“TEXAS IS CHEAPER THAN CALIFORNIA”
Rent
Los Angeles: $2,656
Dallas: $1,588
Minimum wage
Los Angeles: $18.42/hr
Texas: $7.25/hr
Hours worked for rent
Los Angeles: 2656 ÷ 18.42 = 144
Dallas: 1588 ÷ 7.25 = 219
You have to work 50% more to afford rent in Texas. That’s more than two weeks EVERY month.
Let that sink in
The guys a moron. He has no idea what he’s talking about. American exceptionalism has resulted in these things, but it’s not why the US is exceptional. He needs to look to the constitution to understand, clearly he has not.
NYC Mayor Mamdani on American exceptionalism: "We are told that America is exceptional because we are richer, stronger, more powerful than everyone else... The truth, my friends is that America is exceptional because here, nothing is fixed into place."