Joe Rogan's friends followed him to Texas. They all seem to hate it.

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47. One thing you can't dispute with Newsom is how large the economy is

Even Peter Thiel conceded that the right’s portrayal of California is often an absurd caricature.

Looking at Silicon Valley alone, it’s the headquarters of five trillion dollar market cap companies (out of 11), which is insane.

Sure they can move headquarters as Tesla did, but that doesn’t mean they can take all that talent, which often isn’t thrilled with right wing politics anyways, especially the theocratic variety.

California has also had a reputation for being a welcoming state for people the world over, which is why so many of those CEOs reflect a diversity not so common in other industries and places throughout the country.

Ive spoken with my wife and we’re often tempted to cash out our equity and move to a cheaper state, but we pretty much have “golden shackles” at this point. Having moved here several years ago, I still am blown away by the natural beauty of this state. It never gets old driving on the PCH and checking out the coastline on one side and mountains on the other.