I grew up in and worked in the Bay Area and spent a lot of time in LA and SD. As a minority, early on it was not hard to recognize that as there were increasingly no negative consequences for bad behaviors, there was no reason for them to change. In fact, they grew worse election after election decade after decade. The majority of voters in the large metro areas elected the future of their state and continued to believe their actions were forward thinking progressive.

However, as the man, Thomas Sowell, said, “You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.” Such 'insensitive' Sowellian type voices remained in the minority and were routinely rejected at the polls. Thus, the sunny Golden State has become even more attractive to those seeking the lazy, drug addled, taker lifestyle. A vagrant, criminal breeding ground supported by those in office who can count on 'progressive' votes in return for lax enforcement of law.

Perhaps things will change??? It is said that one can ignore reality, but one cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. After all, a realist is simply an idealist who has been mugged. Nah! s/o


PS Most call them homeless camps. To others, they are vagrant villages.