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@jonshasteen3474 I think what they mean is Texas doesn't get nowhere near enough rain.

    • @richardedmiston3756
      @richardedmiston3756 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@aidenrokez8629 Well I have family in Texas, and I don't visit them in the summer because I just can't stand the burning hot weather there.

  • @_morgoth_
    @_morgoth_ ปีที่แล้ว +4

    People fleeing California because it’s too expensive here. Hence why 2/3rds that left are low income earners. We’ve had people flooding into California for decades which made everything go up in price. Thank you Texas for taking some of these people from us. Hope more go and make things more affordable for those of us California natives.
    For those who want to end all the single family households and move towards high density urban environments, just realize that the suburbanization of the US has helped us demographically. High density cities have much lower birth rates and most countries around the world are suffering from demographic collapse in the near future. More space has helped encourage larger family growth in the US and is what will give us an advantage in the coming decades with a workforce, capital, and consumption that most other countries will be collapsing without.

  • @hotrod2804
    @hotrod2804 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Our family has been in Texas since 1840. The size of Texas and all the rural counties is what keeps Texas red, and the big cities hate it… they been saying Texas was going to turn blue for 30,40 years now. It’s red now and only getting redder.🤠

    • @alexduarte1260
      @alexduarte1260 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hot Rod the definition of going "red" is believing in small government and low taxes. Yet property taxes are the highest in the country, for a 400k home you pay roughly 9k/year and around 27k in 3 years to the county government. Hmmm I guess Texas is not so red after all.

    • @Odat
      @Odat ปีที่แล้ว

      Don’t worry racist, it’ll get bluer lol. Now go shag your sister red neck.

    • @jonathanbowers8964
      @jonathanbowers8964 ปีที่แล้ว

      Things will reach a tipping point. Illinois is also a pretty large state but one urban region is large enough to keep it consistently voting blue. Georgia will soon be the next Illinois as Atlanta tips the state towards progressive politics. Sure this phenomenon is a bit less common in states with multiple urban centers (Ohio is pretty pink despite having a similar urban population to Illinois because it has multiple cities rather than a single large urban center, Florida falls into the same camp, but that has more to do with its unique demographics than the normal trends).

  • @Monty-hy5hz
    @Monty-hy5hz ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That’s why I’m leaving Texas Smfh this is absolutely sad and it’s time to go..the crime rate and cost of living has gone up..I gotta go..Texas never been this bad since Katrina Smfh

    • @The_Quaalude
      @The_Quaalude ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kay A just the cities that aren't in the middle of nowhere

  • @Babymavashi
    @Babymavashi ปีที่แล้ว +2

    But Texas cannot have weather like in California 😢

  • @JabrenHarris98
    @JabrenHarris98 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think Virginia is becoming the new California whole time. Really I started seeing a lot of west coast folks and western folks in Virginia. From Cali to Oregon to Washington to New Mexico and even Arizona. I only seen maybe one or two Colorado plates and one Nevada plates but it’s mostly Cali, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington.

  • @PreparedOverlander
    @PreparedOverlander ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Some will say this will never happen. I do remember back when California, Colorado, and Washington where strong red states. Fast forward 30 years, you have a massive shift in voting and policy.
    The blue wave from other states have come to Georgia as well. I think it will take another 10 years and Georgia will be a solid dark blue state due to those moving from the north east and Illinois. The problem with people coming from those areas, they think they could do it better this time around. The results will be the same.

    • @bchristian85
      @bchristian85 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Maybe or maybe not. Some of California's issues is because of its geography and zoning laws, not because it's an LGBTQ-friendly state and a state that protect's women's bodily autonomy.

    • @handsfortoothpicks
      @handsfortoothpicks ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bchristian85 damn those gays making people homeless!!!!! 😠😠😠😔😔😔

    • @PreparedOverlander
      @PreparedOverlander ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bchristian85 You just could not resist to try and push politics on everything right? I feel sorry for you if this all you think about everyday, you must have a miserable life. I could care less about gays and abortion, I vote based on other things. I hope blue states start going with govt assisted suicide programs like Canada.

    • @francisevans6595
      @francisevans6595 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bchristian85 No it's not just that, their policy on crime alone is a massive disaster. Not holding criminals accountable for their actions, defunding the police while also disarming people with their gun control laws. Liberals loves chaos, they hate law and order because only through chaos these politicians are able to have some grip onto their positions. Liberal cities like California, Chicago etc, seems to be letting these criminals out on purpose. People like you are stupid enough to vote these politicians solely because of "Lgbtq" and "Womens" rights.

    • @mmmd3429
      @mmmd3429 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't be scared of higher wages and worker rights. That southern propaganda has you folks twisted 🤣

  • @Techixyi
    @Techixyi ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Same with lots of other states, some in the Midwest and New England (including the ones in the description)

  • @JoseRamirez-lf6wi
    @JoseRamirez-lf6wi ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just move from Texas to California 😂so far so good 👌

  • @elsalvadorybitcoin1129
    @elsalvadorybitcoin1129 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting analysis. 😮

  • @keeganbrown9967
    @keeganbrown9967 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Texas MUST build cheaper high density housing. These newer and younger generations don't mind apartment living so long as it's affordable. We cannot price out the current residents. As for politics I just pray Texas stays red and newcomers respect or way of life. That's all I can ask for.

    • @underground9260
      @underground9260 ปีที่แล้ว

      I honestly doubt it. For Texas to stay red, it will have to shift more moderate. Ohio is more conservative than Texas is today! And Ohio for many years has been known as a purple state!

    • @dchenkin02
      @dchenkin02 ปีที่แล้ว

      Texas' way of life started changing decades ago when the Latino Catholic population started to grow. Texas' way of life has little to do with high income jobs bringing a surge of well educated professionals who don't share the values of Confederate flag owners.

    • @dchenkin02
      @dchenkin02 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@underground9260 Ohio also has become more red along with many other states because unionized workers were forced out by the decline of manufacturing jobs. Population decline do to rising unemployment doesn't automatically make residents more conservative.

    • @thankyou9085
      @thankyou9085 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are for sure right on the housing idea, but people don’t like the idea of no back yards and no huge houses

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 ปีที่แล้ว

      They will. Planning commissions are not the sacred cow in Texas that they are in the West Coast and New England. As it makes sense, people WILL question zoning there. NIMBYism actually tends to be pretty ineffective there - that's part of why they're building the new Rare Earths facilities in Texas.

  • @cessealbeach
    @cessealbeach ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am from CA born and raised, I know atleast 7 families that moved in the last 5 years, primary reason taxes and housing and all these folks transferred work from CA, so they did not have to job hunt, but some are already disappointed about property Taxes and Traffic, these folks are dems and I know they will Vote Dem , Texas will lose its republican Status if this trend continues

  • @GAURAV25855ify
    @GAURAV25855ify ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Decades age california became the next new york and now Texas is becoming the next california

  • @morenahlatshwaya
    @morenahlatshwaya ปีที่แล้ว +54

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    • @Soboj-oy8me
      @Soboj-oy8me ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @philominafashi1662
      @philominafashi1662 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @adasohas
      @adasohas ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @JiwanWill
      @JiwanWill ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @JiwanWill
      @JiwanWill ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @NatalieSelene
    @NatalieSelene ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I have bodily autonomy in California, I do not in TX. That is honestly all that matter to me.

    • @protectork9831
      @protectork9831 ปีที่แล้ว

      California made rape of unconscious women and children non violent crime few years back with prop 47 ans 57. Yes they really do care about you

    • @cameronspence4977
      @cameronspence4977 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So leave?

    • @keeganbrown9967
      @keeganbrown9967 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Imagine basing your whole life around the ability to murder your child vs not being able to murder your child. Sick

    • @NatalieSelene
      @NatalieSelene ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@keeganbrown9967 your gender discrimination is showing

    • @NatalieSelene
      @NatalieSelene ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@cameronspence4977 I won't even travel to TX for a visit lol

  • @eyadalmaghariz3176
    @eyadalmaghariz3176 ปีที่แล้ว

    Living here for 15 months, working for big company . But I’m ready to move out again. People aren’t friendly, driving like 3rd world country, sales tax is high, property tax is high, took me 5 months to get appointments at DMV to change my license to Texas. Everything here is difficult and aggressive ( people , driving, weather, business permits :/ )

  • @Dxeus
    @Dxeus ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Property tax and property insurance in Texas will outweigh anything California throws at you.

    • @whatsup7535
      @whatsup7535 ปีที่แล้ว

      When you combine all tax burdens, California far exceeds Texas.

    • @thefutureisnowoldman7653
      @thefutureisnowoldman7653 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nothing beats california 5 dollars Gas

    • @mmmd3429
      @mmmd3429 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thefutureisnowoldman7653 I know this will blow your mind, but gas buddy proves that you're liar 🤣

    • @mmmd3429
      @mmmd3429 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Texas has that sweet sweet $7.25 minimum wage!

    • @thefutureisnowoldman7653
      @thefutureisnowoldman7653 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mmmd3429 I'm talking about california gas prices dumbass

  • @vanrozay8871
    @vanrozay8871 ปีที่แล้ว

    Four years ago, I spent a few months in the Austin area. Freeway traffic was terrible, seemingly as bad as in the S.F. Bay Area. That was BEFORE Tesla's arrival and continued population growth. Austin is a great place, but traffic may make it hard to live there if one wants to get around.

  • @Latesnightesongrailed
    @Latesnightesongrailed ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Honestly as a person who was born and raised in Texas I see more out of state plates now then our own and honestly hate it I really can’t stand it rent here has gone up from 900-1000 to 2000-2400 it’s getting really crazy in the main cities and I’ve never been more miserable please stop coming here

    • @SomethingDifferentFilms
      @SomethingDifferentFilms  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The cost of living was famously low a decade ago, now it's only "cheap" when compared to place like California where the cost of living is outright outrageous.

    • @woah99
      @woah99 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Where do you think they should go to instead of Texas?

    • @alexandrade7835
      @alexandrade7835 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@woah99 Mexico

    • @woah99
      @woah99 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alexandrade7835 what part?

    • @nathanu6074
      @nathanu6074 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@woah99 we dont really give a shit, shouldn't be our problem

  • @Someone-ji2gm
    @Someone-ji2gm ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It’s pretty well said but Texas should keep it’s focus on not regulating as much as California. Which the Californian government caused the homeless crisis with having so much housing regulations there could only be single family homes. Texas should really consider it’s urban design to not make the same mistakes as California

  • @lolomar
    @lolomar ปีที่แล้ว +4

    texas is now majority hispanic at 40.2%, crazy how fast the demographics are changing.

    • @__Man__
      @__Man__ ปีที่แล้ว

      Hispanic are concentrated in the cities and Southern Texas. The White are still majority in the countries

    • @jacobortegatv1598
      @jacobortegatv1598 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What do you expect? It was once México. The southwest will always remain predominantly Hispanic.

  • @dalepellerin
    @dalepellerin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Crime has always been horrible in Dallas and Houston

    • @alexanderfretheim5720
      @alexanderfretheim5720 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's true, and the crisis on the border is turning the Rio Grande Valley in to the worlds largest crime ghetto. It's a narcopocalypse down there!

  • @Dre_Key
    @Dre_Key ปีที่แล้ว +12

    So basically San Francisco is moving to Austin... because California is not the exact same everywhere. While SF is more liberal, San Diego is definitely more conservative.. This place is too big and wide to nail down as it all being the exact same.

    • @robertmartinjr.4537
      @robertmartinjr.4537 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      San Diego County us becoming Purple so is Orange County but I get what you are saying.

    • @Dre_Key
      @Dre_Key ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertmartinjr.4537 purple.. you mean shifting??

    • @robertmartinjr.4537
      @robertmartinjr.4537 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Dre_Key yes

    • @Dre_Key
      @Dre_Key ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertmartinjr.4537 Interesting... First time ive heard this but im intrigued. Wish that was followed up by costs but its not lol. I hate that im even thinking about leaving here.

    • @robertmartinjr.4537
      @robertmartinjr.4537 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Dre_Key it is what is things change. There is a shelf life for everything in all facets of life.

  • @The1ByTheSea
    @The1ByTheSea 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I can see this starting in the urban areas : Houston,Dallas, Austin and San Antonio and spreading .It will then spead west to Western Texas ,north to Oklahoma and east to Louisiana ,Mississippi and Alabama ,till it reaches Florida .

  • @MountainGirlwIPA
    @MountainGirlwIPA ปีที่แล้ว +4

    With the exception of Austin, most of the ca residents are not democrats. So they will not CA your TX. I lived in Texas as a kid . Now it’s just the overpopulation that would drive me nuts if I still lived in Tx.

  • @knightrider311
    @knightrider311 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Very cool content, I was born in Karachi but have been in US for about 10 years. Would love to see your take on that city

    • @SomethingDifferentFilms
      @SomethingDifferentFilms  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you Knightrider, my knowledge of cities and regions outside of the US is less in-depth, however I am sure I will eventually do more research on international locations.

  • @Mentallect
    @Mentallect ปีที่แล้ว +2

    People homeless in Cali because of the cost of living, in Texas because the pay is low, support system broken, policies evil, and despair.

  • @RedPillLife1966
    @RedPillLife1966 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    RIP Texas

  • @robertcarter8600
    @robertcarter8600 ปีที่แล้ว

    Convoluted presentation.

  • @HoodAdventures
    @HoodAdventures ปีที่แล้ว +15

    After destroying their own state they want to move elsewhere 😂.

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 ปีที่แล้ว

      “If we can’t live in a place that isn’t a bankrupt, corrupt, overcrowded, over taxed, morally bankrupt, overpriced, Stalinist toilet then NO ONE CAN! Muuuuaaaaa-hahahahaha!”

    • @user-ho1ih1uj6w
      @user-ho1ih1uj6w ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So people can't move out in a different part of America?

    • @Juan_deep
      @Juan_deep ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@user-ho1ih1uj6w NO stay where u at

    • @user-ho1ih1uj6w
      @user-ho1ih1uj6w ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Juan_deep I don't live in America senior juanito

    • @_morgoth_
      @_morgoth_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where do you think all these people originally came from? For the last several decades, everyone from all over the US was moving into California. Now they are leaving and going elsewhere. Have fun going through what us native Californians have been dealing with the last 40 years or so.

  • @Cam-pt9ex
    @Cam-pt9ex ปีที่แล้ว

    From California. Moved to TX in SA to see what’s all the hype. I like the city, but it’s too big for me. Only huge price difference I saw was my Insurance being more expensive, but Gas and rent are definitely way cheaper. The humidity was a dealbreaker for me. Will be going back to cali soon.

    • @AR-gu2no
      @AR-gu2no ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good don’t let the door hit ya on the way out

  • @carlito_148
    @carlito_148 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lived in Austin from 99 to 2010. It was a epic place to live

  • @tarahutton9942
    @tarahutton9942 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    California will always be desirable as it is geographically beautiful.

    • @maytrang671
      @maytrang671 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      earthquakes, wild fires, floods, traffics, high housing cost etc... no thanks

    • @Mia-sp5wh
      @Mia-sp5wh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@maytrang671Texas : bad weather racism no rights no thanks

  • @sidd_not_vicious2609
    @sidd_not_vicious2609 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I am 50 and I have lived in cali my entire life ...there are two California..the good one of my youth and the one that is corrupt and crumbling apart today..its heartbreaking to see what has been done to this once beautiful place..only the wealthy can enjoy the state now.. it is full of either the super wealthy or the dirt poor..no middle ground here anymore..this whole nation is falling apart but here quicker

    • @Winnas
      @Winnas ปีที่แล้ว

      The poor young and immigrants, wealthy tech/film industry, and the boomers that bought their houses when they were affordable. All these suburbs are full of white haired empty nesters.

    • @francisevans6595
      @francisevans6595 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because the people that runs California are bunch of foreign agents attacking us from the inside, they know they can't beat us in a War-like scenario that's why they have to resort to this.

    • @ramoncastaneda8432
      @ramoncastaneda8432 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not falling apart it just look like the 70s again

    • @charleshoang566
      @charleshoang566 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am in middle ground.

    • @dougmartin7129
      @dougmartin7129 ปีที่แล้ว

      Drama queen. Get away from the coast and it’s still heaven.

  • @davidtice4972
    @davidtice4972 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I live in warm southern California while the rest of the U.S. freezes. LOL

    • @joshuaandino
      @joshuaandino ปีที่แล้ว

      California and Florida are the only 2 states that barely get cold lol

    • @davidtice4972
      @davidtice4972 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuaandino
      Tu estas correcto.

    • @ericbeck9184
      @ericbeck9184 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuaandino Hawaii would like to have a word with you. :)

  • @isaacb725
    @isaacb725 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes it's been California in many ways and I'm not talking culturally, even if we became more liberal it still be it's own kind compared to Cali, we have always been the same because California use to be a pro business state until they realized 1. Local government and mega Corps can only force each other to do stuff to a point and 2. Companies will destroy the state if the state allows them to, then won't flip the tab for the repairs. Or will just leave when things go bust.

    • @francisevans6595
      @francisevans6595 ปีที่แล้ว

      Texas will become a communist state just like California does. This is all planned, when you have idiots moving to Texas and voting the same way as they do in California, Texas will be destroyed just as planned and you have the Liberals to thanked for that.

    • @alexandercoffman8319
      @alexandercoffman8319 ปีที่แล้ว

      I Agree In Full, & I wish many others would see these same things.

  • @stevenserna910
    @stevenserna910 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Folks, there's only one Texas and one California. What makes 'em special is their distinctiveness. Migration is a fact of life. Its a tenet of American freedom.
    Stuff happens, folks move.

  • @hollyriley9848
    @hollyriley9848 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It’s really sad what’s happening to our beautiful Texas. It’s understandable why so many Californians are moving here, but, Texans hate all the garbage they are bringing with them.

  • @RoIIingStoned
    @RoIIingStoned ปีที่แล้ว

    Born in raised in California. I’m conservative leaning. Not moving anytime soon. That being said, I make bank and am happy 😆. God bless America.

  • @rogerkern
    @rogerkern ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And yet they still vote just like they did in California and wonder what went wrong?

  • @talalfarooq432
    @talalfarooq432 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So, which state will be the next Texas?

  • @Angelito_Noreaga
    @Angelito_Noreaga ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Except the migration of people that is being discussed isn't really happening. At least, not in the high numbers that many would like to believe.

  • @patpeacock8150
    @patpeacock8150 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Texad can't even keep the power on now

  • @BurrQ19
    @BurrQ19 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    All Texas needs to go Blue is about 2.5 million Democrats who care enough to consistently vote. That could happen in 6 years.

    • @fgc-linux1650
      @fgc-linux1650 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why would you want Texas to turn blue? That's disgusting. The party that constantly violates constitutional rights and seeks to destroy it should not be in power.

  • @tayloraslin1982
    @tayloraslin1982 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Only true Texans know what's really going on.

  • @KMiley
    @KMiley ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes! The culture has changed! It usednto be more friendly.

  • @therodfather916
    @therodfather916 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Texas will be a blue states in less than ten years. Remember Colorado and soon Arizona. I love Austin (the Portland/San Francisco of Texas) I can't afford it today. I should have bought a property six years ago. The traffic on 35 is like the 405 in LA and rapidly catching up with the Atlanta area. Like Atlanta and LA public transportation was an after thought. My family is from Texas and I own property in Texas but I'm staying put in Cali. She's is just too beautiful to leave and like most breathtakingly beautiful women, they don't come cheap

    • @underground9260
      @underground9260 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe in 2040. Georgia will probably become a blue state by 2030 tho

    • @okijima15
      @okijima15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep, she is not perfect but absolutely Gougeous 🙂

  • @baronvonjo1929
    @baronvonjo1929 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lots of places in the south are growing like crazy.
    To bad nothing is being done to improve infrastructure.
    Not like there is any way to change what's been done without a lot of money and effort and time.
    It's not looking pretty.

    • @rackss1661
      @rackss1661 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not Arkansas(my home state) Louisiana and Mississippi. We’re the last of the real South. Soon as Texas start to become over populated they’ll all flock east to our states I already can see our cities like Fayetteville and Little Rock becoming overcrowded 10/15 years from now.

  • @erithe9177
    @erithe9177 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I would really be curious about seeing a video on Iowa and how I’m constantly asked “what is even there besides corn” once I’ve told people that’s where I’m from and they always become surprised at how important the state is to every day agriculture or just the general random things about the state

    • @SomethingDifferentFilms
      @SomethingDifferentFilms  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Iowa would be a great option, you never hear about it outside of political primaries and corn, yet it has a population that is more than size times the size of Wyoming.

    • @schwenda3727
      @schwenda3727 ปีที่แล้ว

      Supposedly a conservative state (with billboards & banners on barns stuck in the turn of the century regarding gay rights than almost any other state in the entire union), but also appears to have at least a couple BOOMING college towns, consistently growing populations all along I-80, and supposedly gets around half of all of their electricity from wind power.

  • @realemperorkuzco
    @realemperorkuzco ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only problem, is with Texas growing, the Rio Grande valley will continue to deteriorate as more and more people rely on the river.

  • @yametekudasaii01
    @yametekudasaii01 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Texas must maintain affordable housing and good business, living, home taxations. That way it will definitely overcome California's economy.

    • @andrewfreeman88
      @andrewfreeman88 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Affordable housing depends on Developers & landlords. Supply & demand. Unless you want the government to provide housing like Cuba etc..

    • @bruhbutwhytho
      @bruhbutwhytho ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@andrewfreeman88 it's largely about zoning which Texas isn't doing great in. But then again it's geography is better suit for sprawl than California's

    • @andrewfreeman88
      @andrewfreeman88 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bruhbutwhytho zoning and developers. Texas doesn't need to build UP. Only in downtown core cities does that work. CA has too many cars and people in urban areas creating more crime & issues.

    • @bruhbutwhytho
      @bruhbutwhytho ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@andrewfreeman88 It doesn't need to but it should, that's the most economically sound thing to do.

    • @andrewfreeman88
      @andrewfreeman88 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bruhbutwhytho Well it is in Austin. It is geographically and logically sound not economically. Economically would be vast urban sprawl.