A cursory read of the graphics indicates that people with graduate degrees and higher-paying jobs are forcing the people with less money and less education out, and they are moving to states with lower costs of living.
I don't have a robot yet to clean the toilets, but I hear they exist in Japan, and my parents have one on their most heavily used commode.
Thank goodness California phased out most of its public telephones before sending all their telephone sanitizers on the 'B' Ark to Texas.
Whether there is a problem in pushing out all the low-skilled labor depends largely on whether all the work that those people do is automated yet. My concern is that jobs that require some on-site human judgment, but not a lot of skill, will start to go unfilled before robots are ready to step in.
IBEW local 82 journeyman electricians union rate in Ohio $29.05/hr
IBEW local 234 journeyman electricians union rate in California $71.36/hr
Of course I'm not sure the education level or IQ of the typical electrician is much different than than the typical software developer with respect to the lower education specification; however it does seem likely that labor costs in CA for similar work are currently about 147% higher than Ohio costs.
According to Zillow "The median home value in Salinas is $436,900" and "The median home value in Dayton is $57,300" for a journeyman electricians income, you'll be one of the poorest people in the highest crime neighborhood in CA, or live in one of the nicest neighborhoods in the city if you live in Ohio. Given the choice of top or bottom 10% of neighborhoods and amenities, I'd certainly rather live in Ohio. This probably cascades thru every career path.
It forces the poor and marginalized out, which is basically the last thing those populations need.
It's also bad for innovation of all kinds. People who have ideas and are willing to take a chance on executing them are deterred by the threat of being forced out of their communities if they fail. You're already seeing this with the loss of artists and musicians from the bay.
My housemate is a professional artist and straight up can't afford to move within the bay. Our house is being sold, so she's moving to Georgia.
The ones that have it hard are the ones who can't afford to stay and can't/won't leave.
It's just as likely that people are becoming rich and then leaving for lower tax states.
There are also stronger political incentives for richer folk. "An individual’s likelihood of being a Democrat decreases with every additional dollar he or she earns."
https://www.debt.org/faqs/americans-in-debt/economic-demogra...
That would be true, if, you know, there were breakdowns of income and education demographics in the article.