ORIGINAL: Yankee
You may be right... I guess my personal bias against California is showing thru (nothing against any Californians here - you all have my deepest sympathies
).
I just don't see California as the be-all end-all when it comes to the latest "cutting edge trends". Sure they've had their moments... but I think (I hope) their supposed reign is over. Real estate there is
stupidly expensive, they're trying to get their own legislative measures passed on higher MPG requirements, many of their prominent cities are
vehemently anti-military, plus they've got all the loony brain-dead Hollywood celebrities all over the place telling us what we should be doing (like THEY know best)...
I think it's time that they reap what they sow, and if ANY business there decides it's time to pull up their stakes in search of greener pastures elsewhere, they've got my full support.
Well, to tell you the truth, I'm not crazy about California either, I just know where the trends begin and where they don't. California is far more a trend setter than Michigan like it or not and I think the less Michigan based they get, the better off they will be. If they would move the plants somewhere like Florida or somewhere else where trends begin and so forth, I believe they will be better off than insisting to put absolutely everything in Michigan. For the record, I don't have anything exactly against Michigan, I just think they need to spread themselves out to gain a better grasp than they can by running everything in one state that is on the outer edge of the country. I think this is contributing to their problems.
awsure, I think you summed up the real reason why they moved. I think this has to do with inner politics and this obsession of running everything in Michigan. When they do this, I think they are causing more harm than good.