Why are there still so many game studios in California?

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Slimebeast said:

twesterm said:

So I was reading this morning about one of the reasons Pandemic was closed was due to SoCal's cost of living/development and that got me thinking-- why are there still so many game development studios in California?

The only two reasons I can come up with are that they are already there and there are already so many people there.  Other than that though, I can't come up with anything.

Just think about it, salaries in Texas are probably about $20-30k a year less than a California salary. 

How can that be??

I fought the US had a unified economy.

I think the EU economies are probably more similar than the US states.