Republicans just love big government.

[Whoha]

I thought it was because of the high teen pregnancy rate. But still, what does any of this have to do with Oerdin's post?

To be fair he might be making note of how native Texans aren't(yet) fleeing the state as per California. Californians are coming here, and they're gushing over something called In-N-Out burger coming here, how is that?

[Barnabas]

Even though I wasn't talking to you, do you not understand the question, Einstein?

Perhaps Texas has a decent birth rate because of its mexicans. Do anglos in Texas have more kids than in New York?


BTW, fo Catholics everything is allowed as long as in the end you ejaculate in the vagina.
Oral sex isn't a sin, swallowing is.

[C0ckney]

but choirboys don't have vaginas

[Riesstiu IV]

Perhaps Texas has a decent birth rate because of its mexicans. Do anglos in Texas have more kids than in New York?


BTW, fo Catholics everything is allowed as long as in the end you ejaculate in the vagina.
Oral sex isn't a sin, swallowing is.

IIRC, the majority of school aged children in Texas are now kids who have Mexican or Central American ancestry. Texas has undergone a big demographic shift.

[Dinner]

Say, Oerdin. Why does the state of Texas have twice the rate of population growth as the national average?

Basically because it's dirt cheap to live there. Most of the state is empty and you can buy a place in Lubbuck or other BFE location for $40,000. People who are to poor to make it in desirable, highly in demand, parts of the country run to Texas because it's cheap to live there. Don't fool yourself that many of those people are in Texas as their first choice though. Many if not most of them are there because they can't afford anything better.

[Dinner]

Mexicans.

I.E. people who are so poorly off even Texas is a step up.

[Al B. Sure!]

From Sperling's Best Places, the cost of living index, 100 being the national average.

Lubbock, TX: 76.20
San Diego, CA: 132.70

San Diego is 74% more expensive than Lubbock.

[Dinner]

To be fair he might be making note of how native Texans aren't(yet) fleeing the state as per California. Californians are coming here, and they're gushing over something called In-N-Out burger coming here, how is that?

"fleeing the state".

The hard truth, which you are desperately trying to avoid, is no one is fleeing California and instead what is happening is that poorer people can't afford $800k for a suburban home so they're most often reluctantly going to less desirable, lower in demand, states where they can actually afford to buy property. The reason why housing costs so much in most of coastal California is extremely simple. There is not enough land compared to the vast numbers of people who want to live here so the people who aren't successful enough to be able to pay top dollar are forced to settle on their second or third choice of places to live. Places like Texas.

In southern California, the most populous and in demand part of the state since... Oh, the 1940's... We're literally running out of flat places on the coastal plain where it is possible to build subdivisions. Here in San Diego the 4S Ranch development and the area due north of it, which is the new place to move for the upwardly mobile, is literally the last open flat space in the county on the coastal plain. The rest is either military bases, public land, or land owned by the government. There is lots of empty space on the other side of the mountains in the desert but most people don't want to live there while the mountains are steep with high slopes making them unsuitable for building new subdivisions. The basic problem is not enough land to fill demand so prices go up and those who aren't well enough off get pushed out. That isn't fleeing because the vast majority of those people would gladly stay if they could but a high school grad working as a truck driver or waiter just doesn't make enough money to live in a premier place like this. It's like wanting to live in Manhattan on only a menial job; it just doesn't happen. That doesn't change the basic economic fact that vast hordes of people want to live in Manhattan or coastal California and that truly massive demand is what pushes prices up.

[SlowwHand]

Perhaps Texas has a decent birth rate because of its mexicans. Do anglos in Texas have more kids than in New York?


BTW, fo Catholics everything is allowed as long as in the end you ejaculate in the vagina.
Oral sex isn't a sin, swallowing is.

While you're busy being a smart ass, please take note that I'm speaking of people from other U.S. states migrating to other states.
I forgot about all the people here that need to have pictures drawn for them. I didn't know that you were one of them, now I do.

[Dinner]

From Sperling's Best Places, the cost of living index, 100 being the national average.

Lubbock, TX: 76.20
San Diego, CA: 132.70

San Diego is 74% more expensive than Lubbock.

Yeah, a list about affordability. Gee, a list about affordability says BFE costs less then a highly in demand place. Gee, Albie, you're so smart.

The reality is the market has spoken. You can buy a house in Lubbuck for $40k because no one with any other choice wants to live there while the reason desirable places are so expensive is because so many people with money want to live there.

[Al B. Sure!]

Yeah, a list about affordability. Gee, a list about affordability says BFE costs less then a highly in demand place. Gee, Albie, you're so smart.

The reality is the market has spoken. You can buy a house in Lubbuck for $40k because no one with any other choice wants to live there while the reason desirable places are so expensive is because so many people with money want to live there.

What the ****? I was supporting your point! Gee, oerdin, you're so smart. Lay off the alcohol next time.

[Al B. Sure!]

Oh I forgot this is Apolyton where anecdotal comments like "houses cost $40K in Lubbuck" mean something more than actual researched data that supports your point far better than any anecdote.

[Dinner]

Hey Albie! I guess shares of Berkshire Hathaway are less desirable then shares of some penny stock, right? I mean just because so many people want shares of Berkshire Hathaway that they bid up the stock price doesn't mean it's a desirable and in demand stock, huh? Nope, no truth to be learned by that simple observation.

[giblets]

Yeah, a list about affordability. Gee, a list about affordability says BFE costs less then a highly in demand place. Gee, Albie, you're so smart.

The reality is the market has spoken. You can buy a house in Lubbuck for $40k because no one with any other choice wants to live there while the reason desirable places are so expensive is because so many people with money want to live there.

Lubbock isn't growing at twice the national average. The western half of the state is in decline because it's such a ****hole.

[SlowwHand]

Oh I forgot this is Apolyton where anecdotal comments like "houses cost $40K in Lubbuck" mean something more than actual researched data that supports your point far better than any anecdote.

That's not how you spell it. If you're going to be an ass, at least learn what you're talking about a little.