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Did you know that a good Marxist is a dead one? Now you know.

Shinzo Abe was a great man. We need more people like him.

No, the bay area is notoriously bad. It is MUCH worse than the rest of the country. The bay area has the third highest population of homeless in the country after LA and NYC.

Okay, let’s take a look at the first claim:

on a per capita basis, california households ranked 50th in the country for likelihood of moving out of the state

The source linked in this Reddit comment is a Reddit post that links to a local newspaper that links a summary on the UC website which links to a 2020 study by UCLA. After looking at that study, it turns that study ONLY looked at the migration data between the years of 2019 and 2020 to see if there was an exodus in California during the pandemic… when there were lockdowns and restrictions. Shockingly, the study found that a lot people chose to hold tight while the virus was ravaging the country so there was a slight dip in people moving out. Despite this, the study found that there was still an exodus, however it was happening within California where people were fleeing the big cities (mostly SF) to go to cheaper inland counties. So the way the Reddit comment was using this study is misleading at best.

However, that’s not all because the data post pandemic does actually show there was in fact a big ass exodus. According to this ABC article from 6 months ago that explains that U.S. Postal Service has been publicly posting the change of address data annually starting in 2018. This data shows mobility across zip codes by counting how many address changes go in and out of those zip codes. According to this data, from the beginning of 2018 to the end of 2022, California has lost around 500,000 people, mostl y after the pandemic. That means California’s population has been shrinking:

https://abc7news.com/feature/california-exodus-myth-californians-move-to-texas-why-are-companies-moving-from-regrets/13205816/

Keep in mind, this data was available when the comment you linked was written. So not only was the notion false, the conclusion they made from the study was misleading, but they’re clearly trying craft a narrative considering how they’re ignoring data that was available at the time. This was just one point, the other points are equally as disingenuous, misleading, or false. From the GDP claims to the tax bracket claims to the life expectancy claims. You wanted facts? Well, here you go.

There are better metrics to measure quality of life. Like for example, the Better Life Index by OECD. This index takes a look at housing, income, jobs, community, education, environment, civic engagement, health, life satisfaction, safety, and work life balance and gives a much more comprehensive view of a country’s performance than just GDP. Countries like China have very high GDP and countries like Qatar have very high GDP per capita, yet neither of these places are good places to live in or offer a good quality of life to the average citizen, but the GDP figures don’t show this. That’s why I don’t take these figures seriously. We need something like the Better Life Index for the individual states here to really get an idea of how things are going. I have a feeling that states like Maine, Vermont, or Utah which have low GDP and GDP per capita offer a much better quality of life to their average residents than states with high GDP and GDP per capital like Massachusetts, New York, or California.

Yes, just pretend that the city doesn’t have any big problems. That will surely make all the crime disappear.

It’s pretty bad. There’s shit all over the sidewalks, there’s drug addicts on every street corner, there’s so much theft that stores are closing left and right, car theft has gone through the roof, so many mentally ill homeless people, and there’s nobody that seems to be doing anything about any of it.

We’ve been hearing about new big leaks for the past decade. I’ll believe it when I see it.

Are you an idiot? I understand Marxists are brain damaged, but are really retarded enough to understand the harm that comes property crime? Jesus, the education system failed you and hard

We get it, you’re pig shit, we don’t need to see your selfies

Imagine being this retarded. Like I can’t even get mad at you, you’re so stupid that I genuinely feel sorry for you

Why did you post a selfie?

Lmao imagine linking a Reddit comment and thinking it means anything. Not only that but the Reddit comment is full of cherry picked facts that are intentionally misinterpreted

Least retarded Marxist

It’s not wrong, cope

Porn is very harmful to the development of kids. They get addicted to the dopamine they get from watching it, they’ll start developing more and more extreme fetishes, it gives them (especially boys) a wrong idea about sex, and they start favoring porn over socializing and forming relationships. Porn is NOT a good thing.

But with that being said, I’m also aware that kids can’t be stopped and they WILL find a way to access porn. When there’s a demand, someone’s going to find the supply. So for that I’m against banning porn for underage kids entirely because I know it wouldn’t work. However regulating the industry to provide stronger restrictions and stronger parental controls is not a bad idea.

One could say the same thing about the gender identity crap, but I have a feeling you wouldn’t apply the same standard to that, would you?

Imagine being this ignorant. The amount of people who give a shit about partisan tribalism irl is a lot smaller than online. The reality is that California is filled to the brim with problems. Ignoring them and pretending they don’t exist doesn’t make them go away.

You’re just lying about crime in San Francisco. SF has seen a massive spike in crime over the past decade. Property crime has gone through the roof and SF is now one of the leading cities in the country for crimes like theft and larceny. Trying to pretend that the huge crime problem in SF doesn’t exist just shows that you’re disingenuous. SF was never free of crime, but it also wasn’t this bad just 10 years afo.

You’re the type of person who will go on to complain that GDP figures don’t mean a thing if the same was pointed out for Texas. The reality is that it really doesn’t mean anything, what has the high GDP meant for the average Californian? Crime is still high and on the rise, homelessness is still at unprecedented levels, public infrastructure is still in a sorry state, public schools are getting worse and worse every year, the cost of living is still insane for most Californians, and politicians are still dumb, corrupt, and don’t care about the people.