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by JumpCrisscross 1 hour ago
> No wonder people are fleeing California in droves

“Fleeing” is hyperbole. Population is roughly flat [1].

[1] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/CA/PST045224

2 comments

Both can be true.

There could be people fleeing that have lived there for some time, while being supplanted with newcomers. That would have a net zero effect.

I’m not sure why that counts as a useful definition of fleeing within the context of economic conditions.
Shrinking every year. Not good. ~40% people under 40 (or ~10% of the population) live with their parents. This is an indirect tax on parents since a majority of this class has no option to evict their kids.

North Korea has a stable population, people flee all the time. The comparison is apt. California's 4-walled fences are much tighter around their residents.

> North Korea has a stable population

How could you possibly know this.