California exodus accelerates...

[JamesJabdi]

Too many mexicans driving their bikes on the highway and selling oranges on the street

 

[Windows 91]

California plates everywhere in Arizona

 

[UpAndComing]

I'm hoping the same for New York City

 

[Vandelay]

The rich are always able to hide in their bubble, but if the middle class looks at this quality of life declining, that’s a push factor to leave.

This is kind of damning, and indicative of a disturbing trend.

 

[jerniebert]

We have enough people. If some want to leave I'm ok with it. For a supposed big "exodus" you'd think we'd have less traffic not more.

 

[5n0man]

Cali people need to go out and vote locally for pro housing candidates. The reason why housing is so expensive is that there are many nimby liberals holding up new housing in urban areas.

Cali people don't want them building cheap housing and apartment complexes in their neighborhoods. Large cities like Los Angeles shouldn't have so many single family homes taking up so much space in such densely populated areas, but Americans in urban areas don't wanna give up their suburban homes with big yards.

 

[Stir Fry]

Beat it, nerds!

 

[The Fade]

Is he here on H1b1 visa?

 

[phcitywarrior]

Cali is definitely a unique state from the weather and access to the outdoors but I always say this: you can’t eat the weather. Once you get to pocket book issues you ask yourself, what exactly are you paying for in Cali?

The public schools are bad so you’ll wanna go private if you want to give your kids a solid education. You pay high gas prices but good public transport within the regions that can accommodate it aren’t good enough. There isn’t even a high speed train from SF to LA/SD, which to me, is one of the highest failure of governments considering the Dems have had both the state assembly and state senate on lock since the late 90s.

Not enough housing being developed and lastly, state is like 6% black so you are the minorities of minorities. No real critical mass of middle class black areas

Side note: Cali is the size of a small country so of course you’ll have access to a lot of things other states don’t have.

If you aren’t here for big money moves just come and visit and KIM.

 

[ORDER_66]

why dont these transplants just move to the midwest why they always moving to the coastal cities.. they come into NYC making shyt harder for the rest of us...

 

[Strapped]

I just moved to Cali four years ago and I don't want to give it up yet. Although I got good reason to

It's to damn expensive

 

[Majestyx]

I remember 10 years ago a 2 bedroom was like 12-1600 and that was seen as expensive outside of this state but now that’s lowkey the norm everywhere while here a 2 bedroom is 32-3600

when i moved here in 2014 2 bedroom 2 bath was 1500... now its fukin studios thats 2000

why dont these transplants just move to the midwest why they always moving to the coastal cities.. they come into NYC making shyt harder for the rest of us...

well.. los angeles has a monopoly on the creative industries, which now is oversaturated. If i can maintain remote work, i'ma leave next year and just come back and visit people.

 

[Software]

Cali people need to go out and vote locally for pro housing candidates. The reason why housing is so expensive is that there are many nimby liberals holding up new housing in urban areas.

I see where you're coming from breh but like all problems of this nature the solution isn't that simple and getting everyone in a state to all go out and do something simply isn't a feasible way to solve a problem. People couldn't even stay in their houses for a week during peak covid and lockdowns.

 

[GPBear]

the exodus of gentrifying tech workers that shouldn’t have been there in the first place

Just so glad to see all those historic neighborhoods and districts ruined so these self-important programmer a$$holes can leave just as soon as they came

 

[Ayo]

when i moved here in 2014 2 bedroom 2 bath was 1500... now its fukin studios thats 2000

well.. los angeles has a monopoly on the creative industries, which now is oversaturated. If i can maintain remote work, i'ma leave next year and just come back and visit people.

I’m on the software side of creative. I was living by the beach in OC for 3,500+ a month rent with 700sq ft to my name.

I was scared to leave thinking that my next job might not be remote friendly.

I was wrong. Life is good back on the east coast. It’s not where I grew up but it’s a major city no less.

Get the fukk out Breh. It’s never too early and never too late.