Per capita, California is not losing the most people. Red states are.
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Conservatives purposefully refuse to understand what "per capita" means so that they don't have to deal with all of the additional cognitive dissonance that comes with ignoring basic statistics.
I'm not even kidding.
Critics conveniently forget we're the most populated state so by default we have the highest number of people moving out of state
A little bit deceptive way to say it because there are some red states with high out-migration like Alaska and North Dakota- but there are also a lot of red states with much higher in-migration than California and, especially, New York, such as Florida and Texas.(From what I saw for 2016-2017 this could be more up to date but I don't know the accuracy Plus this looks like generally blue counties are more often out migrating.](https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/stories/2022/03/net-domestic-migration-increased-in-unites-states-counties-2021-figure-2.jpg)
That's not per capita and it seems to ignore deaths, which is also very self serving for the red states.
Florida and Arizona have traditionally been the popular places for old folks to go before dying, that statistic might add clarity.
WV had the biggest percent loss in 2021. And if you look census to census, it's very red state for percent losses.
You can just look at the percent change...
Until they realize how shitty those states are and want to but, can't move back.
Uh... Why wouldn't they be able to move back?
It's very expensive to move, especially so to more expensive states
Yeah, moving is expensive, but that's not exactly "can't move back"...
What world do you live in where money is not a deciding factor?
Uh, what? Where did I say money isn't a deciding factor? I agreed that moving is expensive!
The original comment didn't say it was difficult, they said you literally "can't move back", which is obviously not true. Hence my question...
We change the locks on the California border the day after they move.
Companies move to these states to take advantage of lax taxes, they still need skilled labor though so they pay someone from California to relocate.
They aren't sending their best
In reading the average IQ of both places.
Edit: that should be "increasing"
Cooked in an oven or dying of tropical diseases and bacteria to own the libs.
What a choice to be made lmao.
Texas is a shithole.
They're going to florida instead though
Better than texas.
As opposed to Florida?
Florida shits on texas. They have nice beaches, cities, disney world, etc.
Only people who don't agree are texans who have lived there their entire lives.