Why Is California Both So Rich And So Messed Up

How can a state do so well...and so bad at the same time? And what went wrong with the Golden State? This is the Dark Side of California: The Fall From Grace.
0:00 - Intro
01:29 - The California Dream
04:11 - First Nail In The Coffin
06:32 - The Crisis Begins
08:23 - And Everything Gets Worse
10:35 - Grim Future

[@sha.elaine]

As someone who grew up in Cali...it is very sad! We don't WANT to move, we love it here but we are not sure if we can afford to retire here and we both make good money! The politicians seem so out of touch and focus on pie in the sky issues that don't help working people, very frustrating.

[@RadicalizedRadical]

It's ok at least you won't be called racist and homophobic

[@jasonknight5863]

You can blame Democrats for that. Voting 🗳️ has its repercussions.

[@ballstothewall38]

I remember when the majority of the population was middle class. Fast forward 40 years and now its either you are stupid rich or dirt poor.

[@ballstothewall38]

@@jasonknight5863 it would have been worse if it was a republican state, DeSantis 2.0

[@USBAMCISMC]

No matter where you live, you're going to arrive at a point where you can't support your family on salaries alone. You have to acquire assets (vehicles that generate passive income).

[@james.atkins88]

California's affluence arises from its diverse economy, driven by technology, entertainment, and agriculture. The state is home to global tech giants, leading universities, and a thriving entertainment industry. However, this prosperity is marred by soaring living costs, income inequality, and a substantial homeless population. Regulatory complexities challenge businesses, and strained infrastructure, coupled with fiscal issues, presents additional hurdles. The coexistence of wealth and problems in California stems from this interplay of economic success and pressing societal issues.

[@Believer292]

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[@hunter-bourke21]

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[@5414vivek]

It's crazy how zoning is responsible for so many things

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

it's the secret discriminator flying under the radar

[@B30pt87]

So many bad things.

[@reversalmushroom]

I actually agree because I'm against the destruction of nature because I live in a city where they keep chopping down all the woods to build houses, and I hate it.

[@RadicalizedRadical]

It's crazy how allowing more people in than you can sustain can create so many problems. Same goes for immigration

[@perennialgypsy6491]

Also Santa Rosa in the 90s went from smallll suburbs and mannnyy farms to Mini Bay Area and hardly any farms… :(

[@toughbutsweet1]

Another problem with resolving homelessness is that many Californians do care and are trying to help he homeless by supporting legislation that will provide for them. Sadly enormous amounts of tax money has been allocated to creating and implementing systems to assist people with housing and treatment, but nothing ever seems to come of it. The money vanishes into the pockets of "contractors" that never build or establish anything because the laws are usually written with no oversight or accountability. It really is a shame.

[@HangingGarden606]

In a twisted way, I've noticed a lot of nonprofits supplying homeless individuals with clothing, food, tents, and other miscellaneous supplies. Without a tangible scheme to break ground on affordable housing targetted at the homeless, all this does is further condition homeless people to thrive on the streets + incentivizes people living on the edge to just live on the streets. I've seen this in Portland and Seattle as well, and this is starting to become an issue in Chicago as well (surprising considering how brutal the winter and early spring are).

[@bender9222222222]

Yup. Private companies come in and swipe the money.

[@billmM3605]

@@bender9222222222 Private companies that are close friends of the politicians. If they weren't close friends there would be some kind of accountability.

[@laikanbarth]

“Charities” are making a billions off the homeless problem. They don’t want to solve the problem because then they won’t make the billions anymore. They all need to be investigated. They could’ve built a million homes with all the money they have basically stolen. They are in bed with the politicians. I’m wondering if it’s just a money laundering scheme with a lot of the money going right back into the politicians pockets.

[@txcaco1]

It is called poverty porn. The more you pay the more these groups take. Not targeted to really help people with a hand up rather than a handout. When faceless Governments replaced charities, this is what the results are.

[@alexsteven.m6414]

Inflation, bank collapse, severe drought in the agricultural belt, recession, food shortages, diesel fuel and heating oil shortages, baby formula shortages, available automobile shortages and prices, the price of living place.

[@edelineguillet2121]

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[@belobelonce35]

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[@kamal-hassan]

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[@nmtai200x]

Scam post with fake people alert

[@jrho8033]

Another issue California failed to address it the need for better public transportation and parking minimums. General Motors led the malicious campaign to kill street cars. And parking lots takes up a ridiculous amount of space. You can't have dense residential areas, if everyone also need a parking spot.

[@advancetotabletop5328]

NIMBYism kept BART from serving the entire west coast. Basically, if any county adjacent to BART said no, it couldn’t be extended to other counties.

[@sounakchakraboty9700]

You think that countries with better transportation isnt facing housing crisi?? Netherlands laughing in the corner

[@ProfesionalAP]

@@sounakchakraboty9700 no sir, I have been living here since July last year and it is not difficult to buy a house, but, the problem is that everyone wants to live in the middle of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht, I live in the north of the Hague in "Leidschendam-Voorburg" and it is only 15min by tram to get to the center of the Hague, if I want to go to Rotterdam it would take me 40min by tram and one train, also there are other cities around that are cheaper, and if you go towards the west you will find cheaper houses, but as I said everybody wants to live in the big cities.

[@S.K.R.E.Inc.]

Streetcars were becoming so slow by 1947, so General Motors bought so many transit lines to convert to buses or dismantle them to force people to buy cars for this mess of a freeway that they were making. Judge Doom's speech about it in Roger Rabbit basically explains what GM, Chevron, Phillips Oil, and Firestone were doing. They were sued for conspiracy, but nothing came of it

[@maYTeus]

​@@sounakchakraboty9700 idk is the Netherlands dealing with significant homelessness?

[@hothotheat3000]

A lot of people go out there thinking they’ll achieve their dreams, and they don’t. They struggle to make ends meet, they’re lonely, they’re preyed upon by predators, they fall behind on bills, they become depressed, and before they know it, they’re either on the streets or begging family for a ticket out of there. I know a girl who thought she’d go out there and become famous. She came back in five years, looking ten years older. The city had wrung the life out of her.

[@TheModernPioneer]

It’s a shame that such a beautiful natural utopia was overtaken by awful economic and social policy.

[@lucaswaggoner7448]

a great shame

[@jasonknight5863]

In other words : Democrats.

[@ballstothewall38]

It was the weed boom, they saw an influx of rich people moving to LA and they took the opportunity to scam the population.

[@TheModernPioneer]

@@jasonknight5863 I don’t like to take partisan sides, but pretty much, yeah.

[@kidnamedfinger3922]

I have been through la, Santa Barbara, and San Diego and barely saw any homeless tents, I counted more in Miami and Austin then I ever have in ca. also problems yeah sure ca has problems so does every other state especially Florida and Texas but even they have pros, people need to stop complaining about California because complaining ain’t gonna do shit doing shit about it will make things better and in my opinion they already are good I have lived here since 2016 and I would never trade it for anything, I have loving family and friends my town is very safe and the people are laid back and mostly calm and chill, and I think that it’s Florida and Texas that suck more.

[@mcqueendroid]

I make 118,000 a year here in Irvine, CA. It feels like I only make 45k, its one of the most insane feelings.

[@honchoeric8292]

100k is the new 50k here my friend

[@user-uo5jh1yx1b]

How can I connect with you

[@sarmstrong7020]

The last ~30 years of California's history in a nutshell: "The government spent billions of dollars to address problem x, but problem x continued to get worse."

[@1951RKP]

The California I first visited in the 1970’s and see now is day and night difference. It still has its beauty in the central and northern area and even along the coast until you arrive in SFO and LA. Those cities are horrible in so many ways. Filthy rich ignore the miles of slums they drive by everyday to their mansions. They sit and watch jobs leaving by the thousands with corporations leaving and now banks folding. In the 1970’s I was envious of those living there now I wouldn’t move there if you gave me a home. Speaking of the big cities.

[@bonniegaither3994]

And nothing will change unless it starts affecting the rich.

[@rexx9496]

It has problems but you're exaggerating. Miles of slums? Come on. I visit LA once a year and yeah there's a homeless problem downtown in Skid Row(always has been for the last 100 years), but I've never drove past "miles of slums" anywhere in California. Btw, I've walked through favelas in Brazil, so I have some idea what an actual slum is.

[@jeffneptune2922]

As this video explained, part of the problem was local community control.....nobody wanted to build homes in their town . A lot of blue collar and other lower wage people people bought modest property in Cali , e.g. a 2BR ranch home in the 1960s-70s and became "house rich" . Ironically, many of those people sold after massive appreciation and now live in mini mansions in states like South Carolina and knock the state.

[@ballstothewall38]

I lived in LA back in the 80's, my mom was paying 300$ a month for a 1 bed 1 bath. Fast forward to today and that same apt. costs 3K. Ridiculous.

[@kayflip2233]

California has A LOT of smart, innovative and creative people in tech, professional services, entertainment, real estate etc. Also, they work very long and hard hours there. I'm from NYC and work in management consulting and thought California was supposed to be laid back, but from my experience on projects out there, they are the most intense people and work like slaves out there.

[@McDago100]

You are not the first to notice this. I was born and raised here. I have been to New York. I was in Upstate New York. It is more laid back, and sparsely populated than where I live. It seems when you leave NYC, a large part of New York state is vast open spaces. In Southern California, Central California and the SF Bay Area, you can drive for 40 miles or more, and it is endless development. It can drain the life from people.

[@manansethi2865]

@@McDago100 dude. Even I lived in New york and California. Yeah, upstate New York is sparse and beautiful. But nature in California is just broken. How can snow-laden mountains, virgin forests, warm golden beaches and sandy rocky desert be all in one state and just a few hours drive apart?

[@McDago100]

@@manansethi2865 Warm beaches? In California? Oh, you mean the sand. I have never seen a surfer in California, without a wetsuit. I have lived in Ventura County and in Santa Cruz. The beaches look nice, but the water is frigid.

[@33Donner77]

I think there are "a lot of smart, innovative and crreative people in tech" throughout the world. Get ready for the Great Migration of Tech Out of California.

[@manansethi2865]

@@33Donner77 come back after 10 years and lets see.

[@toastermindproduction]

By watching all the "Dark side of..." videos, the feeling that I get is that the "golden" age is over in most countries because of several global crisis, like saturated market and jobs , demography, social and political bad decisions, and so on. These systems have reached their limits.

[@Abel-Alvarez]

Honestly as odd as it sounds, this is all just the internet showing you what you're clicking and watching. If you look at any of this in an optimistic POV, you'll find great things around you and see that there is a bright light at the end of the tunnel. The more i see stuff like this the more depressing things start to look and i try to avoid that.

[@toastermindproduction]

@@Abel-Alvarez ooh nice ! Thanks for your optimistic perspective, you're also right about this. Internet is indeed influencing our mood and the way we see things. It's important to have a reminder like this :)

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

The Neoliberal Era is coming to an end. Massive profits for the rich and cheap flatscreen tv’s for the masses isn’t a viable future. What replaces it we have yet to find out.

[@RadicalizedRadical]

Hard time create Good men. Good men create Good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times. We are now at the last stage. Everything comes around. We are just unfortunate to have missed the golden era.

[@toastermindproduction]

@@RadicalizedRadical Yes , it's like also, when you reach the bottom , you can only go up, and when you reached the top, you can only go down. It's a cycle. We indeed missed the golden age. But when people are uncomfortable financially etc, it's also a time when you got to work harder, come up with new things, be more inventive. The "chaos" can be source of creation. Young generation will be the seeds of new ways of life, re inventing things. I'm very glad to see that no one is silent. Young generation are speaking out , denouncing, etc. Wanting change and thinking of change are the first steps before it manifests into something concrete.

[@arctr00perecho]

It's crazy seeing the trend on the pricing of housing skyrocketing in California. My grandparents bought their house in 1968 for $22k, now it's $1.1M. My parents bought their house in 1990 for $173k, now its around $900k

[@maryaltshuller885]

My husband and I moved from Chicago to So Cal in 2003 after his 16 months of unemployment. I definitely noticed the huge gap between the haves and the have-nots, since I fell into the have-not category. And, yes, the taxes, rent, gas prices and so on are awful. Was FINALLY able to leave after 15 years and moved to the less expensive Midwest.

[@jjgreek1]

And you’re bored out of your mind right ?

[@jjgreek1]

@FriskyDingo do us a favor and stop using California products redneck

[@yom0mma214]

Midwest is cool until you're under a Tornado warning every other 3-4 weeks

[@jjgreek1]

@@yom0mma214 and when you discover the nearest hill is 2000 miles away and the nearest beach 2500 away

[@theplacesigo4169]

​@@jjgreek1 Your way of thinking is why a lot of people end up homeless out in Cali. Better to live in the Midwest and live a comfy life and be able to travel sometimes to see a beach than to end up broke all the time or end up living on the streets in Cali just because you wanted to live by a beach out there

[@Nequetrefi11]

I lived in Cali between 2005 and 2021. I absolutely love California, I really do. I was born and raised in Brazil so it was very easy to adapt, especially climate wise. However, as I finished college and started to do my own thing I started to see that Cali is designed for the wealthy. It is designed to only cater to folks way up in the chain while the rest work the hardest, pay all the taxes, while still unable to purchase any sort of land worth a damn. Also you realize that unless you are in LA or Silicon Valley, job opportunities are very limited despite taxes and cost of living being about the same. I left and came to Maryland and am loving it. I cannot say I would ever go back because I have no reason to. I was simply tired of always working as hard as anyone else but still stuck in contractor jobs with no benefits, stuck in rent that always outpaces your wage increase, constantly dealing with traffic and ridiculous gas prices, BUT MOST OF ALL because there was simply no way I could ever buy even a decent townhome in Silicon Valley unless I was willing to sacrifice a kidney. My mom still lives there but for a few more years only until they retire at which point I can hopefully convince them to come to Maryland. They are always telling me "you guys made the right decision as things got much worse here after COVID". It is simply sad to find the state of things in SF, SJ, and LA right now with the amount of trash everywhere, homeless taking over city blocks, armed robbery and petty theft going rampant, streets not being cared for (sidewalks falling apart, major streets riddled with potholes, etc.), and also the drought problems (thank goodness they got some snow and water this year). I love Cali dearly and I hope it turns things around and it starts by changing their politics. Democrats are sucking them dry there and they need to make a change fast. Thank you for the video and great work!

[@nicelife044]

😯😯

[@r.pres.4121]

Republicans are no damned better.

[@shaynewhite1]

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to the Seattle metro area last year. I really feel like Washington's gov is SO much better than California's -- there are housing projects everywhere, the roads get fixed regularly, new public transit is getting built, there's no state income tax. Plus, there are flood control ponds everywhere, unlike California, which just lets all the rivers flood out to sea. In California absolutely nothing ever gets done and everything is pretty much exactly the same as it was in the 1990s, only worse.

[@JB-sg1vy]

Um, born and raised Seattle. Moved to Portland then San Fran, then LA, now back in Portland. I am 48. Seattle AND Portland are absolute DUMPS compare to what they used to be and BOTH states are on the same trajectory as Cali. The entire west coast is a mess. Garbage, drugs, homeless, crime, etc. Guess you need more time in Seattle to see how BAD the government there is. ALL the governors on the west coast are pretty much interchangeable. Cali is bigger and so are it's cities so maybe you see it slightly more but not by much. Seattle and Portland were beautiful and safe places well after Cali cities were going downhill but now they have both almost caught up to the trash states they have become. If your talking about downtowns that is. Metro is a bit better but it too will pay the price of the government and laws they pass soon. To far wacko left these days in all 3 states. ZERO common sense on what to do about things. They do not want law and order and all rights go to criminals. Many other issues as well that just make me smh. Up is down now in the ' progressive' world. SF is the worst if that is where you are from so maybe that is why you find Seattle better and it might be but not by much and NOT to anyone from other normal cities and def NOT to residents who have been in Seattle way longer and have seen the AWFUL way it has gone downhill in the last few years and what a GEM it USED to be.

[@michaelmacleod6517]

You definitely made the wrong choice. Seattle used to be a great indie city...like before 2010....but the city government decided to be in competition with LA and even NY. Gentrification happened all throughout the city, Amazon bought up most of downtown, the city council somehow increased crime and homelessness...and not providing a stable network of how to handle these problems. Been downtown recently Shayne? I pass by third avenue everyday...everyday...and absolutely nothing has changed. Ever since the George Floyd (st. floyd of fentinyl) riots, going downtown is pretty much a risk with homelessness everywhere, and drug users not caring where they shoot up. Oh, and don't count on the police if you get into a jam. Nowadays they're just a presence. Unable to do anything for anyone. We won't get into the late nights. Riding the E line can be just as dangerous as some of the homeless and druggies seem to like going north up into shoreline and aurora. I guess Tukwilia fences them off around 5 PM? But you've only been here a year. You won't see it until it happens to you. Pray that it doesn't.

[@cc-dtv]

And no income tax lmao

[@bender9222222222]

Most bay area reservoirs are full now. Roads are actually well maintained considering its absolutely perfect 10 months out of the year 😂

[@B30pt87]

You make some good points, but Washington is just too damn cold and wet for me. We really do need to address our water issues though- especially right now! Big Agriculture has been destroying the soil in the Central Valley for decades.

[@sounakchakraboty9700]

Bro yours videos might not be getting views but your content is 🔥 please never stop making videos

[@rmodjeski29]

As someone who's born and raised here and also coming from immigrant parents, it's sad to see what this state has become. Count on mismanagement to make paradise a living hell.

[@exfoliage]

Excellent commentary. A lot of questions were answered. Job well done.

[@anonam0us328]

it's easy to understand why - California is rich in jobs and resources, but not enough opportunities to climb the ladder or be promoted. Most companies deliberately keep you at a minimum wage AND part time hours to avoid many costs and fees. Makes their bottom line look good but the people suffer. I've lived here all my life - rampant homelessness, no real programs that solve the problem instead of treat the symptoms. Big Tech and Wealthy Industries based here, meanwhile the average person isn't paid a living wage. Super Inflation. Some studies say in order to afford housing in most of California you need to make at least 35.00 to 40.00 an hour at minimum. I'm not blaming anyone as I get both sides, but this isn't sustainable. The rich love it, the poor don't. And it won't change. I've talked to a few wealthy people here, and they mostly say the same thing - "work hard, pull yourself up and you can do it." In reality, they're far out of touch. It's not that easy and show's their lack of fundamental understanding.

[@lmjj4403]

Thank you for the great video.

[@charlesburke2379]

Even minding your own business rarely works in degenerate Los Angeles. A city that's difficult to walk even 3 blocks without being confronted, accosted or harassed in some way.

[@wimvanaerde6249]

I was there in 97 sepulveda Blvd, high view motel, i guess that it's detoriating since then, correct?

[@rturney6376]

No one walks in LA

[@charlesburke2379]

@@rturney6376 Whoa a comedian! An opener at the HaHa cafe.

[@anthonymanderson7671]

It's so crazy that america despite one of the richest countries has such a massive inequality.

[@bunnyfreakz]

You want equality? Damn commie.

[@hellviskamacaro]

Seriously love this videos! It allows me to know that no country, not even a state in this world, is perfect

[@JB-sg1vy]

Um I knew that already at prolly age 12.... Glad you finally figured it out . um ya

[@johndonajelon21]

Texas is pretty damn close to perfect in my opinion.

[@Flyig_Walrus]

@@johndonajelon21 You made me laugh so hard I snorted.

[@uzin0s256]

@@johndonajelon21 hell no. Its more like dam close to hell. Its the worst state in the us. Rich state yet so boring and dogshit

[@darienmiller1032]

​@@johndonajelon21LMFAO, Texas is nowhere near perfect, don't be insane. if it were its own country, its quality of life metrics would be appealing compared to other G7 nations.

[@trendingwwwandw]

💖Thanks for sharing this experience 👍LIKE

[@CARTER.J]

I am not from California nor have I ever lived in California but I have visited many many many times…this may be unpopular but I think the homeless issue California has should be dealt as a NATIONAL problem because I bet half or more of this homeless did not start being homeless in California…..they go there because of easy benefits, nice weather all year, and soft on crime. I feel that the homeless issue should be dealt with at a national level and stop blaming one state…there is so much more we can blame on California than the homeless countrymen…. (I put that last line in to be cheeky)

[@stevelopez372]

Good point. Wife and I have recently bought a meal for someone from Florida. Not the first time we heard a homeless person say they were from another state.

[@minekon]

I’m from California and this is correct. A lot of the homeless population actually came to Cali from other states for the benefits. As bad as it sounds, they still have it better here than wherever they originally came from. Our moderate weather definitely helps as well. It’s better to sleep in a car here than it is to sleep in a car during Minnesota winter or Texas summer heat for example. Of course rising living cost contributes to the homeless issue but inflation isn’t a problem only in Cali. It’s happening all over the states. It really should be dealt with on a national level instead of putting all the blame on Cali.

[@skoshow8418]

I moved in 2009 when I was 21. Phoenix is nowhere near as bad yet but it’s trending that way. I’ll be on to a smaller town in the next few years. The older you get, the less you like what large groups of people do to a place.

[@whelancommunications]

Its probably the lucrative and parasitic nature of city government which uses every crisis as an excuse to spend billions on services provided by their friends and business partners. Solving problems is not their goal, its "looking like" they are solving the problem which is the goal.

[@HoneyBadger80886]

Lived there all my life. Left last year because of the items you mention. Spot On.

[@alexdawe-le4vj]

My rent was $1,750 in 2015, it's $2,700 now, my landlord is straight pricing me out

[@KittyNinjas]

Simply 2 words: severe corruption

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

If had to live in a tent (which I hope will never happen) I would most certainly rather do so in California than New York.

[@AIIA23]

Interesting analysis. Thought provoking. I wonder if the weather and tolerance attract homeless people from other areas?

[@CharlesMuccia]

Yes, the weather in California does in fact attract many people, both homeless and non-homeless. I'm a native Californian and I've met many people that moved here for the more moderate weather and climate, especially people from the east coast. The problem. is people don't realize how incredibly expensive it is to live here. Housing, gas, utilities and food all cost more here. It's a great state if you're wealthy, but if you're middle or lower class, it's a constant struggle.

[@aaronhrynyk]

Don’t forget about the free money the cities hand out, and the free drug supplies.

[@firefalcoln]

@@CharlesMuccia food and utilities in my experiences are not more expensive in California than other states. A lot of food is grown in California and therefore cheap to get to the grocery stores. Also a lot of people don’t have to spend much on heat or AC if they live somewhere in California with nice weather. My gas, water and electric bills are typically less than $200 a month for a house of 4. That’s better than a lot of places. I agree on the other things typically being more expensive in California (especially gasoline) and would add that home insurance can be very expensive in fire or flood risk areas. And just about all of the state is near a major earthquake fault. That said, if you live somewhere desirable in California or have the right skills, or a good support system to help you get established, you can do very well in the state emotionally and financially. The state is very beautiful and diverse. I’m happy to live where I am in California. I have a laid back job, a home in an area with terrific weather and make about 75k a year (which is fine for my area) And I’m still only 31. I live in the central coast of the state about halfway between the Bay Area and the LA areas. Also, if one is able to buy a home in a nice part of the state, it appreciates much faster than most areas if you are patient and hold onto the house. A larger pool of money in a home appreciating faster is largely why so many Californias moving to other states are boosting the prices for homes in those other states and why people from those other states get annoyed to have to compete with the people moving from California. I think it’s odd how people in one breath can claim that California makes its citizens broke, and complain about those broke Californians outbidding people in other states to purchase homes in Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Texas Idaho etc. The state clearly isn’t bad for a significant percentage of people within the state. And I’d say that the middle class is being squeezed throughout much of the country in blue and red states. California middle class squeeze is just a good example of what’s going on nationally in a lot of areas.

[@MichiganUSASingaporeSEAsia]

No never. Makes no since

[@latetotheparty4785]

@@aaronhrynyk Free drug supplies? Cities handing out money? What state do you live in?

[@Sly88Frye]

It seems no matter who is in charge of the government in California it's just been all downhill. Don't forget as Dom pointed out this isn't something that was just recent to the last 10 years. Yes California is solid Democrat, but during the 70s when it was solid Republican it was already having problems which persist to this day and the government of the time allowed them to start then. California didn't know how to handle the insane increase of population. Yes they should have handled it better, but unfortunately human error can lead to just a little problem or something that didn't seem bad at the time, to a massive catastrophe that we are feeling today. Even my low income 1 bedroom apartment in Santa Rosa is $1,291 per month. It should be less than that. The average rent in Santa Rosa is around $2,000 per month or more, but as nice as it is to live here, it really shouldn't be that high. So many people from San Francisco have moved up here and increased the cost of rent. That's not the only reason why it went up so much, but it's a strong contributing factor. We are seeing similar problems beginning to happen in other states with increasing populations. Texas was gaining so much population over the past decade but now like California it is seen is one of the worst states to live in for a lot of people and that it is getting way more expensive there too. Oregon which is about 6 hours north of me is far more reasonably priced than California for sure, but many parts of the state are also getting pretty expensive, especially Portland. Housing costs in Washington are also insanely high. The sad truth is when a place gets really popular, the real estate companies get super greedy and continue to raise prices. I'm not saying that other states are going to become California, but the fact is the government regardless of which state doesn't seem to care about the homeless or those in poverty. Just who can pay more taxes. There are ways to address it but it doesn't appear there is any real effort to do so. However in 2 consecutive elections here in the state of California. That is 2018 and 2020 there was a proposition on the ballot that would have addressed the rising rent. Each time there was no downside to it passing besides the old system being replaced by the far better new system. Somehow that was enough for real estate companies to post anti-ads against these propositions and the people gobbled it up and fell for it. This is why you need to do some damn research on the propositions on the ballot. One in particular if passed would have authorized local governments to set a cap on how high rent can be in their area. This would have prevent rents from constantly going up every year, but the proposition failed. The sad truth is people are stupid. They don't know what they are voting for and don't do any research. Also the most powerful political party in America isn't the Democrats or the Republicans. It's the party of people who literally just don't vote. Not even half of the US population votes in a Presidential election. Same goes for state elections. People aren't informed and therefore can easily be manipulated into the wrong way of thinking. Lately I have voted No on more propositions than I used to. I have made that decision because so many props that pass increase taxes and honestly we don't see the benefit from what these increased taxes were supposed to do. Unfortunately people keep voting Yes to these propositions and taxes keep going up while nothing that was promised is even happening or what is promised is barely happening or not turning out how it was promised.

[@sophiachavez3377]

It’s been downhill since the Democrats took over.

[@allansilva684]

I grew up here and this is the most easily read explanation as to why it's so fucked. Thank you for making this video

[@annieshavingthoughtsagain]

I was born and raised in SoCal. I moved to Missouri over 15 years ago and haven't looked back. I can be middle class here.

[@landonbarretto4933]

Wow, and Missiouri sucks big time.

[@Takato2527]

the fact that many tech companies and even freakin' Hollywood were considering move away from California, should speak the volume.

[@AttackOnTitanlover1999]

I heard it’s like really expensive and other problems which I obviously forgot about

[@diane1390]

Only the wealthy in California enjoy a good life. The middle class is disappearing, and the working class struggles to make ends meet. I feel no real love for my home state, and if I had enough money, I'd have moved years ago.

[@jasonmoukala8909]

Wealthy is upper middle class right?

[@diane1390]

@@jasonmoukala8909 I don't think so! Besides, how many people do you know who can say they're upper middle class? My dad was upper working class!

[@charlesw7397]

I was born in Livermore, CA and spent the first couple years of my life living there. Moved to CO for my father's work but visited CA frequently. I love it there and when I visited CA a few years ago, I thought about how great it would be to move back. Unfortunately the house we sold in CA in 2000 went from being $800k to $3.2 million. Housing prices are just insane and I wouldn't be willing to rent in the state considering the average rent in CA would destroy any chance of saving money from your paycheck to save up for a house. Maybe someday housing prices will crash and I'll be able to scoop something up lol (though I'm not even close to being able to buy a house in CO in a rural area lol)

[@edwallace2828]

I am glad you mentioned the affect that NIMBYism had on California. I realized that when I lived there in the late 90's and early 2000's. Eventually, NIMBYism is going to have the same impact on the fast growth cities in Texas, Arizona and Florida.

[@angelogiusti5283]

I live in Florida Ik we are making the same mistakes as California the problem is the population is rising quicker here we are about to have a housing crisis real soon and considering their only building overpriced condos in Miami that are empty for most of the year instead of yk affordable housing or business buildings we are in trouble apparently tourism and real estate aren’t enough to hold up an economy

[@johndonajelon21]

You sound very uneducated. Texas and Florida continue shipping the homeless and illegal migrants out. They learn from other peoples mistakes like Californian cities instead of doing it the hard way.

[@Abel-Alvarez]

Too late, it's already hitting big out there and it's only gotten worse (see Scottsdale-AZ,Austin-TX, and even Orlando-FL)

[@angelogiusti5283]

@@Abel-Alvarez literally Orlando and North Carolina is where all the ppl from Miami are moving too to save money on rent

[@Abel-Alvarez]

@@angelogiusti5283 which in turn is gonna make those places rise in mortgages/rent and the vicious cycle continues. 🤘😮‍💨

[@sierranexi]

CA: "I'm concerned about the environment. Let's make everyone take up as much space as possible, single homes only."

[@joeldavis5815]

To California's credit they have recently been working on revising their zoning laws to address this very problem. Stay tuned to see just how effective whatever (if any) changes to said zoning laws will have on their housing problem.

[@joeldavis5815]

Also, I'm noticing that this channel may be in danger of showing a conservative bias when approaching the "dark side" of the geographical locations discussed on these videos. You know, typical KZbin clickbait. 🙄

[@jt-rex6972]

@@joeldavis5815 Conservative bias? LOL! Really? He didn't even talk about the MAIN reason CA is going downhill and that is LEFTIST policies! If anything I thought he had a Liberal bias. For example, blaming homelessness on mental health when 99% of homeless people are drug addicts, not mentally ill! He's also implying that CA is not spending enough on fixing the homeless situation. LOL!!!! CA spends about $1 billion dollars a YEAR on the homeless but it gets worse and worse every year! And as to the problem of housing, no mention of illegals which CA incentives to come over. They come here and they have to live somewhere, don't they? Thus, making the demand for housing that much greater!

[@stevelopez372]

New Zoning Laws. Rackem,Stackem and Packem . Just like Rats .lol.

[@Stevel_]

I remember as a kid in the 90s California seems so cool and appealing. I would never even consider living there now, what a mess! Liberal bastion of bad ideas, high cost of living, crime and homelessness.

[@DD-ws6cu]

And most conservative states are dirt poor outside of a few cities like Nashville. The best place in the US is the Upper Midwest or New England because they are not too far left or right.

[@chengliu872]

Add me to the people leaving California. My wife and I will be moving to Phoenix soon. It's just hard to see a future in California when a $600,000 budget will only get you a 1500 ft² gut job in the hood.

[@MrCarloszeca]

My two homes are paid off, I can live in CA with a $2000 budget a month, just enjoying the great weather and all CA has to offer.

[@chengliu872]

@@MrCarloszeca: That means either you were quite wealthy or bought those homes forever ago. These days most people aren't that lucky.

[@MrCarloszeca]

@@chengliu872 Bought those homes with low down payment over 30 years ago.

[@chengliu872]

@@MrCarloszeca: As I said, forever ago. Only a wealthy person could do that today.

[@Abel-Alvarez]

In California $600,000 can get you pretty far, the issue is where the hell are you looking at?

[@martinavaslovik3433]

Yup, I got out of there in 05 because I just could not afford it anymore on only $78k a year. I could see where it was going then, and I'm so glad I got out of there.

[@ericaallispn7284]

Too many people taking money from programs for their own well-being

[@FriendofMineralTown]

When I think of the problems we have in CA, a lot of them are fixable with time and solutions. Not saying “oh pfft all they have to do is flip a switch” or that it’s easy or fast. But unfortunately, I’m not sure what we can do about things when a lot of things depend on us building more cities and neighborhoods and either people don’t want it, “they” block it due to the ecosystem, or the issue of bringing water to your new areas. So I can see the need to preserve and respect nature and etc. But is that it? We can’t help the people because to build the structure needed for them would destroy the ecosystem and drain more water?? If the able body people who need housing or better jobs could get those things, it would alleviate a lot of issues. It’s really annoying because all the tools already exist to help. Structures exist and sit vacant. Then we come to water… can’t take it from the ocean that ruins the ecosystem.

[@KevinMDowney]

Refusal to let people fail. Thinking you can take care of everybody, and them getting used to the idea.

[@KevinMDowney]

@@hamborger8546 Go look up median vs mean income vs COLI for each country. Then tell me how much better Finland is.

[@ev_solou9341]

The biggest issue here in California are the property rights, which the older generation are obsessed with and have the most to lose. You cannot have such inflated values and actually expect people to live. I suspect a large part of the social vices stem from this issue. My father spent a decade here. Before I moved to SF for work, he told me how he thinks California is conservative. I laughed at him and thought it was because Reagan was governor during most of my father's stay that he had such a conception. After living here for six years, I think he's overall correct. While the people are more lax about drugs and are a bit more environmentally conscious than other places, they are very racist, ableist, and cling to their precious property for dear life. People are highly atomized and the frontier mentality is very much alive. Nobody actually cares about the homeless and people are in a perpetual uproar about having it "dealt with". Of course, California has its subversive elements, but it has never outnumbered or been more powerful than the people just mentioned.

[@whelancommunications]

The homeless are mostly opportunist invaders from cities across the USA, not local born. Taking advantage of the 2 Billion SF spends annually on them, the good weather, the crime without consequence laws. It is not our job to "take care" of the whole country's drug addicts. Anyway, I think you have a good point here about the residents which I have not read elsewhere yet. .

[@catl1783]

Funny, but I have been asking myself that for over 15 years...living here. All my friends have moved out. But when I retire I will have to move, too expensive, so sad

[@lonelychameleon3595]

An important detail you missed was Proposition 13 (1978), an amendment to California's state constitution that effectively limited how much revenue the state could collect from property taxes, which also led to an increase in state income taxes to make up for the lost revenue.

[@advancetotabletop5328]

“ Other estimates show that Proposition 13 may not have reduced California's overall per-capita tax burden or State spending. The think tank Tax Foundation reported that in 1978, Californians had the third highest tax burden as a proportion of state income (tax-per-capita divided by income-per-capita) of 12.4% ($3,300 tax per capita, inflation adjusted).[22] By 2012, it had fallen slightly to the sixth highest rate, 10.9%, ($4,100 tax per capita, inflation adjusted).[22] California has the highest marginal income and capital gains tax rate and is in the top ten highest corporate tax and sales tax rates nationally. In 2016, California had the 17th-highest per-capita (per-person) property tax revenue in the country at $1,559, up from 31st in 1996.[23] In 2019, WalletHub applied California's statewide effective property tax rate of 0.77% to the state median home market value of $443,400; the annual property taxes of $3,414 on the median home value was the 9th-highest in the United States.”

[@shaynewhite1]

And people who are covered by Prop 13 aren't moving out of their homes, so it contributes to the lack of housing availability.

[@KyleReeseCel2029]

Property taxes are criminal. You already bought and paid for the home, they shouldn't be able to tax you on it at all. If your lower wage and retired it could force you out of your home raising those taxes. It is wrong all around.

[@taryntaryn9090]

They are planning on getting rid of Prop 13. Get ready for more taxes!!

[@JB-sg1vy]

He says CALIFORNIA very oddly lol

[@jitlv]

Politics aside, I will always have love for California since I was born and raised there, it’s a beautiful State.

[@user-mm8vw1ow1x]

You answered your questions with the initial statement

[@peko7446]

NIMBY at expensive zip codes and YIMBY at less expensive and more crowded zip codes.

[@giaafshar8419]

i think many homeless come to CA for survival due to the mild climate. coastal southern CA never gets too cold or too hot. people would die outside in many of the other states in the U.S

[@timothyrday1390]

The California authorities should start implementing the opposite of "tolerant containment" zones in the most densely urbanized areas, effectively creating safe districts in which to rebuild their scattered social structure. Let the NIMBY suburban neighborhoods shoulder an increasing number of the burdens and only offer them state support in exchange for changes in the zoning laws to allow for larger housing developments. Also, the authorities need to ruthlessly crack down on any violent offenders and uphold a zero-tolerance policy for all forms of public harassment. A similar harsh approach could also be applied to public drug usage and needle disposal. It's one thing to be homeless, quite another to shoot up and hit crack pipes in full view of families, workers, and children.

[@evanherrera7]

I love this state god give it back to the people

[@simonjarvis2523]

Having travelled to San Francisco 4 years ago to visit friends I was shocked by what I saw.

[@CaraTheStrange]

It seems then that no one can afford a stay in the Hotel California anymore 😅 Also NIMBY is an issue all over the world, it really sucks that people only think of themselves. Not saying I don’t get why people would form a nimby mindset but i am saying it certainly is a bad mindset to be in

[@tatarchan5212]

We once have NIMBY in Thailand too. But since we're ruled by military junta, three guess what happens to the Nimby?

[@MrCarloszeca]

I live in a QUIET neighborhood 7 miles south downtown LA. I am glad not to see apartments around the area, they tried to build a Casino but citizens voted NO.

[@Abel-Alvarez]

@@MrCarloszeca if you have something to get off your chest, you might as well say it now or forever hold your peace. I know how you NIMBY people act and try to beat around the bush when it comes to bringing up issues, but in reality it's just an excuse for your selfish greed.

[@jamesclarke2789]

@@MrCarloszeca So you have a justifiable right to determine how another person's property is used? Property that you don't own? Property that you haven't paid anything for and yet you still think you justifiably have a right to determine how it's used. For your own subjective preferences and whims?

[@watch1981]

Nimbys are the worst villains, who delude themselves that they’re doing nothing wrong

[@DavidinSLO]

“how can a state do so well and so bad at the same time?” - great question

[@manuelfromdabloc1452]

Very unrelated question, but where is the narrator from? I can hear some sort of accent but can‘t put my finger on it

[@ithirtmean]

@ 2:34 isnt that Powell street in San Francisco ?

[@spanglestein66]

California the American dream/nightmare in a nutshell

[@steverobbins4872]

Ronald Regan ruined my life. He emptied out the mental hospitals and filled up aerospace. It was never the same after that.

[@petersonlafollette3521]

Remember also the trickle up model he introduced, also known as Reaganomics.

[@user-vc4fy6ys4y]

I went to college in Chico CA and visited eveywhere in CA. I found CA is beautiful and the best place to live.

[@blackman7186]

This guy literally sees everything's dark side 💀

[@nishant9972]

He is doing the work of opposition govt

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Dark side of blackman - whiteman

[@JB-sg1vy]

dark side of my rumproast

[@ayemad]

😂😂

[@panashezebulun9601]

😂😂😂

[@leonidas759]

I finally get a proper explanation of why the state has SO MANY homeless people. I always wondered why it has so many poor people living in terrible conditions while it is supposed to be the 5th largest economy on earth in a "developed country". It results that it is the Mecca of inequality, even with the highest taxes in the United States. One would think that having the highest taxes in the USA would mean their government would have enough budget to support the poor people, but apparently they have other priorities... Very sad indeed.

[@misterbig9025]

California is the capital of adult movie production.

[@charliepearce8767]

Do you want my autograph ? Captain stabbing.

[@McDago100]

Do you mean the San Fernando Valley? Do you mean Van Nuys, Chatsworth and Canoga Park? Guess what? It's not that far from Hollywood. In more ways than one.

[@wimvanaerde6249]

​@@McDago100 Chatsworth were Charles Manson had his ranch

[@rturney6376]

Hence, the Northridge earthquake 😂

[@thespiritof76.]

@Mister Big That's why that area is referred to as the chasity belt.

[@shelliupshaw3405]

I grow in Los Angles. For local exact Noho and K-Town. I left in 2018 aint going. My family still lives there. It was the first I slept in peace

[@D.D.1963]

Because obviously humans have their priorities all screwed up,they tend to focus on things, objects, money, power, when we are supposed to be down here caring for one another and obviously we fail miserably.

[@ballinrides]

I feel like LA should have a subway system that rivals NY. I don't know why they never invested.

[@S.K.R.E.Inc.]

Blame car lobbyists and the homeless. Also, back in the 80s, a thrift store exploded after tunneling efforts uncovered a methane pocket. Car lobbyists used the opportunity to stop all subway construction west of Western Ave and make overpriced garages the norm. So, until 2026 or so, the Purple Line is basically the Red Line extension to Koreatown

[@maYTeus]

a surface rail would also be cool. Im in the minority that trains look cool. A NorCal to SoCall bullet train would be nice to but w/e

[@ballinrides]

@@maYTeus they movie "Speed" had me thinking LA had a bigger subway

[@Dj.D25]

Agree. Kind of surprised by the lack of lines. Even though a few are being extended, I noticed Los Angeles takes a long time to build its subways compared to other cities. One thing I do like about Los Angeles subways is that they go beyond Los Angeles to other cities nearby.

[@JB-sg1vy]

Um simple, it is a giant sprawl in SoCal and NYC metro is not even CLOSE in size just in LA county ALONE is 4,753 square miles...an area some 800 square miles larger than the combined area of the states of Delaware and Rhode Island. This does not even include ALL the other huge counties that surround LA county and make up the SoCal area. The OC and Inland Empire that are attached and several others... in contrast NYC metro is 300 square miles. So you could NEVER make enough lines or subways to get all around that GIANT of an area in SoCal lol. It is automobile and land of freeways! Your also digging into desert land on top of the fact of earthquakes. This is another reason you do not see very many bridges or circular type looped up on top of type freeways that you see say in Dallas or Houston which is even more flat but not prone to massive quakes and such like Cali. The building codes in Cali are MUCH stricter due to quakes than NY. But again I think it simply is to big of an area for above or below ground systems to get all over SoCal's massive land mass sprawl. Also do not forget Between 1910 and 1950, Los Angeles County ranked number one among the most productive agricultural counties in the nation. It was at first not designed or assumed it would end up the way it did. NYC is way older and settled in long before Cali and the subway opened in NYC on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the most stations, with 472 stations in operation. Then also the automobile became much more popular after that as well, especially when Cali started to grow more which again was after NY which saw growth earlier on when everyone first came over.

[@rond1475]

If CA was its own country they wouldn’t have 37 major US military bases and a handful of smaller ones with a few hundred thousand military personnel spending money there every week. As its own country they also wouldn’t benefit from the billions in US contracts. They benefit from the government mostly because they are a shoreline state.

[@TonyTheTGR]

6:28 - Graduating from college in 2001 there was the WORST EFFING THING EVER.

[@jeanphare8318]

I was gentrified out of California.

[@Andrew-gn9qp]

A federal court district overturned Proposition 187 in 1994 which effectively allowed illegal immigrants to use public services in California. That's when California fell from grace.

[@FernandoGarcia-nz9el]

What public services do they use?? link and source please. Have you talked to the homeless?? most of them are from RED states.

[@johndonajelon21]

@@FernandoGarcia-nz9el 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡

[@bartek920]

??????? hows that bad

[@highwayman1218]

😂

[@KyleReeseCel2029]

@@FernandoGarcia-nz9el Add more low wage workers to an area, means more welfare. Low wage workers pay less in taxes and take more in public services. That means higher taxes for the middle class. Illegals fill up schools, hospitals, prisons etc. that stuff isn't cheap or free. While the rich come out richer the middle class goes away.

[@_____J______]

A story how Golden State became Cacafornia

[@Peace-tk3gr]

🤣🤣

[@SonnyDarvishzadeh]

It's kinda like Germany (and probably many other European countries). We have housing crisis in different tiers; 1. supply vs demand 2. very slow and strict building laws 3. unsuitable and old construction code (no one wants roof units due to overheating and having no cooling systems) 4. Not-in-my-backyard mindset and attitude everywhere. etc.

[@socloseyetsofar673]

Yeah, it's so bad now that Tony Bennett needs to change his tune to "I Left My Wallet in San Francisco". Hang in there California!

[@kimchi_taco]

Prop 13 is also one of the major contributors for uncontrollable house prices. It also demonstrates how selfish they are.

[@KyleReeseCel2029]

Property tax is immoral especially on people who can barely afford it.

[@landonbarretto4933]

It's the major contributor. And the state income tax.

[@AG-xz7ne]

California sucks. My 26YO friend makes 100$ an hour and still couldn't buy a good house and has well over 300k in savings. He found a decent sized place but it had structural issues so he had to move back to an apartment.

[@hanglee5586]

The Terminator started terminating California

[@AlmostEthical]

Now that geopolitical conflict has increased, will California's economy return, or will arms companies now set up in other states?

[@menomisespeanut]

I really loves California while I was stationed there in the military. And I wouldn’t mind living there, but as I’m pretty sure people have already commented the cost of living is just too unbelievably high compared to other states. Also, I’ve taken a keen interest in firearms for my own protection, and their gun laws are just horrendously horrible. And this is coming from a progressive.

[@mitchwheeler2233]

America is such a weird country. There is no other place in the world where being able to own guns would matter to anyone.

[@Bilbo__Baggins]

@@mitchwheeler2233 I am not from America and makes me wonder if America is really that unsafe that some people actually want to keep guns.

[@anibalhyrulesantihero7021]

@@Bilbo__Baggins It depends on the state.

[@AngelloDelNorte]

Only CA upper-class neighborhood in the Coastline is worth living in CA. The rest is just so violent, depressed, and unstable conditions.

[@AngelloDelNorte]

​@@mitchwheeler2233 Stop speaking for every country. Lol.

[@stonedwalljackson5806]

Alabama and Mississippi are #1 and #2 in least amount of homelessness in the nation. Let that sink

[@jesuissoldatamericain8771]

Fortunately, people from the south is very wise. They can transform their trucks into the houses.

[@manansethi2865]

Coz people move from these states to California and new york to beg for money or find petty jobs. And they remain homeless till they can make it.

[@tylerkriesel8590]

So even Alabama and Mississippi are doing better than California? damn it’s bad in California!

[@edmarr5209]

Yet they are some of the poorest and have some of the worst standard of living in the country. Goes to show you that the homeless population isn't the best metric to measure a state. I'd bet a lot of the homeless in California are actually transplants from those states as well.

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

Because housing there is affordable

[@eateateat7118]

I mean it’s all about individual perspective of course, if I get my internship at a company in Silicon Valley California is the true golden state for me.

[@Ikaros4-10]

Any place that bases its economy on military- industrial projects is doomed. But nobody knows in the beginning. Then came the end of Vietnam war (1975). Then the fall of the iron curtain, the closing of so many bases and the end of military bucks (1990). Then came the outsourcing of the US manifactures (1980's) and the demise of unions. My point is that this wonderful video applies to many states in our country (see death of the car industry north east or watch the movie "True colors" with John Travolta--1998 !).

[@guestadd-block4879]

they just have to deregulate , california is the perfect example of why too many laws is bad

[@ShadowsandCityLights]

They've litterally banned or made it illegal to own or do so many things it's crazy!

[@kennethli8]

They should get rid of Proposition 13 Property Taxes. Plenty of real estate owners pay less than $10,000 in annual property taxes for houses worth more than $4M.

[@kennethli8]

Are you sure not regulating PG&E is a good idea? Have you studied the history of PG&E throughout the last 30 years when they were deregulated?

[@kennethli8]

The biggest issue is that the richest people in America (Silicon Valley Billionaires) lobby for progressive laws but totally against these laws in their own neighborhood. Check all those housing cases in the richest part of America (Silicon Valley: Atherton, Palo Alto, Los Altos Hills).

[@iwantapool7945]

THIS! we are even creating laws to start countering other laws because people are finding them oppressive to build and do anything.

[@whatsreal7506]

I grew up in California. Go back on occasion I do. It has gone to crap for sure due to misguided Hollywood-driven activism and social media. Y'all did it to yourselves.

[@johnc.2325]

As a former Californian, I thought this video was interesting but shocking and true. When I was a teenager, I lived in a very nice well-to-do bedroom community between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. The high school I went to didn't even have soap in any of the restrooms the whole 4 years I attended! Seriously! Why? Because California didn't provide any money to its schools. As a result, the public schools in CA suck. However, the colleges are excellent. Anyway, CA is paradise lost. I enjoyed living there, but that was a long time ago. I used to miss it, but I don't any more. It's too bad because CA has a lot to offer- perfect weather, beautiful and varied scenery, a lot to see and do, and diversity. But as this video states, it is extremely expensive. The average cost of a house in the area of CA I grew up in is now $700,000! Does that get you a nice new house with a pool and three-car garage? No! It gets you a dumpy, old, and tiny house. Unless somebody is wealthy, I have no idea how anybody can afford to live there! Of course, like the video says, CA has been having a huge exodus of people for the last several decades.

[@poohshmoo9892]

Problems in California are #1 Expensive housing even for mid and high mid class ( let alone lower ones ), #2 High gas prices, #3 High car insurance, #4 High personal income state taxes, #5 High medical cost ... homelessness is a problem yes, but is not among top 5 in my list

[@tejaswilog3946]

Why don't you explain economy of historical empires like Byzantine, mauryan, mongol, sick-manOttoman ??!!!!

[@haywoodjablome7822]

I have a friend who live out in LA. She's an animator for disney. Her husband is an aero engineer. They barely are able to afford life. Both with over 6 figure incomes...still can't even afford groceries.

[@sayiangod9404]

It’s not just California, it is majority of states that are like this. Rich vs Poor.

[@ilBUZZo]

That proves that money without good ideas is useless

[@SharksSJ408]

I mean, I feel like every state is messed up in its own little way. You gotta stay focused on the positives otherwise you’ll be miserable forever.

[@chrislacy4185]

CA has always been land of fruits and nuts. The poverty, violence,and filth nowadays not worth price

[@JB-sg1vy]

well my services are doll!! Whatcha lookin for???!!!

[@jjgreek1]

There is no fifth…and the crime is less per capita than all red states.

[@chrislacy4185]

@@jjgreek1 This is Joke of the day. Thanks for laugh. Not to generalize but other than DC, or New York its hard to find more despicable. You don't go to LA, SD,OC,SF or IE much huh?

[@chrislacy4185]

@@jjgreek1 update maybe rain will clean slightly. Rats will get on stilts

[@jjgreek1]

@FriskyDingo is that what Fix News has brainwashed you with? LA is infinitely safer per capita crime than your red neck town …and while you’re at it stop using California innovations (like KZbin)…redneck

[@qatestbrian1]

A couple of things. First California's fall began in the 1970s as you point out due to NIMBY policies implemented by people who didn't want more construction or housing in their communities. You mentioned environmental protections as further limiting areas of growth, which sounds accurate. What both of these (NIMBY and environmental protections) movements indicate is our reaction to overpopulation. Too many people living in a limited area. Overpopulation is at the center of just about every issue our or any species faces. Global Climate change, for example, would be greatly mitigated if human population were smaller. If there were only say, 700,000 million people on earth the amount of Greenhouse Gases produced would be assimilated by the the environment and we sould see reduced climate change. NIMBY would not have taken hold if there were few enough people that there was still room for construction. Second, I lived through the collapse of government funded mental health faciliities and was working the mental health field during that time. What happened was the Regan Administration cut all federal funding for mental health facilities and so states were unable to fund their mental health hospitals and had to close them kicking the mentally ill out onto the street. I remeber reading news about the Regan Administration cutting funding while I was working at a state mental health facility. I was in college at the time and it was a part time job meant to be a kind of internship for my degree and I remember coming in one day for work. My supervisor pulled me aside and said we were closing the next week. That was all the warning any of us got. All of the residents were either taken by families, put in group homes or put out onto the street. Most were on the street because their families couldn't take them and the group homes were already at capacity. It should be mentioned that many of the state run mental health facilities were everything from adequate to horrifying so another solution was due but kicking schizophrenics and bi-polar people out onto the street was not that solution. Also, so many of the homeless are drug addicts that really we should be referring to the homeless and the drug addiction crises as two different things.

[@JB-kx9bx]

This trend is happening in every expensive place to live. If its unaffordable people on the fringes of society will end up in the street.