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California's Transformation From Cheap To Costly
- California became wealthier and more expensive as population and demand rose over decades.
- Steve Sailer says this shifted the state's character from easygoing eccentricity to pricey, stranger-dominated culture.
Anecdote And Data Should Align
- Sailer ties anecdotal neighborhood judgments to social-science data as mutually reinforcing.
- He argues good intuition about schools or crime should show up in rigorous social statistics.
Affirmative Action Keeps Elite Demographics Stable
- Ivy League admissions remain engineered to maintain racial balance via affirmative action.
- Sailer claims meritocratic admissions would yield far fewer black students and far more Asian students.