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Re:California’s population declines, again, as state grapple... by hackeraccount on Thursday May 04, 2023 @10:43AM (#35816159)
To some degree isn't this people voting with their feet? A U.S. state does a lot of things in serving people, people are going to look at all of that collectively to decide if those decisions are in general good or bad.

I don't think collective decisions like this are the last word and it's probably hard to use the de-population to make some sort of judgement on any particular policy or aspect of California but I also wouldn't say it's impossible to draw conclusions.

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Re:California’s population declines, again, as state grapple... by chiefalchemist on Thursday May 04, 2023 @01:52PM (#35819451)
Yes. But then say that. Using a business paradigm for a government entity, at least in this case, is a false god. Why go there?

Maybe CA is as big as it can be? God knows the droughts in the south of the state raise red flags about agriculture, population, etc. What's next? "CA grew and then it didn't rain at all"?

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