Elon Musk’s Friends Assaulted in California Streets; Joe Rogan Blames Squatters for Mass Exodus of Tech Giants

Over the years, Joe Rogan has had a love-hate relationship with the state of California. Until 2021, the popular podcast host called Las Angeles, California his home. However, he moved out of the state and decided to start living in Texas.

Since then, Rogan has spoken about this decision various times. Moreover, he has been very vocal about his honest opinions about the state of California. In his recent podcast with longtime friend Joey Diaz, Rogan revealed some intriguing details of the supposed ‘exodus’ happening in California, especially in the city of San Francisco. Also, he revealed a confession from Elon Musk that made his stance stronger.

Joe Rogan reveals Elon Musk’s comments about San Francisco, California

In the #2181 episode of the popular JRE podcast, Rogan and Diaz discussed a variety of interesting topics. However, their conversation about California and San Francisco attracted most ears.

According to the UFC commentator, the pandemic changed the scenario in San Francisco. Many tech giants entered the city, but the youth just did not want to live around anymore!

“The pandemic changed the whole town, you know. And then a lot of the tech companies moved here too. That was a big part of it,” Rogan said. “A lot of these young people just didn’t want any part of San Francisco anymore,” he added.

A Forbes report from 2021 substantiates Rogan’s claims. The rising costs in the city forced the tech talent to find their livelihood elsewhere. As a result, tech companies also started moving away to attract more talent and avoid stringent regulations. Between 2018 and 2021, there were 265 relocations. And guess which US state was the new choice of headquarters for companies like Oracle and Apple? Yep, Texas.

Further, the popular podcaster revealed Musk’s confessions about the city. The Tesla founder had narrated the story of his friends getting assaulted in the city of San Francisco.

“Elon was saying five of his friends have been assaulted or robbed. You can’t lock your car. Yeah, you got to leave your car over because they’re going to smash you,” he said.

Joe Rogan and Joey Diaz discuss the reasons behind the chaos in California!

Just like always, Joe Rogan, along with his guest, gave his own unique opinions about this scenario. According to the UFC commentator, California is facing this problem primarily because of substance abuse.

“They basically empowered mental patients who are drug addicts to just live on the street and sh*t everywhere and harass people. There’s no sign that they’re turning it around.” If Rogan is to be believed, California is not able to handle squatters, or people who unlawfully occupy an uninhabited land or building.

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