I would love to move back to California. I 100% believe it is the most unique of all 50 states, there is no experience like it...
But the cost of living is long outta control. You add that with the fact I had all my daughters out this way, there's little feasibility to returning...
But I do miss it, and it hurts my heart to hear so many stories of people leaving. Cali is in trouble, like the article says, at high risk of becoming a place for only the super wealthy or super impoverished. Regular working folk are getting pushed out en masse...