44% of Californians Speak Languages Other Than English at Home
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I'm starting to understand now why the OP chose New Zealand as his choice country to experience life in a foreign country. Way to step out on a limb there and try life outside the comfort zone of your standard white, English-speaking world. Decent looking chicks though.
It's funny (and ironic) you would try to go there, living in one of the world's least diverse countries.
Source: https://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/japan/japan_people.html
I wonder how Japan's extremely strict immigration has been working for the Japanese people?
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/...oblessness-declines?__twitter_impression=true
I wonder how many 1st generation Italian/German/Vietnamese etc.-Americans spoke English in the home.
How many first generation Italian/German/Vietnamese folk wanted California to be annexed by Italy/Germany/Vietnam?
See below, for an idea.
This article appears to discuss the results of standardlized testing and the possibe effects/outcomes of a new test style. It doesn't really address orangestreak's question though.
Were you trying to make a point with your original post? Do you have a problem with individuals speaking another language at home besides English?
Are you asserting that all (or even a meaningful number of) the non-English speakers raising first generation Latin Americans want California to be annexed by their country of origin? I highly doubt that. Gonna need some material, substantial, non-anecdotal evidence if you are.
Do you view the potential annexation of California by Mexico (I presume that is the country to which you are referring) to be an actual, serious, threat about which we should concern ourselves in this discussion? I don’t. I also don’t think reasonable people do.
Some of you are implying that I’m posting #Hate-Stats (or #Hate-Statistics) about California.
In less than two generations, California seems to have transformed itself from one of the world’s most innovative places (with one of the world’s highest qualities of life) — into a Latin American version of Brazil.
Based on California exodus data and polling, Cali residents seem to agree.
In less than two generations, California seems to have transformed itself from one of the world’s most innovative places (with one of the world’s highest qualities of life) — into a Latin American version of Brazil.
Based on California exodus data and polling, Cali residents seem to agree.
So are you claiming that if a state or region has individuals who speak a language other than English at home, this indicates regression in terms of innovation and quality of life?
#Cali
You do realize Texas has many citizens who also speak another language besides English at home, correct?
https://www.perrymangroup.com/2016/10/24/bilingualism-in-texas/
https://www.texastribune.org/2015/11/26/languages-spoken-texas-homes/
From the Tribune article...
“Of the 23.7 million people in Texas who are five years of age or older, more than a third speak a language other than English at home.”
From the Perryman article...
“According to the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) from 2015, about 35.4% of the Texas population (over nine million people) speaks a language other than English at home. The vast majority (83.3%) of those individuals speak Spanish; overall, about 29.5% of Texans speak Spanish at home. Other major languages spoken at home by Texans include Vietnamese (approximately 206,000 speakers), Chinese (172,000), Tagalog (84,000), Arabic (82,000), Urdu (82,000), Hindi (80,000), and French (72,000). In total, more than 160 different languages are represented in the state according to the latest US Census data.”
It kind of looks like something other than the non-English languages spoken at homes might be responsible for the exodus to Texas. Like business incentives or no personal income tax or something.
Huh, that’s weird NZ.
Speaking a different language at home doesn’t automatically indicate regression in innovation and quality of life — see Switzerland.
But 2/3 of of our largest state’s (by population) high school students (the future) failing basic math aptitude — in addition to more than half failing basic English aptitude — is a bleak sign for a state with a brain drain and business drain.
Read the fine print:
California.....wtf? They had it made, in so many ways.
Even their air quality is f*cked — and this is the state that created the environmental movement.
Ok, so California needs to improve their math education programs. Many states need to improve their math education programs. The USA has been lagging behind in math (as compared to other nations) for a while now.
But again, what does that have to do with speaking another language at home? And why did you delete your Texas post?
I’ve already posted a lot of data to discuss.
Here’s what it was.
Re Texas, in 2015:
Re California, in 2017:
That’s so weird....you have NEVER worried about posting too much in a thread before.
It’s also weird that you removed the one bit data suggesting Californian is suffering because of the percentage non-at home English speakers AND Texas is reaping the benefits....purely at random...ONLY after it had been given a rational analysisusing critical thinking by others.
Weird....SO weird.
Like I said, we all know why you really deleted that particular data.
I think the point is south California is becoming just like the place people risk rape and murder to get the hell away from.
