>>18577141California has laws and regulations that are in stark contrast to what the rest of the US has and their people are so different they might as well be from another country.
3 prime examples are the pistol bill they passed that pushed all manufacturers out of the state because they wanted to enforce regulation that's physically/technologically impossible, they made it a misdemeanor to knowingly give someone AIDS in their state and right now in SanFran and LA you won't be arrested for stealing anything worth less than ~$1000 leading to popup gangs of organized criminals running into stores and stealing anything they want.
All the while they tout their economy as the best for the nation and their hyper liberal progressive values seep out into the rest of the US causing things like the gender movement, #BLM and fourth wave feminism to spiral out of control making the rest of us look like clowns.
When foreigners think of America they think NYC and Cali. We are not like them at all and are deeply ashamed of them.