Originally posted by @Karen Margrave:
I was born and raised in CA. It's so heartbreaking to see what is happening to it. A recent poll says that 46% of the people plan on leaving the bay area. Let's do our own poll (FOR CALIFORNIANS or those that recently left in the past 5 years)
- Do you live in California?
- Have you lived in California in the past 5 years?
- If so, where?
- Will you be staying or leaving?
- Why?
- What is your full time income producing job?
- Yes for 3 more days.
- Yes
- Born and raised in Los Angeles and lived in Sacramento and Santa Rosa.
- Leaving in 3 days, going to Austin Texas
- For new opportunities and experiences and lower cost of living
- Full-time Real Estate Investor and Realtor, previously, an Accountant.
For what it's worth, my opinion is that I don't think California is going bust anytime soon. I think it will always be a desirable place to live and do business just based on the weather alone, so that will always draw people to CA.
Also, all those people who say they "plan on" leaving are most likely just paying lip service to leaving, almost like how everyone you meet says they want to invest in real estate or flip houses, because it's sounds so cool. It just sounds good to talk about or fantasize about or even to threaten about, if you're mad at "the man" or the system or your job or the county or...whatever you're mad at. These people never actually go anywhere, though, they just talk.
