Joel Kotkin: The Great California Exodus
Posted on 23. Apr, 2012
Editorial/Allysia Finney/Wall St. Journal/4-20-12: A leading U.S. demographer and ‘Truman Democrat’ talks about what is driving the middle class out of the Golden State. California is God’s best moment,” says Joel Kotkin. “It’s the best place in the world to live.” Or at least it used to be . . . Now, however, the Golden State’s fastest-growing entity is government and its biggest product is red tapeĀ (Full Article). . . Nearly four million more people have left the Golden State in the last two decades than have come from other states . . .
