It’s the weather. Californians spend more time outdoors, goofing off and thus have less time to wreck the state. They do eventually get it done however.
I was born in Chicago and lived there until I was 14, at which time we relocated to SoCal (San Diego). We ended up in Palm Desert.
So, I’ve had the opportunity to see Democrats destroy not one, but two of my home states.
We’re in E Tennessee now. We need to get rid of a few politicians, including the governor, Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander before we start veering off in the wrong direction, too.
One party Democrat rule is actually fairly new to California. The last governor was a Republican, albeit mostly in name only. But we’re still coasting on decades of low taxes, business expansion and smart infrastructure spending prior to the last decade or two.
More money in CA.
And lets face it, no one is lining up to live in the MidWest for the weather.
IL is in trouble. The minority Senate leader just walked out, and the Republican governor is going to let the whole place burn down.
California's weather and desirability as a place to live give it a huge edge in keeping large, politically connected corporations in place and paying taxes. So much so that no matter how arrogant and stupid the policies of its Leftist politicians, it still manages to do rather well economically. It's hell for small businesses, but the big players do pretty well. It will take a lot more malfeasance to kill California than it has to kill Illinois.