California Is Booming. Why Are So Many Californians Unhappy?

Conor Dougherty · The New York Times · Dec 29, 2019

Fire, garbage and homelessness increasingly plague the Golden State. For all its forward-thinking companies and liberal social and environmental policies, the state has mostly put higher-value jobs and industries in expensive coastal enclaves, while pushing lower-paid workers and lower-cost housing to inland areas like the Central Valley.