A new study found that Gen Z is moving more than past generations and searching for lower cost living in states like Texas, West Virginia, Utah and Colorado.

Just leave your politics back in California.

I see that in Oregon as well, moving here because they destroyed California with their politics. My concern is they will move like locusts consuming all the resources and leaving a wasteland behind like they did in California. I can already see where they are starting to do that in Oregon.

    • Throwaway@lemm.eeBanned
      516·
      2 years ago

      Cosmic, if you have a better source that says otherwise, then use that. Just saying ““fox news”” is just lazy

      Rule 3, just a friendly warning.

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
        47·
        2 years ago

        The only good news source to such folks is that which parrots their ideology.

        Anything else is “far right” or “biased”.

        More importantly, whatever right-leaning bias Fox used to have was clearly dropped during the 2020 election.

        For our friend who didn’t even bother to read the article and finding the link to the study before being dismissive:

        The study found that Gen Z, which comprises adults between the ages of 18 and 26, is the most mobile generation, with 17% of its members opting to move this year, compared to 8% across all ages.

        Texas welcomed the most Gen Z adults overall, with 345,000 new residents. However, West Virginia saw the highest net gain in Gen Z moves, up 138% year over year.

        Link to the study

        • PizzaMan@lemmy.world
          62·
          2 years ago

          The only good news source to such folks is that which parrots their ideology.

          Anything else is “far right” or “biased”.

          No, thats not the case. To paraphrase, it’s because fox News has been peddling conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, propaganda, has used poor sources, and has failed numerous fact checks:

          https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fox-news-bias/

          If you want a good source, go to AP news, Reuters, the hill, BBC, etc. Fox News is a trash source.

          • Throwaway@lemm.eeBanned
            28·
            2 years ago

            Here’s the thing. You actually bothered to say something about fox news, claimed that they are a poor source, and backed that up with a citation. Cosmic did not. It’s still just sealioning, and I distrust that citation because they rate CNN as mostly factual, but in any case, you actually put in some work. (And for the record, I understand that you guys distrust fox news. I would point you to the study they cited, and in turn the publicly available census data instead.)

            • PizzaMan@lemmy.world
              32·
              2 years ago

              I distrust that citation because they rate CNN as mostly factual

              CNN is atrocious for bias, but at least in comparison to say fox news, they’re much more factual. Far, far from perfect, but significantly better.

              I would point you to the study they cited, and in turn the publicly available census data instead.)

              And that’s fine. But that’s not what a link to fox news is.

  • PizzaMan@lemmy.world
    51·
    2 years ago

    I see that in Oregon as well, moving here because they destroyed California with their politics. My concern is they will move like locusts consuming all the resources and leaving a wasteland behind like they did in California. I can already see where they are starting to do that in Oregon.

    This is emotionally loaded, misleading, and just silly.

    And anybody could just as easily claim Texas has been destroyed by their politics. It’s just a meaningless statement.

      • PizzaMan@lemmy.world
        61·
        2 years ago

        they destroyed California

        like locusts consuming all

        leaving a wasteland California.

        they are starting to do that in Oregon.

        These are emotionally loaded terms.

        People are moving to Texas, Florida and other red states. That’s a fact.

        There are people moving to and from all states at all times. Water is wet. Demographics will change. The sky is blue.

  • Bongo_Stryker@lemmy.ca
    1·
    2 years ago

    It seems clear that most young people can’t afford to live in California anymore. This is simply due to a lack of housing. Even as the economy grew, housing didn’t keep pace because of single family zoning (thanks to pro-auto lobbying) and nimbyism.

    No doubt, California sucks now. When I was a kid, there were miles and miles of orchards and farms. They chopped down all the cherry trees, all the orchards, to build the industrial parks of silicon valley. All the fish disappeared from the creeks and streams. I guess old people always complain about how things have changed.

  • PizzaMan@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 years ago

    How about you instead focus on something that actually matters:

    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4369951-young-voters-right-now-prefer-biden-poll/

    Young voters overwhelmingly say they would support President Biden over former President Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up if the 2024 presidential election were held today, according to a poll released Wednesday.

    In the Economist/YouGov poll — conducted via web-based interviews Dec. 16-18 — more than half (53 percent) of registered voters under 30 said they would support Biden, and less than a quarter (24 percent) said they would support Trump.

    Another 10 percent said they would support another candidate, 4 percent said they were not sure, and 9 percent said they wouldn’t vote.

    The younger generations are voting more and more. And they are seeing through the bullshit.