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Captain Stern

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41. I think maybe a good portion of the people that leave are retirees.

Sun Jun 30, 2019, 08:24 AM

Jun 2019

I know the following is an anecdote, and not evidence.

A friend of mine worked in law enforcement in San Diego. We owned very similar houses (I'm in North Carolina).

My house is worth under 200,000.

When he retired, he sold his paid off house for almost 700,000.

He was able to move here, and buy a really nice place at the beach to retire in...and he still had money left over.

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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