Bring all of those jobs to Texas.  We’ll be happy to take’em off your hand California.   As a third generation Houstonian and Texan, I am enjoying this transfer of economic power very much.  No doubt Texas can do better in a lot of areas (namely higher education), but our libertarian leanings are servings us well.

Urban development scholar and California resident Joel Kotkin attempts to give his state a wake-up call at  NewGeography.com.