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Not really sure how California leaving the Union would solve Bay Area's housing crisis. Are you saying that it will negatively affect its economy that tech companies will just stop hiring/leave the area?

And what exactly is "American culture", that California (a state where more than 12% of the total US population lives in) drifted from?

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There's a deep cultural divide in the US and it's not sustainable. The nation has two cultures within its borders and they're headed for a fight. Last presidential elections were just a small symptom of the underlying issue.

The coasts and central us have a difference of opinion on too many fundamental issues. The one that is guaranteed to spark a civil war is the second amendment.

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