Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co...
by ntsplnkv2 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @11:10PM
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> Last year, California's economy grew so much that it took back its spot as #5 in the world...behind only the US, China, Japan, and Germany,
That's not really saying much given its population AND its land area. It should be performing right where it is.
Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co...
by gamblor956 on Friday July 27, 2018 @12:14AM
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??? Alaska and Texas are geographically larger states. France and Algeria are both geographically larger and have more people. As does India. Canada is roughly the same size population-wise but has significantly more land and natural resources available for extraction...
However you measure it, California is outperforming other states and other nations.
Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co...
by ntsplnkv2 on Friday July 27, 2018 @09:36AM
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Texas has far less population than California. If you adjust they perform about the same. Oh, perhaps you should look at GDP per capita, where California isn't at all extraordinary. Hmm, it's almost as if you should compare properly?
Imagine bowing down to a state and ignoring facts. I never said California wasn't performing well. But in a pro-business country (far more than France), one of its biggest states, with its largest population, that is bigger than most countries on earth, why is it so shocking that their GDP is that high?
Hahaha. California is a very nice place to live, and very many people want to live here. Last year, California's economy grew so much that it took back its spot as #5 in the world...behind only the US, China, Japan, and Germany, despite having a population less than half the size of any jurisdiction ahead of it.
Most of that GDP is not related to the tech industry, which despite its importance to the Bay Area represents less of the California economy than manufacturing.
NorCal may not have been on the shortlist for Amazon's 2HQ, but LA was...LA and the Inland Empire also have a less severe housing shortage and are far more pro-development.