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Why do people dislike California? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I recently moved to California. Before i moved, people asked me "why are you moving there, its so bad?". Now that I'm here, i understand it less. The state is beautiful. There is so much to do.

I know the cost of living is high, and people think the gun control laws are ridiculous (I actually think they are reasonable, for the most part). There is a guy I work with here that says "the policies are dumb" but can't give me a solid answer on what is so bad about it.

So, what is it that California does (policy-wise) that people hate so much?

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[โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The amount of Californians who blame everywhere else doesn't help.

90% of the homeless in California were there when they lost their houses. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_California

And the problem is y'all refuse to build housing or shelters. 2/3rds of them are unsheltered. Housing costs are why they're homeless.

NYC has the other concentration of the homeless (and a lot of problems with the housing market as well) but at least 90% of the population has shelter.

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