California exodus has far-ranging implications | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Fred Pilot sent this link. San Diego and coastal California in general are rapidly turning into places where the middle class can't live, although San Diego is still relatively affordable when compared with parts north.
In the early 1990s, as Southern California suffered its worst recession in half a century, freeways were crowded with moving vans headed to Nevada, Arizona, Utah and points east, filled with people hoping to find a better life elsewhere. These days, there's no recession. California's economy is growing at roughly the same pace as the nation's. The statewide unemployment rate is at historic lows. There is no major wave of factories being shut down. But once again, more Californians are moving out than are coming in from other states. This time they're not looking for jobs. They just want a cheaper place to live.
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Or perhaps a government that treats them like adults instead of incompetent children.
It does seem to be the case that those who leave California are moving mainly to other western states, such as Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah, where there is lower taxation and less government. And also where it is still legal to own a .50 calibre rifle!
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