California supports other parts of the country... More conservative states that claim to have their act together. California receives about 77 cents for every tax dollar sent to DC... States like Alabama, Alaska, etc receive closer to $1.30 for every dollar. If CA received 83 cents our state deficit would be whiped out. CA is a great place to live but it is not for folks that are middle class W2 employees. The people I know that moved were middle management types or call center managers at AAA Insurance, USAA or Waste Connections. My day job is as an insurance agency owner and I work with about 800 small/med sized business owners in CA and NV... The owners that moved to NV are not happy about it... The educated talent is not there and $4+ gas has stripped away any cost savings they originally realized. Low skill jobs like call centers may relocate away from CA but if your business requires a lot of brain power, there is no place else that can compete except maybe MA, NY and DC/VA and those places are just as expensive as CA.
