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Old 02-06-2013, 12:58 PM
 
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Texas is like China...only thing they bring to the table is dirt cheap labor, poor environmental regulations and standard of living. They both have zero innovation or creativity of their own and only know how to steal jobs from other countries/ states.
Good post! Jerry Brown, no matter how crazy he comes off sometimes has a good point. If there was nothing valuable in California there would be no need to come and lure businesses away. There are numerous states I would rather relocate to then Texas anyways.

 
Old 02-06-2013, 01:34 PM
 
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Here is a list of cities, with the 10 highest and 10 lowest cost of living adjusted incomes in the nation. Note the areas of Texas that are drawing Californians, are 2 of the top 10. California not even one. It is not the size of the paycheck, but what you can buy with it. Texas is attracting a lot of people for this reason.

Note that Los Angeles area is one of the bottom 10 in the whole country.

10 Cities With the Highest and Lowest Real Incomes - US News and World Report

And note how many states, beat California when it comes to median income after being adjusted for cost of living.

GeoCommons

Note even Silicon Valley the highest income area of the nation, falls behind Dallas Tx when incomes are adjusted for cost of living.

No. 1: Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Statistical Area - The Cities Where Americans Are Moving Now - Forbes

People keep talking on these threads, about Texas property taxes being higher than Texas.

Here is a chart, where the taxes at median home price and as a percentage of income for all states. Note that when taxes are adjusted for median home price, and median incomes that Texas is less than paid in California. These facts are what are really important, and helping Texas attract people from California.

PROPERTY TAXES; WHERE DOES YOUR STATE RANK

People have to look at the whole picture to understand why people are leaving California. Too many people are only looking at one or two facts, not the whole picture.
 
Old 02-06-2013, 01:43 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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I think so. But where I live, pretty much everyone who resides outside of the deep south, Texas or a state continguous to Texas is called a "yankee." Sort of as a generic derogatory term.
Says a lot about Texas
 
Old 02-06-2013, 01:44 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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I just ran across something called "Chula Vista." Is that a mexican entree?
"Nice View" (beautiful, pretty etc.) is what it means. You still haven't defined a "Lubbock".
 
Old 02-06-2013, 01:45 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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I thought you Texans picked up some Spanish here and there?
Shhhhh, let's not tell them about San Antonio, Amarillo or El Paso.

Or Texas=Tejas
 
Old 02-06-2013, 01:47 PM
 
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It is not the size of the paycheck, but what you can buy with it.
No one has ever accused Californians of not consuming enough.
 
Old 02-06-2013, 01:51 PM
 
Location: Central Bay Area, CA as of Jan 2010...but still a proud Texan from Houston!
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Californians seem to be very impaired at math and reasoning when it comes to TX and taxes.

Thanks for demonstrating this
 
Old 02-06-2013, 02:02 PM
 
Location: Police State
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Texas is like China...only thing they bring to the table is dirt cheap labor, poor environmental regulations and standard of living. They both have zero innovation or creativity of their own and only know how to steal jobs from other countries/ states.
This is a really bad analysis. Dirt cheap labor? Um, COL anybody? Sorry, did that just undercut one of your key points? Oh and with such lowly institutions like UT Austin, Texas A&M, and Baylor (all tier one universities), I mean what good could ever come out of Texas, right?

Poor environmental regulations, yeah I'm pretty that you have no idea what you're talking about. Being more business friendly doesn't mean cesspool living conditions, sorry to burst your bubble. I realize this is a popular sentiment, but one not founded in facts. Clearly California's excessive environmental regulations have helped our bottom line, right?

The rest of your post consists of you talking completely out of your ass. Perhaps instead of posting bigoted nonsense, you could dare to journey away from your computer screen and travel a bit, perhaps a visit to (wait for it) Texas! That way you'll actually know what you're talking about so that you can start being taken seriously in a discussion.
 
Old 02-06-2013, 02:02 PM
 
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"Nice View" (beautiful, pretty etc.) is what it means. You still haven't defined a "Lubbock".
The 83rd biggest city in the U.S. Named after Thomas S. Lubbock, a former Texas Ranger and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Recently named one of the top 20 best-run cities in the United States by the Wall Street Journal. Home to some damn fine people.

Wanna take a shot at explaining to me that an "Anaheim" is not actually a condition that would require medical attention?
 
Old 02-06-2013, 02:03 PM
 
Location: So California
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Excellent, there is more to life than four walls on an 8,000 sq. ft. lot. West Texas is okay, but East Texas would not work for outside people.

Ive seen you say that before, just wondering why? Humidity or terrain?

West Texas, is stereotypical dry, flat, mountains down toward El Paso. Lubbock = Bakersfield
This is what people who havent been to Texas envision it to be.

Central Texas is rolling, green from March/April to Aug/Sept then you get hill country toward Austin/San Antonio. Lots of water/lakes. Most of the population lives here in the triangle from DFW south to Austin/SA east to Houston

East Texas humid, green, pine trees & bayous in the south.
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