The drought in the western U.S. is getting bad
I&#x27;m in eastern Europe, pay isn&#x27;t too bad, rent isn&#x27;t too bad, our city is getting developed, new buildings etc.  We have lots of water, May was actually one of the coldest I&#x27;ve ever experienced. We had hardly any lockdowns because of covid, and we were fine.<p>Then I see all the news from California, the whole economy got closed up, there&#x27;s a massive drought. Rents have been insane for years in most cities. Huge homeless and drugs problem in LA, San Francisco. 
And on top of this, some of the highest tax rates in the US. For what?<p>What is happening to this paradise state?<p>And what worries me a lot is, a lot of the culture worldwide is set by people living in these conditions. Not just film, but tech now. I mean I can see why everyone in california is frustrated with capitalism and all the rest of it, but that&#x27;s california... The conditions of which I&#x27;ve just listed.