Did you say 20,000+ more people moving to Carlsbad?
Where are they going to work?
These are the four main employment sectors in Carlsbad:
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Wow. not tourism, guest services, food service? That’s good for Carlsbad but hard to believe.
Hey, we got Legoland too!
But doesn’t all that money go back to Denmark?
As important, where are they going to get the water? Where are they going to dispense with the trash? Where are the going to put the displaced wildlife? Where are they going to put the extra cars? How much space is required for a community’s long-term psychological health? Is living feet away from our neighbors, and no wide-open spaces making us sick inside?
How many people are too many? What price are we unwilling to pay for California’s growth?
Why no outrage? Are folks too old to care, others too young to know what we took off the table from them?
We got it covered man!
We got the desalination plant for water, and 40% open space. The driverless cars will take care of the rest as the sedate older homeowners just hunker down until the end.
“We got it covered man!”
Well, then I’ll just skip the third latte I had planned, and try to relax.
As the accidental owner of a half dozen plus parking spaces. Easily 15 for events, I have to wonder if parking becomes the new lottery winning Granny flat.
This can’t be right because I read somewhere people are fleeing the state in droves.
> This can’t be right because I read somewhere people are fleeing the state in droves.
The Productive Classes are bugging out leaving a Great Hollow between the Rich and those the Rich incorrectly presume will become their vassals.
Come this Feb/March when the remaining middle classes run their TurboTaxes for the first time we will see about the exodus.
Well said, and I agree.
How many future sellers are waiting just one more year to tack on measly extra 5% before cashing out.
I wish I had turbo tax, instead of a plucky accountant full of sass. 🙁
>The Productive Classes are bugging out leaving a Great Hollow between the Rich and those the Rich incorrectly presume will become their vassals.
I’m curious who you think are these people in the “Productive Classes”. Seems like the employers Jim listed would employ lots of people who are productive, earn more than $100k/year, but would find it challenging to purchase a $1M home. That demographic seems solidly upper middle class but not rich to me.