The GDP and other economic statistics of NY and CA (also about 20% of whole country) suggests to me we have not reached that point yet. They are operating on the world stage economically which suggests it continues to make sense to do business there.
But, if all the people objecting to the regulations that make life better in those states want to go away, all the better for the remainers in my eyes I think. We'll see which US megaregions are still economically and culturally dominant in 50 years, and I suspect it's going to still largely be CA and NY, complaints of libertarians aside.
Granted, I think the northeast megalopolis will eventually extend downwards to Atlanta and even Florida via high speed passenger rail eventually and knit together the whole east coast as a megabloc, which raises interesting questions about how that entity will federate given the differing cultural ideas at present.
But, if all the people objecting to the regulations that make life better in those states want to go away, all the better for the remainers in my eyes I think. We'll see which US megaregions are still economically and culturally dominant in 50 years, and I suspect it's going to still largely be CA and NY, complaints of libertarians aside.
Granted, I think the northeast megalopolis will eventually extend downwards to Atlanta and even Florida via high speed passenger rail eventually and knit together the whole east coast as a megabloc, which raises interesting questions about how that entity will federate given the differing cultural ideas at present.