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3. have you given up on buying a house in california ?

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Sun Jun 30, 2019, 12:00 AM

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People are not leaving California because of High Taxes, it's High Cost of Living [View all] JI7 Jun 2019 OP

We're renting a 4-bdrm house for $3200 a month in OC, and that's considered a deal. stopbush Jun 2019 #1

have you given up on buying a house in california ? JI7 Jun 2019 #3

We owned a house in Fresno. Ended up selling it in a short sale stopbush Jun 2019 #5

Where do you work? RHMerriman Jun 2019 #22

We live 30 miles south of Pomona. stopbush Jun 2019 #50

Pomona is undervalued generally, has some great neighborhoods, and is well placed to take RHMerriman Jun 2019 #60

Please be advised that people are still coming in. Iliyah Jun 2019 #2

yes, i'm referring more to those who leave for financial reasons and how the right wing make JI7 Jun 2019 #4

Brings to mind the old Yogi Berra quote TheFarseer Jun 2019 #6

Yup. See that spike for !990? 2naSalit Jun 2019 #7

I left in 1999. It was too expensive for a house. We went back east, though Southern California rusty quoin Jun 2019 #25

I hated it... 2naSalit Jun 2019 #43

This: shanti Jun 2019 #56

We could not afford to retire there, or anywhere on the West Coast dixiegrrrrl Jun 2019 #28

Just bought a half acre parcel near my family in Northern Mississippi Jake Stern Jun 2019 #31

When we were in SF, planning on retiring.. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2019 #55

Sounds like this little town Jake Stern Jun 2019 #59

Aren't high taxes customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #8

i wish i was paying the highest taxes in the state JI7 Jun 2019 #9

If you live in a high tax state customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #12

there are a lot of cheap food places in california. that's true of the US as a whole JI7 Jun 2019 #13

I've only been to CA once customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #14

It Iliyah Jun 2019 #10

Marianne, is that you? n/t customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #11

😂 LOL emmaverybo Jun 2019 #26

One of HRC's quotes Iliyah Jun 2019 #54

i can't go home again. barbtries Jun 2019 #15

I lived my whole life in the Bay Area leftieNanner Jun 2019 #16

We moved to Southern OR too from bay area marlakay Jun 2019 #35

Prop 13 dvan Jun 2019 #17

prop 13 fucked up a lot of things in the state for sure JI7 Jun 2019 #19

Sure did, like money for schools. BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #30

And changing hands as I understand it ArcticFox Jun 2019 #39

Mostly for businesses, though... Wounded Bear Jun 2019 #45

We bought in 82 for $82k..sold in 2016 for $315k SoCalDem Jun 2019 #58

Yep. Found that out in the 70s. moondust Jun 2019 #18

More people leaving LA and Orange counties than are moving in ripcord Jun 2019 #20

California IS the economic engine of the United States. roamer65 Jun 2019 #21

It also has one of the the highest income inequality.... former9thward Jun 2019 #61

Well, let me count the migrant workers: lambchopp59 Jun 2019 #23

Greed follows success and innovation and quickly gentrifies it. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #24

Southern California and my life, my wife and my children's were probably the happiest rusty quoin Jun 2019 #27

San Diego sucks! Traffic is really bad everywhere now too. BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #29

+1 2naSalit Jun 2019 #44

I was born and lived all my life in Los Angeles but I would move out Raine Jun 2019 #32

How to buiild more homes? manicdem Jun 2019 #33

it's the location itself that costs a lot. even a shitty house where it would be better JI7 Jun 2019 #34

That's the reason I left lunatica Jun 2019 #36

Bought a 3BR, 1B house on 2 1/2 acres procon Jun 2019 #37

My husband and I left Santa Monica in 1988 mnhtnbb Jun 2019 #38

I left LA to go to grad school in Oklahoma in 2004. a la izquierda Jun 2019 #40

I think maybe a good portion of the people that leave are retirees. Captain Stern Jun 2019 #41

Reading all this makes me realize that California is like a foreign country to me by now DFW Jun 2019 #42

Lots of good jobs in my field in CA (not even high tech) and I don't even consider them anymore. aikoaiko Jun 2019 #46

They're moving to Colorado... Hotler Jun 2019 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author shanti Jun 2019 #57

Property taxes in CA are killing first home buyers. BSdetect Jun 2019 #48

K&R ck4829 Jun 2019 #49

This may not be an entirely bad thing. We need more Progressives moving to other states like TX Yavin4 Jun 2019 #51

5th generation Californian here CountAllVotes Jun 2019 #52

My husband's family all moved out of California to Arizona because it was too expensive kimbutgar Jun 2019 #53

The people leaving are the ones paying the high taxes. former9thward Jun 2019 #62