Despite the so-called "Great California Exodus" that has seen residents leave the state in droves, mostly because of the high cost of living, there are plenty of people bucking the trend and making their way to the Bay Area.
Californian retirees move all over the country. You hear people in Florida and Nashville, NC and Virginia, and Seattle, Portland, etc. all complain about the house wealthy Californians moving in and increasing the property prices. These people in Cali that won the house lottery are mostly retirement age and had paid off mortgages. They bitch about us in NY too. NY public employees who have retired and moved to low tax states. You would think they would value these people who are spending money in their communities.
My point was (if I remember right- this is a very old comment) that people move in and out of every state. I’m not terribly convinced by stories of people complaining about Californians coming in droves, when there is actual data available showing that the net migration numbers are marginal, not anything that can fairly be characterized as a “mass exodus.” Maybe it seems that way simply because there are so many people in California to begin with. If 0.1% of the population of California moves to your state, you’ll probably meet some of them. If 0.1% of the population of Wyoming moves to your state, that’s like a few hundred people. Nobody would notice.
Are you making a statement about the article, or my comment?
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Californian retirees move all over the country. You hear people in Florida and Nashville, NC and Virginia, and Seattle, Portland, etc. all complain about the house wealthy Californians moving in and increasing the property prices. These people in Cali that won the house lottery are mostly retirement age and had paid off mortgages. They bitch about us in NY too. NY public employees who have retired and moved to low tax states. You would think they would value these people who are spending money in their communities.
My point was (if I remember right- this is a very old comment) that people move in and out of every state. I’m not terribly convinced by stories of people complaining about Californians coming in droves, when there is actual data available showing that the net migration numbers are marginal, not anything that can fairly be characterized as a “mass exodus.” Maybe it seems that way simply because there are so many people in California to begin with. If 0.1% of the population of California moves to your state, you’ll probably meet some of them. If 0.1% of the population of Wyoming moves to your state, that’s like a few hundred people. Nobody would notice.