Four Bay Area counties swung toward Obama

[old timey villain]

Yeah, the Bay Area is so awesome that Americans are leaving it in droves.

https://www.baycitizen.org/news/census-2010/bay-area-residents-leaving-droves/

Liberals priced out of their paradise, now onto Colorado to make all the same mistakes all over again.

The bay area is doing fine. It was never meant to accommodate an ever growing number of people because housing space is boxed in by geography. Areas like NYC, South Florida and LA have the same problem (LA specifically is boxed in on two sides by the mountains and the ocean.) And if anything, people aren't being pushed out by liberal economic policies but by the free market instead. The bay area is one of the most desirable areas of the country in which to live so housing and rent prices are pushed sky high because of simple supply and demand. The average home price in Marin county alone is 650k.

The bay area obviously isn't some kind of socialist paradise, or else we wouldn't see these kinds of prices. The liberal imprint on the region comes in the form of diversity, advanced LGBT rights, a thriving high tech sector as well as a favorable startup climate and some of the best schools in the country, which is why so many people want to live there.

[old timey villain]

By the way, businesses aren't lured by tax incentives alone. If that were the case then every major company in America would be moving to states like Alabama- they offer corporations a hell of a tax package to relocate there but they don't get too many nibbles. Businesses also care about good schools, transportation infrastructure and a general high quality of life. That's why so many of the big tech companies have stayed in the Bay area despite higher taxes.

Alabama gets a few manufacturers who only care about right to work laws, while Intel, Google, HP and Apple care more about ensuring their employees have an overall good quality of life, which the bay area offers.

[old timey villain]

[old timey villain]

Alabama gets a few manufacturers who only care about right to work laws, while Intel, Google, HP and Apple care more about ensuring their employees have an overall good quality of life, which the bay area offers.

Yes that is why they would rather pay cheaper new immigrants, than Americans, because they have their quality of life in mind. You liberals really do live in la la land. Let me guess you think everyone in southern California lives like Lauren Conrad.

The Bay Area is in Northern California. And did the UK just get 'The Hills' five years late? You could have at least mentioned the Kardashians if you wanted a savvy pop culture reference to drive home your point...

But back to your argument. So you admit that most corporations are evil monstrosities that don't give a damn about their employees' quality of life, which the liberals in la la land have been saying for years?? Good to know.