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You Left California or New York for a Reason. Why Recreate What You Escaped?

Opinion: Daniel Park examines migration from California and New York, arguing that housing choices and public policy should protect affordability.

You Left California or New York for a Reason. Why Recreate What You Escaped?

Opinion Leaving an expensive state is a personal decision. Supporting the same costly policies after moving somewhere more affordable deserves scrutiny. If California or New York became financially exhausting, changing the address without examining the policies behind that experience is an incomplete escape plan. The question is simple: why help recreate the conditions you wanted to leave? That question belongs in the housing conversation because affordability is shaped partly by public decisions. How communities permit construction, fund services and regulate…

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