California Ranks Last in Opportunity Due to Cost of Living
Heartland Author
May 17, 2024
(The Center Square) – According to new state rankings, California ranks dead last in opportunity due to its high cost of living, says the U.S. News and World Report.
USNWR’s report uses cost of living, economic opportunity, and equality to create its opportunity metric. California’s nation-worst cost of living was the main driver of the opportunity ranking, as its economic opportunity and income inequality were both better than more than half of American states’.
“California was the birthplace for opportunity where our ancestors came to seek a better life and pursue the California Dream,” State Sen. Brian Dahle, R-Bieber, who was California Governor Newsom’s opponent in the 2022 general election, told The Center Square. “Housing, electricity, and gas continue to rise, and [Democrats’] solution is to tax, regulate, and mandate no matter the outcome.”
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