Keep reading! You may eventually understand. In fairness, you do employ reasoning equal to the quality of judges like Aileen Cannon! Leonard Leo may slot you for appointment. So is is sufficient if the votes of "urban" citizens count for 3/5 of rural citizens? Just to pick a ratio totally at random
Wow, seriously, this seems like mental illness (and I don't say that for laughs or because I don't know what that means and am looking to put somebody down). You should really get some help. (And my comment was not about Texas' GOP, although that stuff is nuts).
It's sufficient that a statewide official should have to win the majority of the counties of the state they are representing. It's more than reasonable that they should have to win the vote of someone in Tyler as much as they would have to win the vote of someone in Houston. In Texas they are representing the entire state of Texas, not just Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. If they don't want to represent all of Texas they can easily run for a Mayor or other municipal position, it's really not that hard. Do you really think Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio alone get to decide all statewide positions? Forget places like Fort Worth, Amarillo, Abilene, El Paso, San Angelo, Fort Stockton, Lubbock, Corpus Christi, Waco, Galveston, Beaumont, Odessa, Tyler, Longview and other smaller cities and towns in Texas. They should get no say who represents them right?
Are you going to actually debate the issue at hand or are you simply going to concede the debate by making pointless and personal attacks? Just so you know I've already reported your post for being off topic and an unnecessary personal attack. Would you actually care to debate the topic or just concede that I'm right and you have no genuine response?
So why do you think Loving County, population 64, should have equal voting power to Harris County, population 4.7 million?
And yet they are bursting at the seams with people. Seems a lot of people from California unfortunately can't get to Texas fast enough? Why do you think that is?
Because I think a statewide elected politician should serve Loving County just as much as Harris County. Because that politician agreed to serve ALL of Texas, not just Harris County. Because of that he should have to win the majority of counties in Texas. If he wants to just serve Harris County then he should run for a local/municipal position. Take Attorney General for example. Last time I check if a politician in Texas wins the Texas AG position, he is the AG of ALL of Texas. He is not the AG of Harris County. Population to me means nothing. If Loving County had 1 person in it I would say it still deserves the same voting power and the same level of service as Harris County. Cities don't deserve extra voting power just because they are bigger. Those cities will collapse and mean nothing when they are starving to death because the agricultural counties aren't providing their food. Maybe it's time some of you here remember that. Agricultural America could bring big city America to it's knees within a week.
People move out of areas of high demand into areas of low demand because of pricing reflects the demand differences. Eventually prices level out and it becomes less attractive. There are 39M people vying for the best land in California. Hell, New York has been losing citizens for 30 years and NYC is still one of the most in demand high price markets in the world. Try Econ 2023 at UF for more information on supply and demand.
Yep pawn it off on that and not the fact that it's a lot of Liberal policies that are driving people out of California. It has nothing to do with the fact that state taxes in California are out of control and Texas has no state income tax would it? How many fast food places in California have now closed or will probably close in the next year or two due to the $25 minimum wage out there? Those leaving California only have themselves to blame. As far as I'm concerned they shouldn't be allowed to leave California and should be forced to live with the decisions they've made instead of ruining another state.
Been here since 1998. The culture and the character of Austin has changed a lot. Of course that's to be expected. The population of the Austin metro area has roughly doubled since I've been here.
Never said I would personally want to live there. I personally am not a huge fan of Texas. I prefer the mountains. The facts can't be denied though. In 2022 alone more than 102,000 people moved from California to Texas. Only 42,000 people moved from Texas to California that same year, a loss of over 60,000 people for California. Common reasons are cost of living and job opportunities. Maybe just maybe the reason for both of those is the Conservative policies of Texas? The fact that companies have found a far friendlier business environment compared to the hostile business environment in California. We all know if Liberals controlled Texas that Texas wouldn't have the luxury of no state income tax. Especially when you look at California and their out of control state income taxes.
It's gotten worse every time I go there. Temporary work / Tech bro / quarter zip culture is taking over vast swaths of the city. There are still plenty of cool spots, but a lot of the new stuff is pretty meh. For all the shit talking about California, its basically indistinguishable from CA in certain places.
This makes no sense unless you don't want to live in a democracy. Of course your view would be the opposite if cities were dominated by right-wingers and rural areas were predominantly liberals.
