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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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[–] 22 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I’m not sure how this hasn’t been mentioned yet but a lot of the Midwest doesn’t like California because it feels like there’s a migration of californians who have been priced out of California moving into the Midwest who both bring their left leaning policies into right leaning areas and buy up so much property it drives housing even higher.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    and buy up so much property it drives housing even higher

    It's easier to blame Californians than the investment firms that are the ones actually buying up the housing inventory.

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