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   scriptjunkie (sj@social.scriptjunkie.us)'s status on Monday, 18-May-2026 22:48:00 JST scriptjunkie

   America's fastest growing cities are in t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶u̶r̶b̶s̶ Texas. People want to live in Texas. Outside the big cities.

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     Claus Cramon Houmann (claushoumann@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-May-2026 10:43:15 JST Claus Cramon Houmann

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     @sj why is Texas attractive?

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     scriptjunkie (sj@social.scriptjunkie.us)'s status on Tuesday, 19-May-2026 10:43:15 JST scriptjunkie

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     • Claus Cramon Houmann

     @claushoumann Lots of reasons. Biggest are probably no state income tax and you can build things, which results in low prices. Weather is nice too. But the magnitude is very large. The biggest net inter-state migration flows in the US IIRC are 1. net number of people leaving California and 2. net number of people moving to Texas.

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     scriptjunkie (sj@social.scriptjunkie.us)'s status on Wednesday, 20-May-2026 07:26:20 JST scriptjunkie

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     • Claus Cramon Houmann

     @claushoumann Cali loves policies that sound good if you are naive and don't think about it too much. Extensive environmental emphasis, union influence, allowing everybody to have a veto mean they don't build housing, power, or industry. They won't build roads as readily then also can't build rail either leaving miles of idling autos that are worse for everything. Weird resentment at the tech industry that brought them growth in the first place. Predictable urban decay from prop 47 enabled theft rings etc. High taxes for high social service spending but also institutional aversion to any kind of accountability. Just basically a slow motion golden goose feast.

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     Claus Cramon Houmann (claushoumann@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 20-May-2026 07:26:21 JST Claus Cramon Houmann

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     @sj Crazy sitting here in .EU, people migrating FROM California and TO Texas. Insane :).