California was a land of boundless opportunity. That’s no longer true.
to my shell-shocked wife. Even then, the home prices were daunting compared to the rest of the country – an imbalance that only has gotten more pronounced in the ensuing 25 years as slow-growth regulations took hold and led to a consistent underbuilding of new housing units.
I still remember poring over the Orange County Register’s classifieds and finally found a house we could afford. We drove down the street. There were bars on most windows, sketchy characters hanging out and graffiti on buildings. Despite my wife’s fears that we traded our serene Midwestern life for a scene from a crime drama, we eventually bought a home, raised three kids and acclimated to the lifestyle.and virtually every city and town of any note.
It’s time for state policymakers to recognize what’s going on and cop to their complicity in the continuing outmigration of people who, I suppose, mostly love the state as much as I do. “California has long beckoned with its coastal beauty and bustle – the magnetic pull of Hollywood, the power of Silicon Valley,” explained a recent New York Times. “That allure helped make it a cultural, economic and political force. For 170 years, growth was constant and expansion felt boundless.
The article centered on new population figures: By 2020, California officials expected our population to soon reach 40 million – and they expected another 10 million people in the coming decade. When I was born in 1960, California had aof less than 16 million people. When I moved here, it had more than doubled to 33 million – having gained far more than the current total population of my home state of Pennsylvania.
California’s rapid growth infused every policy discussion. It went hand in hand with the sense of opportunity that built our culture. As recently as, the state had gained 300,000 people year over year, but the numbers were slowing. We were edging closer to the 40-million mark, but the state no longer was a magnet for other Americans. The growth came mostly from births and immigration.
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