California is a sanctuary state.  Texas is not.

California has strict gun control.  Texas does not.

California provides financial assistance to illegal aliens openly.  Texas does not.


Your source is wrong, there are more than 14 million illegal immigrants nationwide.

There are more than 2 million illegal immigrants in CA.

The nationwide number is closer to 33 million at least, CA has at least 10 million illegal wetbacks



Here's a chart of new housing in 2024 for major cities in Texas and California:

![](https://m.stacker.news/117007)

Here for comparison is the median home price in those same cities in 2024:

![](https://m.stacker.news/117010)

Now, I live in Texas, so I can attest to it being an ugly wasteland, but at the same time, I suspect the difference in price is not wholly tied up in this aesthetic value: California can't build houses. 

In case you believe California has a much higher number of illegal immigrants, the numbers I could find were these:

California has 2.3 million illegal immigrants. Texas has 2.1 million [source](https://nchstats.com/largest-illegal-immigrant-populations/). 

I'm not buying the "too many people" explanation of home prices (nor of any other thing).

Scoresby

Maybe in your fantasy land but not in Los Angeles or California

Politics_And_Law

How does illegal immigration affect housing and health care 'affordability'?

Bell_curve

Maybe in your fantasy land but not in Los Angeles or California
