Re: Taxes and housing
As a European who moved to California the lure was not the taxes, these equate to around the same, mortgages, house prices, general cost of living in the bar area is higher than a lot of Europe. You talk about the housing issue, here in the South Bay good luck finding anything worth while for less than $1 million, rental is about $3.5 to 4.5k per month. People wanting a decent size family home are moving to areas outside the bay and facing seriously long commutes now that traffic is back post Covid. The solution you discuss would help with that but it's got nothing to do with why people go to California for tech jobs.
It's the salaries, they are way higher. Plus the weather and access to mountain, desert, ocean, good wine country all within a few hours reach... that's a nice bonus. Offer me the same salary back in Europe and I'll be back like a shot.