100%.

> I think it's extremely clear that Californian's own tax policies

California's tax policies have been that way since at least the 70s. I'm thinking Prop 13 and rent control, which were essentially massive giveaways to incumbents at the expense of everyone else.

Your presence is support for those policies, both tacitly by supporting companies based there and directly with your tax dollars.

But I guess it's easier to wave your hands in the air and declare it someone else's problem rather than to acknowledge the part you play in supporting the system.

> Yet we blame the young tech workers

It's not one or the other. You can both be in the wrong. And you both are, for the record.