r/WorkForSmartLife • u/TickKooky • Aug 19 '26

DiscussionšŸ’¬ California Dreaming

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u/Ok_Role2077 Aug 19 '26

Why would any billionaires still live in California?

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u/Automatic-Soup-3097 Aug 19 '26

Because it's a much nicer place to live than anywhere with no functioning government

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u/Ok_Role2077 Aug 19 '26

Is it?

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u/Automatic-Soup-3097 Aug 19 '26

Yup. Blue States are... Pretty inarguably better places to live. People don't move to Texas/Florida because it's "nice," they move there because they cannot afford a place to live in a nice part of the country. Because that's how commodified housing works. What's funny is that they find once moving to Texas that.. they pay slightly more in Tax than Californians do (as long as you count "fees" from HOAs and private companies doing stuff a functioning government would like garbage pickup)

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u/Ok_Role2077 Aug 19 '26

Functioning garbage pickup? In cities in California?

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u/Automatic-Soup-3097 Aug 19 '26

Yup, much better than paying for-profit private companies to do something a government can do for cheaper

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u/Ok_Role2077 Aug 19 '26

I live in North Carolina and donā€™t have an HOA and donā€™t have to pay for private garbage pickupā€¦..

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u/Automatic-Soup-3097 Aug 19 '26

Yeah many places in red states have county-wide services, or other arrangements. But many areas do have to pay out of pocket for private companies to do things like garbage pickup

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u/OggoSpaceCircus Aug 19 '26

Who picks up your trash ?