Hey, if there's something I am confused about the US is that areas that are supposedly more "tolerant" generally have higher property values than places that are full of "normal" people.
As I'm trying to look for my own place to live, I'd like to live in an enclave with "weirdos" and other people that don't fit in. Blue states are at least slightly more friendly to non-conformists, and get a lot of hate from the US at large for being okay with non-model-citizens, yet housing in blue states is by far more expensive than my home state that is about as red as Mr. Krabs.
I'll be answering my own question a bit by saying that I noticed that there is a lot of NIMBY activity here, but then suburbs in red states have HOAs.
What's going on? Explain to this humble babby brain.
And California has Prop 13 from the 70s, which caps the limit property tax can go up per year by 2%.
So in another state if your home goes up in value 10% a year you'll need to pay more. And if you can't keep up eventually you cash out and move.
But in California you stay in place and fight all new construction to the death. That's one factor in why home prices are insane here. And naturally the existing homeowners love it so it is hard to repeal