Yes but people of all kinds from all around the world still clamor to move here, and more would too if it weren't for onerous Federal immigration policy.
As a non American I think that flyover states offer something deeply American - Ford 350s running on dirt cheap gas, ugly macmansions, copious amounts of beef - and California offers something deeply universal - fat stacks of cash
I don’t want a larger house or car than my father. I want to earn more money. Who cares about living standards, we all live like kings anyway, it’s all socioeconomic status games anyway and im here to play