Is everyone leaving California?

[dora_da_destroyer]

I agree completely. I moved to Florida and I was surprised at actually seeing black communities, I feel like black people are so spread out in the bay area and where I live it's more concetrated which is nice to see. But on the other hand I love the diversity and liberalness in California and would love to raise a family there but it is getting so expensive, I've been trying to convince my fam to move to the DMV but they won't budge. If my moneys right when I graduate I'd move back but right now I think I'll end up in DC after I graduate

DC/DMV is nice, I was there for two years and could see myself living there permanently

 

[Luchini]

DC/DMV is nice, I was there for two years and could see myself living there permanently

where are you now?

 

[Swirv]

Never been to cali post but i want to see the sequoias & drive on the pacific coast highway in a porsche with a dime playing sade's paradise

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

where are you now?

chicago...i'm a nomad, lived in the bay until two years after college, moved to dc for two year, philly for two, summer in NYC, and now i'm in chicago.

 

[the next guy]

from oakland also. and those links seem to have a right-wing agenda behind them, although i can't front on taxes being a big reason i'm considering not moving back to california. i love that state, it offers a lot of what i'm looking for, but it truly is getting too expensive to live in the desirable parts of the state. there is also a lack of a sizable young black professional crowd which is disheartening, i'm all down for hanging with any and everyone, but at the same time, i do like to see people who look like me moving up in the world. lastly, the tech industry is very incestuous and exclusive, the few that make it in are seriously driving up the prices in the bay and making it hard to live a reasonable commute from the job centers in the bay. i say the COL is a lower in SoCal, but that LA LA land shyt aint for me.

my family is there and a lot of my friends, but taxes and weighing what i could get for my money elsewhere really have me thinking. i'm giving myself about 2-3 years to decide whether i go back. if i don't, i think i'm heading back to the east coast or going to try texas...i'm not feeling chicago for the long term

Sorry about the bias. I just pulled the top results. Chicago will help you save money long term. Chicago is dangerous but if you penny pincher its better then many.

 

[Luchini]

chicago...i'm a nomad, lived in the bay until two years after college, moved to dc for two year, philly for two, summer in NYC, and now i'm in chicago.

I wanna go to NYC so bad. How do they all compare to the bay?

 

[stealthbomber]

fukk em get the fukk out my state

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Sorry about the bias. I just pulled the top results. Chicago will help you save money long term. Chicago is dangerous but if you penny pincher its better then many.

sales tax and all the other local taxes in chicago/IL are just as bad as CA. the COL is lower and state income tax rate, but nothing else is. and the weather sucks, it's already cold...but yea, i'm trying to save some dough and move on

I wanna go to NYC so bad. How do they all compare to the bay?

I really like Brooklyn, it's moreso like Oakland/Berkeley in the nicer areas and the hood is the hood. Manhattan is straight up fast life, so much to do, it's like SF altho I like the edge people have to them more than I like the faux liberals in SF. If I lived in NY, it'd be Brooklyn, a little more space, still easy to get to Manhattan and I could have a car (I'm not built to take public transportation all the time)

Philly was ok, I wouldn't live there as a working person (I was there for grad school). There are very few parts of the city that are worth living in and I'm not old enough to want to live in the suburbs. Old City and Center City have some cool architecture and whatnot and it's a big sports town which is always cool.

DC was my shyt, easy to find your lane and the types of places you want to hang out at. The desirable places to live in DC proper are expensive, but you could get by without a car since the city is really walkable and small. There was always somewhere to be (except Friday nights for whatever reason lol) and you could find an open bar every night.

Overall, I liked the east coast since it's so easy to get to so many cities...I miss it now ...even Philly hahaha

 

[YouMadd?]

People have been leaving Cali for awhile... Back in 2005-2006 Housing rates in Seattle peaked due to so many rich folks leaving Cali...

 

[T'Kuvma Da Unforgettable]

funny i got banned on sohh for asking whether u were going from city to city slangin panocha



it has been that easy for u to get jobs in all these cities u been moving to?

 

[blackzeus]

SoCal, like NYC, is not for poor people, so yes, poor people leaving in droves.

 

[Singh]

wasn't born in cali but been living here for 15 years

i'mmah die here

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

people need to try out the South. This high concentration of HBCU's down here have produced a large class of black professionals. shyt is awesome!

LMAO at people living in cities were the majority of the black population is in the ghetto...

 

[BrothaZay]

Yeah I'm a student and I moved from Oakland to Miami. There's good and bad things about it, I'm undecided if I want to move back or not.

 

[50CentStan]

People from California and Michigan ruined Texas, they left to live a better life in TX and end up bringing all their issues with them I can't drive anywhere now without sitting in traffic at least 30 minutes.