California would be the worst. It gained the good label of highest poverty rate in the US late 2017.
Between high taxation and so forth it is impossible for 80% of Americans to live in. I have two friends there who make $15/h and can't afford even simple rent at a apartment even with welfare benefits, imagine that. Also high crime rates in northern California does not help, but who on the left cares about MS-13? Even The Hill mention MS-13 is an illegal immigrant ran cartel group that intentionally targets other illegal immigrants, but as the left says it is racist to arrest members of MS-13 even though members of it kill many illegal immigrants who walk into California.
The problem isn't the poverty. The minimun wage is rising as we near 2020. California has a lot of people, the issue is that the politicians in power right now - want more money. More money. More money. They made a lot of ridiculous laws and backtracked a lot of the laws. Marijuana legal? Awesome! Until DEA continues to smash into people's homes with arrest warrants, and whatnot. You can't do certain things with weed, though. And job applications
still test you for drugs and alcohol. You can have Weed, but it needs to be in a container.
Furthermore: "The Justice Department on Thursday
rescinded Obama-era rules that prevented federal prosecutors from targeting marijuana businesses operating legally under state laws."
I'm not even going to talk about the "left" and their ridiculous bash-fest on Twitter. It's practically the same feedback from alt-right, Gamergate, SJW. I lost track, but the point is, I'm not even going to go there. Gangs and Cartels usually exist to make money off other gangs/cartels, and sometimes the corrupt. Both gangs and cartels try to take over a section. With gangs it's all around turf domination. With cartels, it's about trading cash into product, and then back into cash (varying subjects such as money laundering, price fixing, taking over businesses by extreme force, and whatnot - mostly illegal stuff).
I love California because it has everything you would need.
My least, and most hated state? Alabama. I'm living in it right now.
Not enough business, not enough jobs, not enough products, not enough... anything. House prices are rock bottom that you can basically buy the house for half the value what Silicon Valley prices their houses. Find a good job, pay your house in about a year. Boom. Profit. But it's not ideal to live in. Or to sell a house. Nobody wants to buy a house here, I'm serious.
Nobody wants to build a business here. Some do, but 90% of the time, you shut down in a year, or more. I keep telling family that this is a bad idea. Been saying it since we moved here. Why? Because nobody's going to spend 30 minutes or an hour just to get from A to B just to see some small startup's shop. It's that bad. So, wherever you are, please appreciate where you live. I wish I could move from this shithole.
There are a lot of risk associated with living in Alabama. Rain, lighting storms, thunder storms are the norm. I would not wish to live in here during the Winter, and it's coming. I expect freezing temperatures.
The reason why CA has such a high poverty rate is because of cost of living. The income to be considered in poverty is ridiculously high because of housing prices, but salaries there are already above the national average. Most poor people in CA have enough cash to eat well and sleep under a roof. It's not like Mississippi where people sleep under newspapers.
But Californians are still leaving - coming to the Southeast, but probably not the poorest southern states. However, the poorest ones need the outsiders more for increased economic activity. Case in point, they're coming to Tennessee, but West Virginia could use them more!
Do you have any proof Californians are leaving? Actual proof, no anecdotes.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/19/cal...ousing-costs-and-taxes-are-fleeing-state.html
Californians fed up with housing costs and taxes are fleeing state in big numbers
- More Californians are moving from the Golden State, particularly lower-income residents, although even middle-class residents are saying goodbye.
- The trend is a symptom of the state's housing crunch and, for some, high taxes.
- Census Bureau data show California lost just over 138,000 people to domestic migration in the 12 months ended in July 2017.
- Lower-cost states such as Arizona, Texas and Nevada are popular destinations for relocating Californians.
Most of this is because of older people. The more ambitious folks don't fret about money. If you have a really good job, a startup, or a company, you can easily fix this. And this reflects what I've been saying about politicians: They want more money.
Hopefully, republicans gain control of the house in California and correct most of the bullshit laws, and relax some of the taxation going on in there. It's hard to be a new startup under a democrat Mayor or Governor.
