"States like California and New York," Abbott claimed during his State of the State Address, "they use heavy-handed government tactics that drive away businesses. The Texas Legislature, on the other hand, has built a framework that helps small businesses thrive."
His comments came as Texas saw an influx of businesses and new residents. Big names, Oracle, Charles Schwab, and Hewlett-Packard, are all moving to headquarters from California to Texas. At the end of last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk also revealed he had left California for the lone star state.
California is among the list of states showing the largest exodus of residents in a new study from a moving company.
United Van Lines’ annual National Migration Study showed California is fifth among the list of states with the largest outbound migration, with 59% of moves out of the state compared to 41% of moves into the state.
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New Jersey topped the outbound list for the third year in a row, with 70% outbound moves, followed by New York, Illinois and Connecticut. Top inbound states were Idaho (70%), South Carolina (64%), Oregon (63%), South Dakota (62%) and Arizona (62%).
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While the survey indicated that 40% of Americans moved because of a job, 27% percent moved in order to be closer to family, which is up significantly from prior years.
Data from March to October showed the COVID-19 pandemic also influenced Americans’ decisions to move, with the top reasons associated with the pandemic being concern for personal and family health (60%), desire to be closer to family (59%); changes in employment status or work arrangement (57%), and desire for a lifestyle change or quality of life improvement (53%).
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“We’ve seen a large number of transplants from other areas,” said Rhonda Keen, president of the South Tahoe Association of Realtors. “It’s not just tech-workers either. We’re getting all kinds demographics buying homes without even seeing the property.”
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For 2019, Forbes ranked Texas as the second-best state for business, while New York came in at 28th and California in 31st. The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council ranked Texas first in its index as the most entrepreneur-friendly states. Meanwhile, California was ranked as the second-worst and New York as the fourth worst. It was a similar story or the tax environments small businesses faced.
The offices for Govs. Gavin Newsom and Andrew Cuomo did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
"Texas remains ... the land of unmatched opportunity and a comeback is already materializing," Abbott said, alluding to the impact of the coronavirus shutdowns.
He pointed to months of consecutive job growth in the state, including the 64,000 total non-agricultural jobs added in December.
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