A few years ago, a friend from Brazil visited Los Angeles and was appalled at what he saw. He called it a third-world country, an amazing comment since my friend lives in São Paulo. He said that L.A. is not what he remembered 25 years ago. It was sad, or so he said.
Well, California is in decline, no matter how wonderful the climate is. Just ask the people who live there like Joel Kotkin:
Despite the state’s myriad advantages, research shows it plagued by economic immobility and inequality, crushing housing and energy costs, and a failing education system.
Worse than just a case of progressive policies creating regressive outcomes, it appears California is descending into something resembling modern-day feudalism, with the poor and weak trapped by policies subsidized by taxes paid by the rich and powerful…
