Some of them don't get it. Many seem to think massive populations mean success, wide open freedom, less crime, less taxes etc...
You hit it on the head...More crime, more libs, more free loaders living off the workers, more traffic, jammed schools...etc...and more regulation to control it all and on and on...
Ooooooooh, California smackdown! Point well made, Sgt Friday!
I live in a ‘rat county.
Typical of such governance, their solution to a shrinking tax base is to raise taxes.