"#California is growing again. Hurrah! Or ho-hum?"
Not by much and Ho Hum. Almost every single new resident won't be here as soon as their corporate CONTRACT runs out. They WILL buy up all the houses though, making long-term residency and family life even more unaffordable in a state that thrives on Technocratically Designed And Enforced Economic Scarcity
Embedded lede: "California exodus talk was overblown and is thankfully disproved"
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Not by much and Ho Hum. Almost every single new resident won't be here as soon as their corporate CONTRACT runs out. They WILL buy up all the houses though, making long-term residency and family life even more unaffordable in a state that thrives on Technocratically Designed And Enforced Economic Scarcity
Embedded lede: "California exodus talk was overblown and is thankfully disproved"
Use Reader Mode to bypass paywall https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-01-05/california-gains-population-again-does-it-matter