[scoofy]

I don't even know how to respond to statements like this. Yes, if you care about issues de jour, yes, Texas is going to look terrible. And Texas has terrible stances on issues like abortion.

At the same time, you can't ignore the facts. Texas has high property taxes, which are de facto wealth taxes, so it shouldn't surprise anyone on that Texas has significantly lower wealth inequality than California does.

Again, unless you literally inherit a house with an inherited property tax assessment in CA or vest equity in a unicorn, you're probably going to be poorer in CA than in Texas.

We have to stop pretending the landed aristocracy that exist in California somehow "doesn't count" as inequality and injustice.

[californical]

Oh California has its problems too, I moved away from California after living there for a few years due to the impossibility of affording a home. It’s a beautiful state but the affordability was oppressive, even for high earners. On top of a bunch of other social issues of their own.

Absolutely not here pretending that California is some promised land. Hell, even the state I ended up moving to has its own problems.

It’s just that the problems that Texas does have are untenable for my family.