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3 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

So you want Texas, which votes about 56% Republican, and is currently gerrymandered to predetermine a 66% Republican outcome, to increase the number of safe seats to 79%? That does not square with your repeated insistence that you think it should reflect how the state votes. 
The fact is that if we just had 38 competitive districts drawn without regard to partisan lean and reflected actual communities it would play out closer to the natural break than anything else. 

 


Designing districts around actual places on the map where people have important things in common is called “representation,” not “gerrymandering.”

So you support efforts to hugely overepresent Republicans?

I don’t have a side, I have a community. You do have a side, and your side is doing this in Texas. I don’t care about states where I don’t live. I care about Representative from Austin who have a reason to pick up the phone when someone from Austin calls.

 

These numbers are skewed because they represent how people voted, but don't take into account how many would vote if they felt their districts were established fairly.  And also in the smaller rural counties they vote Red because that's the only party that has candidates, usually.  

2 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Yep, the actual tax burden in California is lower for most people than in Texas.

And then when you start figuring in things like cost of health insurance that are directly impacted by a state's political policies, the non-real-estate cost-of-living in Cali is even or cheaper than Texas.

Plus I am betting the return of services per dollar is greater in a lot of those blue states.  

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And it’s fucking beautiful. One of the healthiest states with the lowest level of obesity. I love Colorado. Maybe it’s time to start planning the escape 

Met a vendor rep at a conference who splits time living between Texas and Colorado. She says in Texas people meet up for margaritas and queso. In Colorado they meet up for activities like hiking, yoga, cycling or climbing.
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4 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said:


Met a vendor rep at a conference who splits time living between Texas and Colorado. She says in Texas people meet up for margaritas and queso. In Colorado they meet up for activities like hiking, yoga, cycling or climbing.

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11 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said:


Met a vendor rep at a conference who splits time living between Texas and Colorado. She says in Texas people meet up for margaritas and queso. In Colorado they meet up for activities like hiking, yoga, cycling or climbing.

You can't spell "excessively fat" without Texas.

Posted
27 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

repped for the Bomani Jones reference

Far too few people have heard Bomani torch Will Cain on his own show in the aftermath of that Bubba Wallace Nascar controversy. Absolute fire from Bomani.

Not sure if he went to school here but he’s a Longhorn fan as well

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2 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Yep, the actual tax burden in California is lower for most people than in Texas.

And then when you start figuring in things like cost of health insurance that are directly impacted by a state's political policies, the non-real-estate cost-of-living in Cali is even or cheaper than Texas.

Yeah I figured that out when I got a tax calculator. I would actually pay less tax in California in my position. But the big earners would get soaked.

I cannot speak to the cost of living though. I imagine living inland in California is not too bad. Those coastal cities seem pretty horrifyingly expensive but I have only ever visited them.

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23 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Yeah I figured that out when I got a tax calculator. I would actually pay less tax in California in my position. But the big earners would get soaked.

I cannot speak to the cost of living though. I imagine living inland in California is not too bad. Those coastal cities seem pretty horrifyingly expensive but I have only ever visited them.

what would this cost inside the loop in Houston?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/901-Grizzly-Peak-Blvd-Berkeley-CA-94708/24848629_zpid/

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33 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Yeah I figured that out when I got a tax calculator. I would actually pay less tax in California in my position. But the big earners would get soaked.

This is not how you humblebrag

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15 minutes ago, We’reTexas said:

Someone’s really interested in Berkeley!

Haha...you got me.

I was with some friends/family from Texas 2 weeks ago - all of whom live in "desirable" parts of DFW and Houston. Their homes are all valued well over 1m, but they were bemoaning the fact that they could never make it in CA due to home prices. Played a bit of cell phone flop out with Zillow to illustrate. No doubt coastal CA is more expensive, but depending on where you live, you might not experience the sticker shock you'd expect. 

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2 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

Yep but that’s nine future GOP voters

have that many and the odds of having a 'black sheep' or two go way up.

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26 minutes ago, Foosters said:

Haha...you got me.

I was with some friends/family from Texas 2 weeks ago - all of whom live in "desirable" parts of DFW and Houston. Their homes are all valued well over 1m, but they were bemoaning the fact that they could never make it in CA due to home prices. Played a bit of cell phone flop out with Zillow to illustrate. No doubt coastal CA is more expensive, but depending on where you live, you might not experience the sticker shock you'd expect. 

That’s a really nice house - think it will go closer to $3M based on comps, but to your point that’s a huge house for Berkeley and relatively not a bad deal compared to the nicer neighborhoods of Houston, Dallas and Austin (especially). 

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17 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

That is an amazing property with incredible views. I would expect a similar property to be pretty closely priced in most major cities in Texas actually. Certainly in the 1.5 million dollar area at least.

That house is gorgeous, we need to start a house porn thread.  

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11 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Is this real?  If so, troll game is strong:

 

He’s talking a lot. But like most Democrats, he is just talking and tweeting. He needs to set the process in motion. Texas will be ready by midterms. Talking about it won’t help that. 

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3 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

And it’s fucking beautiful. One of the healthiest states with the lowest level of obesity. I love Colorado. Maybe it’s time to start planning the escape 

Made the move to CO from FL. Zero, I repeat, ZERO regrets.

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52 minutes ago, Dr. Teeth said:

He’s talking a lot. But like most Democrats, he is just talking and tweeting. He needs to set the process in motion. Texas will be ready by midterms. Talking about it won’t help that. 

you assume they aren't? I'm pretty sure he can chew gum and walk. I'm guessing their silence on details is so they don't get leaked and someone tries to counter them with some other bullshit

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44 minutes ago, pacman said:

Idiocy at its finest.

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And the predictable commentary..

 

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what is it with chuds telling people to "cope" or "cry harder" and whatnot? Saw it a ton yesterday from imma's buddy stassney and it's like they're spiking the football on being a shithead. Really strange antisocial stuff.

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1 minute ago, Captainant said:

what is it with chuds telling people to "cope" or "cry harder" and whatnot? Saw it a ton yesterday from imma's buddy stassney and it's like they're spiking the football on being a shithead. Really strange antisocial stuff.

because the internet and this current regime have emboldened cowards everywhere and the thing about cowards is they usually don't have cogent arguments when facts and opinion don't align with theirs (usually only opinion), so they resort to name calling, or in this case, the more pedantic version of that. if they were allowed to tell you to go kill yourself, they would. instead they resort to that adjacent version



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