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4 hours ago, Incredulity said:

BuT HaZ INsurAncEs !11!1!!

 

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It is like you are out of touch. Compared to wage theft, robbers are pikers, and do far less damage to the economy. Fuck thieves. But keep your eye on the log, not the splinter.

Ain’t no insurance for wage theft.

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1 hour ago, Incredulity said:

Sure there is call DOL.  They don’t fuck around with PROVEN wage theft. Accusations are cheap fodder for morons.

You sound angry. Still, crime is the topic.
 

"I don't think crime data tells you all that much," says Vargas. "It tells you how police behave as an organization." 

In this system, shoplifting tampons or diapers counts as crime, but tax evasion, environmental crimes, and wage theft do not. Police aren't even responsible for investigating those crimes. 

"Wage theft is a problem about five times the magnitude of shoplifting," says Alec Karakatsanis, an activist, lawyer and executive director of Civil Rights Corps.”

 

Civil Rights. Must be a moron.

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/08/1134550280/stories-about-crime-are-rife-with-misinformation-and-racism-critics-say

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What is that market that has changed? Is it the lack of occupancy for in-office workers? Is it the unhoused people? Is it the petty theft laws?

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“The dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market have changed dramatically over the past several years.”

The hits keep coming to downtown SF. Nordstrom said yesterday that it was closing its two stores in the center of the city—the one located in the Westfield Mall and a nearby Nordstrom Rack—leaving 357,500 square feet of retail space vacant, according to the San Francisco Business Times. Last month, Whole Foods also announced it was closing up shop in downtown SF after making 568 emergency calls in the 13 months it was open, the NYT reported.

 

 

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28 minutes ago, HamsterHookah said:

What is that market that has changed? Is it the lack of occupancy for in-office workers? Is it the unhoused people? Is it the petty theft laws?

 

It’s people realizing they don’t have to put up with shitty public transportation infrastructure five days a week and no one going to malls anymore. 

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Yeah, you can walk into the Dallas Galleria, which I had to do 2 weeks ago so my kid could hang out with her friend, and you'll find about 75% off the first floor is empty. Nordstrom in the same mall closed the entire 3rd level of their store and moved everything down to the 2nd floor. People just aren't going to malls. I'd imagine New York would tell a similar tale with their downtown. 

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16 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

Imagine thinking a department store closing is something unique to San Francisco. 

It's not unique to San Francisco. Portland is seeing a wave of closings, too. Walmart is leaving the Portland market. Nike, Cracker Barrel , REI etc ... have also closed stores there, citing theft that goes unpunished.

https://news.yahoo.com/walmart-set-close-stores-portland-154823875.html

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10 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

It's not unique to San Francisco. Portland is seeing a wave of closings, too. Walmart is leaving the Portland market. Nike, Cracker Barrel , REI etc ... have also closed stores there, citing theft that goes unpunished.

https://news.yahoo.com/walmart-set-close-stores-portland-154823875.html

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https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/05/03/emails-show-two-years-of-bargaining-and-finger-pointing-around-downtown-portlands-most-notorious-property/

 

Meanwhile, a drug market popped up on the sidewalks outside the complex, first in the areas not surrounded by a fence—and then inside too, once the chain-link barrier was breached and toppled.

The city had been aware of this for months. In November 2022, Lauren Menashe told the city that the situation was getting “worse and worse as each week goes on.”

“Sophisticated criminals” were sneaking in to steal fiber optic and power cables, she said. Meanwhile, campers on the sidewalks appeared “more dangerous and physical.”

But what was “beyond belief,” she noted, was Washington Center’s “new tenant.” Someone was using the vacant complex’s valuable placement in the center of downtown on Google Maps to advertise an escort service, with photos of scantily clad women and a WhatsApp number. (A city official responded, saying Lauren Menashe should “contact PPB via 911″ to handle the trespassers. It’s not clear whether she did—or if any escorts ever physically occupied Washington Center. As of press time, the listing remains on Google Maps, although the number has been disconnected.)

 

.....Meanwhile, the steps’ denizens migrated to the other side of their building to hang out under the eaves of the former KeyBank. In the evenings, dealers continue to stalk the corners. On Friday night, a trio of police squad cars sped to the scene because two men were kicking a third in the head as he lay in the middle of Washington Street.

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5 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

No, no,no in this instance the thieves are using the blowtorch.  I know it’s hard for you to recognize theft as a social ill.

Just like it's hard to recognize NY is not California?

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43 minutes ago, Foosters said:

No, dummy. A link to your claim that CA has decriminalized theft. 

I'm eager to inform the prosecutors who are currently prosecuting my clients for theft that their actions are illegal.

Yup, prop 47, elimination of cash bail and refusal to prosecute has nothing to do with the explosion of retail theft in California.  
 

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5 minutes ago, Foosters said:

You really should stop regurgitating what you see in the right-wing info-sphere. Cash bail is still very much alive in CA. Next time you're in CA, feel free to swing by any public courthouse and watch judge after judge set cash bail. Prop 47 set the threshold amount at $950 for theft and property related crimes. Anything under $950 is a misdemeanor. You know what is is in Texas? $2500. So if you steal a bunch of shit in CA and it equals $1500, you're looking at a felony. In Texas, just a misdemeanor. You cannot argue that prop 47 encourages theft, without arguing that Texas's laws encourage more theft. And finally, your assertion that CA "refuses to prosecute" theft is another lie. Is it the prosecutors who are supposed to show up to retail stores and enforce the laws, or is there a different agency that is responsible for apprehending suspects and providing police reports/evidence? When police show up and arrest/cite someone, prosecutors file charges. 

Where does your confidence in your position come from? Don't you think its possible that you're being fed a bunch of bullshit?

Not to mention, it's not like cops interdict shoplifting all the time.  

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For the eleventy billionth time, it's not penalties that deter crime, except among upper class white dudes.

It's the likelihood of getting caught.

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18 minutes ago, Foosters said:

You really should stop regurgitating what you see in the right-wing info-sphere. Cash bail is still very much alive in CA. Next time you're in CA, feel free to swing by any public courthouse and watch judge after judge set cash bail. Prop 47 set the threshold amount at $950 for theft and property related crimes. Anything under $950 is a misdemeanor. You know what is is in Texas? $2500. So if you steal a bunch of shit in CA and it equals $1500, you're looking at a felony. In Texas, just a misdemeanor. You cannot argue that prop 47 encourages theft, without arguing that Texas's laws encourage more theft. And finally, your assertion that CA "refuses to prosecute" theft is another lie. Is it the prosecutors who are supposed to show up to retail stores and enforce the laws, or is there a different agency that is responsible for apprehending suspects and providing police reports/evidence? When police show up and arrest/cite someone, prosecutors file charges. 

Where does your confidence in your position come from? Don't you think its possible that you're being fed a bunch of bullshit?

@Incredulity Foosters is a member of the criminal bar in Los Angeles County.   But go ahead and ignore him, and listen to what newsmax and OANN tell you.

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As to cash bail; here in my town, the Farmer's Market is held on Saturdays at the courthouse (big parking lot).  I go there often.  All of those bail offices across from the courthouse...I haven't noticed any of them vacant with "for lease" signs on the windows.  They all appear to be open for business.

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So we still need a petty crime tracker for CA/Portland/NYC  thread on this site?  

I wonder what the bumps are about sometimes, and it's teetering towards black man in Dayton doesn't bring back rental care full and illegally doesn't pay. 

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18 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

Got it.  It’s smooth sailing in California, just fake news.

 

Well done.


 


 

I haven't been able to find any "recent" property crime stats; just the ones from 2022.  But, the ones that I've found show several very red states with property crime rates higher than California's.   States like Oklahoma, Louisiana, S.C., Arkansas, and (gasp) Texas.  

All worse crime than California. 

Why do you suppose that is? 

And guess who's property crime rate is among the lowest in the country?  New York!  

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/crime-rate-by-state

 

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28 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

I haven't been able to find any "recent" property crime stats; just the ones from 2022.  But, the ones that I've found show several very red states with property crime rates higher than California's.   States like Oklahoma, Louisiana, S.C., Arkansas, and (gasp) Texas.  

All worse crime than California. 

Why do you suppose that is? 

And guess who's property crime rate is among the lowest in the country?  New York!  

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/crime-rate-by-state

 

If property crimes are not reported -- the property crime rate goes way down.

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43 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

Got it.  It’s smooth sailing in California, just fake news.

 

Well done.


 


 

 

Got it. You got your ass handed to you, again, and now do your typical attempt to save face which just makes you look even more foolish. Like clockwork. 

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U.S. states by net domestic migration (From April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022)
National
rank
State Total net domestic migration 
(2020–2022)[1]
Net domestic migration rate 
per 1,000 inhabitants
1 23px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png Florida 622,476 28.90
2 23px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png Texas 475,252 16.31
3 23px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png North Carolina 211,867 20.29
4 23px-Flag_of_Arizona.svg.png Arizona 182,362 25.50
5 23px-Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg.png South Carolina 165,948 32.42
6 23px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png Tennessee 146,403 21.18
7 23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%28U.S._state%29.sv Georgia 128,089 11.96
8 19px-Flag_of_Idaho.svg.png Idaho 88,647 48.20
9 23px-Flag_of_Alabama.svg.png Alabama 65,355 13.01
10 23px-Flag_of_Oklahoma.svg.png Oklahoma 56,807 14.35
11 23px-Flag_of_Nevada.svg.png Nevada 56,317 18.14
12 23px-Flag_of_Utah.svg.png Utah 47,125 14.40
13 23px-Flag_of_Montana.svg.png Montana 39,041 36.01
14 23px-Flag_of_Arkansas.svg.png Arkansas 38,055 12.64
15 19px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png Maine 30,642 22.49
16 23px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png Delaware 27,119 27.39
17 23px-Flag_of_Indiana.svg.png Indiana 22,694 3.34
18 23px-Flag_of_Missouri.svg.png Missouri 20,233 3.29
19 23px-Flag_of_Colorado.svg.png Colorado 17,984 3.11
20 23px-Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg.png New Hampshire 16,038 11.64
21 23px-Flag_of_South_Dakota.svg.png South Dakota 14,711 16.59
22 23px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png Kentucky 14,102 3.13
23 23px-Flag_of_Vermont.svg.png Vermont 5,893 9.16
24 22px-Flag_of_Wyoming.svg.png Wyoming 4,356 7.55
25 23px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png West Virginia 2,460 1.37
26 19px-Flag_of_Connecticut.svg.png Connecticut −76 −0.02
27 23px-Flag_of_Oregon.svg.png Oregon −776 −0.18
28 23px-Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg.png New Mexico −5,058 −2.39
29 19px-Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg.png Rhode Island −5,281 −4.81
30 23px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png Iowa −6,877 −2.16
31 20px-Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg.png North Dakota −7,186 −9.22
32 23px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png Washington −7,376 −0.96
33 23px-Flag_of_Nebraska.svg.png Nebraska −11,108 −5.66
34 23px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png Wisconsin −11,383 −1.93
35 23px-Flag_of_Mississippi.svg.png Mississippi −11,408 −3.85
36 21px-Flag_of_Alaska.svg.png Alaska −11,412 −15.56
37 23px-Flag_of_Kansas.svg.png Kansas −14,392 −4.90
38 21px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png Pennsylvania −16,218 −1.25
23px-Flag_of_the_District_of_Columbia.sv District of Columbia −26,210 −38.01
39 23px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png Hawaii −29,684 −20.40
40 23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png Virginia −29,775 −3.45
41 23px-Flag_of_Minnesota.svg.png Minnesota −37,377 −6.55
42 25px-Flag_of_Ohio.svg.png Ohio −39,915 −3.38
43 23px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png Michigan −43,188 −4.29
44 23px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png Maryland −68,287 −11.05
45 23px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png Louisiana −80,278 −17.24
46 23px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png New Jersey −107,749 −11.60
47 23px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png Massachusetts −110,866 −15.77
48 23px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png Illinois −282,048 −22.01
49 23px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png New York −664,921 −32.91
50 23px-Flag_of_California.svg.png California −871,127 −22.03


 

 

Thriving.

 

I’m sure it’s the dogshit weather driving this.

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2 minutes ago, Incredulity said:
U.S. states by net domestic migration (From April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022)
National
rank
State Total net domestic migration 
(2020–2022)[1]
Net domestic migration rate 
per 1,000 inhabitants
1 23px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png Florida 622,476 28.90
2 23px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png Texas 475,252 16.31
3 23px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png North Carolina 211,867 20.29
4 23px-Flag_of_Arizona.svg.png Arizona 182,362 25.50
5 23px-Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg.png South Carolina 165,948 32.42
6 23px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png Tennessee 146,403 21.18
7 23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%28U.S._state%29.sv Georgia 128,089 11.96
8 19px-Flag_of_Idaho.svg.png Idaho 88,647 48.20
9 23px-Flag_of_Alabama.svg.png Alabama 65,355 13.01
10 23px-Flag_of_Oklahoma.svg.png Oklahoma 56,807 14.35
11 23px-Flag_of_Nevada.svg.png Nevada 56,317 18.14
12 23px-Flag_of_Utah.svg.png Utah 47,125 14.40
13 23px-Flag_of_Montana.svg.png Montana 39,041 36.01
14 23px-Flag_of_Arkansas.svg.png Arkansas 38,055 12.64
15 19px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png Maine 30,642 22.49
16 23px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png Delaware 27,119 27.39
17 23px-Flag_of_Indiana.svg.png Indiana 22,694 3.34
18 23px-Flag_of_Missouri.svg.png Missouri 20,233 3.29
19 23px-Flag_of_Colorado.svg.png Colorado 17,984 3.11
20 23px-Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg.png New Hampshire 16,038 11.64
21 23px-Flag_of_South_Dakota.svg.png South Dakota 14,711 16.59
22 23px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png Kentucky 14,102 3.13
23 23px-Flag_of_Vermont.svg.png Vermont 5,893 9.16
24 22px-Flag_of_Wyoming.svg.png Wyoming 4,356 7.55
25 23px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png West Virginia 2,460 1.37
26 19px-Flag_of_Connecticut.svg.png Connecticut −76 −0.02
27 23px-Flag_of_Oregon.svg.png Oregon −776 −0.18
28 23px-Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg.png New Mexico −5,058 −2.39
29 19px-Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg.png Rhode Island −5,281 −4.81
30 23px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png Iowa −6,877 −2.16
31 20px-Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg.png North Dakota −7,186 −9.22
32 23px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png Washington −7,376 −0.96
33 23px-Flag_of_Nebraska.svg.png Nebraska −11,108 −5.66
34 23px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png Wisconsin −11,383 −1.93
35 23px-Flag_of_Mississippi.svg.png Mississippi −11,408 −3.85
36 21px-Flag_of_Alaska.svg.png Alaska −11,412 −15.56
37 23px-Flag_of_Kansas.svg.png Kansas −14,392 −4.90
38 21px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png Pennsylvania −16,218 −1.25
23px-Flag_of_the_District_of_Columbia.sv District of Columbia −26,210 −38.01
39 23px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png Hawaii −29,684 −20.40
40 23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png Virginia −29,775 −3.45
41 23px-Flag_of_Minnesota.svg.png Minnesota −37,377 −6.55
42 25px-Flag_of_Ohio.svg.png Ohio −39,915 −3.38
43 23px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png Michigan −43,188 −4.29
44 23px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png Maryland −68,287 −11.05
45 23px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png Louisiana −80,278 −17.24
46 23px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png New Jersey −107,749 −11.60
47 23px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png Massachusetts −110,866 −15.77
48 23px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png Illinois −282,048 −22.01
49 23px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png New York −664,921 −32.91
50 23px-Flag_of_California.svg.png California −871,127 −22.03


 

 

Thriving.

 

I’m sure it’s the dogshit weather driving this.

Moved the goalposts, eh?

 

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Just now, Incredulity said:

Not at all.

Progressive crime policies have deteriorated quality of life in California.  People are voting with their feet.

 I know the Census Bureau is an asset of Fox/Newsmax/OAN…

Of the two of us, I'm the motherfucker THAT LIVES IN CALIFORNIA, and here you are, telling me about my quality of life. 

High of 70 today, low of 58.  The pool is warming up.  I took a 10 mile bike ride this morning.  I didn't get robbed, and didn't see anybody shitting on the sidewalk, or using fentenyl.  But hey, you peruse right-wing websites, so you know better than me about life in California. 

1 minute ago, Bullneck said:

Why don't you move to The Villages?  I hear it's nice there.

They wouldn't invite that loser to any of their orgies. 

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10 minutes ago, Incredulity said:
U.S. states by net domestic migration (From April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022)
National
rank
State Total net domestic migration 
(2020–2022)[1]
Net domestic migration rate 
per 1,000 inhabitants
1 23px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png Florida 622,476 28.90
2 23px-Flag_of_Texas.svg.png Texas 475,252 16.31
3 23px-Flag_of_North_Carolina.svg.png North Carolina 211,867 20.29
4 23px-Flag_of_Arizona.svg.png Arizona 182,362 25.50
5 23px-Flag_of_South_Carolina.svg.png South Carolina 165,948 32.42
6 23px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svg.png Tennessee 146,403 21.18
7 23px-Flag_of_Georgia_%28U.S._state%29.sv Georgia 128,089 11.96
8 19px-Flag_of_Idaho.svg.png Idaho 88,647 48.20
9 23px-Flag_of_Alabama.svg.png Alabama 65,355 13.01
10 23px-Flag_of_Oklahoma.svg.png Oklahoma 56,807 14.35
11 23px-Flag_of_Nevada.svg.png Nevada 56,317 18.14
12 23px-Flag_of_Utah.svg.png Utah 47,125 14.40
13 23px-Flag_of_Montana.svg.png Montana 39,041 36.01
14 23px-Flag_of_Arkansas.svg.png Arkansas 38,055 12.64
15 19px-Flag_of_Maine.svg.png Maine 30,642 22.49
16 23px-Flag_of_Delaware.svg.png Delaware 27,119 27.39
17 23px-Flag_of_Indiana.svg.png Indiana 22,694 3.34
18 23px-Flag_of_Missouri.svg.png Missouri 20,233 3.29
19 23px-Flag_of_Colorado.svg.png Colorado 17,984 3.11
20 23px-Flag_of_New_Hampshire.svg.png New Hampshire 16,038 11.64
21 23px-Flag_of_South_Dakota.svg.png South Dakota 14,711 16.59
22 23px-Flag_of_Kentucky.svg.png Kentucky 14,102 3.13
23 23px-Flag_of_Vermont.svg.png Vermont 5,893 9.16
24 22px-Flag_of_Wyoming.svg.png Wyoming 4,356 7.55
25 23px-Flag_of_West_Virginia.svg.png West Virginia 2,460 1.37
26 19px-Flag_of_Connecticut.svg.png Connecticut −76 −0.02
27 23px-Flag_of_Oregon.svg.png Oregon −776 −0.18
28 23px-Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg.png New Mexico −5,058 −2.39
29 19px-Flag_of_Rhode_Island.svg.png Rhode Island −5,281 −4.81
30 23px-Flag_of_Iowa.svg.png Iowa −6,877 −2.16
31 20px-Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg.png North Dakota −7,186 −9.22
32 23px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png Washington −7,376 −0.96
33 23px-Flag_of_Nebraska.svg.png Nebraska −11,108 −5.66
34 23px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png Wisconsin −11,383 −1.93
35 23px-Flag_of_Mississippi.svg.png Mississippi −11,408 −3.85
36 21px-Flag_of_Alaska.svg.png Alaska −11,412 −15.56
37 23px-Flag_of_Kansas.svg.png Kansas −14,392 −4.90
38 21px-Flag_of_Pennsylvania.svg.png Pennsylvania −16,218 −1.25
23px-Flag_of_the_District_of_Columbia.sv District of Columbia −26,210 −38.01
39 23px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png Hawaii −29,684 −20.40
40 23px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png Virginia −29,775 −3.45
41 23px-Flag_of_Minnesota.svg.png Minnesota −37,377 −6.55
42 25px-Flag_of_Ohio.svg.png Ohio −39,915 −3.38
43 23px-Flag_of_Michigan.svg.png Michigan −43,188 −4.29
44 23px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png Maryland −68,287 −11.05
45 23px-Flag_of_Louisiana.svg.png Louisiana −80,278 −17.24
46 23px-Flag_of_New_Jersey.svg.png New Jersey −107,749 −11.60
47 23px-Flag_of_Massachusetts.svg.png Massachusetts −110,866 −15.77
48 23px-Flag_of_Illinois.svg.png Illinois −282,048 −22.01
49 23px-Flag_of_New_York.svg.png New York −664,921 −32.91
50 23px-Flag_of_California.svg.png California −871,127 −22.03

Thriving.

I’m sure it’s the dogshit weather driving this.

What's your point exactly?

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