Why I left California (and 5 Reasons Why I Don't Regret it!)
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- A few months ago, my husband and I joined in on the California Exodus and left the Bay Area. There are so many reasons why people are choosing to leave California. After a long 5 years of mixed experiences, eventually, it was time to leave.
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Just remember, when leaving CA for a more affordable and livable area, don't vote for the same people and things that got CA into the situation its in.
@@InnerSun777 Same. I'm born and bred in the red part of California. A lot of people who didn't grow up with me thought I was from Texas. Must be my attitude. ;)
Vote blue and it’s the people you screw
BS
@Delta 8 I can’t because it doesn’t. If that is true explain to me why people as well as businesses are moving from Cali to TX. I’m droves. Gavin Newsom is UHaul salesman of the year, you didn’t hear? 😀
I almost put a pregnant man emoji on this message since you’re clearly a lefty. That’s your language haha
@Delta 8 We have a cockroach infestation in our major cities.
I left California 15 years ago and I saved thousands of dollars and I'm just a working guy making middle class wages. Not only that the cost of living is so much cheaper to live in Nevada then California. The Roads are tearable as compared to Nevada and car registration is cheaper. I'm glade I moved no regrets.
You are leaving CA for the right reasons, not like other annoying youtubers "Everybody is fake, traffic, and all that bs.." I love CA and I'm not moving from here, but you are saying the truth!
The weather in California, especially Northern was the biggest pro, that and the beautiful geography. Fires have gotten bad, along with the high cost of living.
Like the Eagles sang about in their song, "Call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye."
@@joen.8364 Fire will only get worse because they never want to do any forest management as they want the fire to be an excuse for the climate crisis for more money and power.
I was born in a very Conservative part of California and bring Conservative values to Utah. My experience in California gave me a very good understanding of what policies work and what policies that don't work.
10/10 agree with everything. I think the homeless problem is difficult to explain to people who don't see it on a regular basis, you did a great job!
Thanks! It's definitely a very complex issue and i hope it can be improved/resolved in the near future.
@@mariaworkman I am say this come to nyc we don't need sellout democrats
@@mariaworkman future reasons you live Baltimore where you in gated society not the real bore enjoy.
@@mariaworkman I agree with everything as well but the political situation is also not good as a Republican/conservative California is unbearable it’s a one party state , you know that you will never turn the state republican and you can’t publicly express conservative views
@@mariaworkman Poor Texas turning blue, because of people like you.
Great informative video. You hit the nail on the coffin for just about every reason why I'm leaving. It's way overpopulated here, the traffic is so bad that it literally gives me anxiety.
I'm leaving this month for good. Rent is going up +$500 when my lease is up. California has nothing to offer anymore besides the weather and the beach... Hello Arizona......
You were spot on! I am also looking to get out of this place.
One of the biggest secrets to Phoenix's success is the insane number of people leaving California since around 2016. Many of my real estate clients are disgruntled Cali people. They mention much of what you bring up in various ways. The other big complaint (in my limited real estate world) is how hard it is to get anything done. From as big as building to as small as remodeling your kitchen. It seems to have driven people so crazy that they literally moved.
_"That's the most affordable house I've ever seen!" -California people buying houses anywhere else._
I was never a homeowner in CA, but I'm glad we never had to deal with those stressors alongside CA restrictions. Thank you for watching the video! :)
Same for me and my wife. Greater than 50% of our income gone, CA just wasting money and not fixing anything, homeless everywhere, crime and no punishment for criminals, sales tax, property tax, etc. I have less than one year left in CA and will head to North Carolina. Your video sums up frustrations all of us are feeling. If I seen a little effort to fix problems with the state, then I would consider staying, but the politicians are going in the opposite direction. In Orange County, gas is $4.99 - $5.20, just not worth staying.
I hope you have a better experience in North Carolina!! I used to travel to NC frequently for work and was always pleasantly surprised with how green it is and how most people (even strangers) were so nice. 😊
THE EXODUS IS ALIVE 😛😛😛
Vote blue and it’s the people you screw. Don’t vote blue.
I spent the first thirteen years of my life living in Maryland (Greenbelt). The weather absolutely sucks. I spent the next five years in the S.F. Bay Area (Redwood City, city slogan "Climate Best By Government Test". Weather too boring. Moved up to Sacramento Area for the next fifty-four years. The last five years it got too smokey. Last eighteen years I had a house overlooking the Sacramento Valley and could see 100+ miles... when the forests weren't on fire, instead only a few hundred yards in late summer and early fall. Now live on the beach in Mexico at 1/5th price it would cost just just thirty miles north across the border in San Diego.
I had a summer job framing houses in Pacifica, just south of San Francisco, while going through college. Houses that sold for $19,995 in 1963 are now selling for $1.4 million and the houses are over sixty years old!
A lot of my coworkers live in Mexico and not just the ones of Mexican descent either. It is becoming more and more common for people here to move to TJ and nearby areas.
No need to runaway from the country, just move to a place that fits your beliefs. Moving out of the country makes you a sellout and true Americans will never betray their country.
Thank you for sharing this video.
Thanks for taking the time and effort to do this. You may have helped many people to act.
Thanks for watching the video!!
I honestly think the homeless situation is worsened by the tolerance of people who I know are trying to be well meaning (but I don't think this same tolerance exists outside of CA). I moved to the bay area from a city that had lots of homeless so I did not expect to be as surprised as I was. The difference was the homeless really just kept to themselves....they didn't trespass to homes, steal, etc. like in CA. If they were to be somewhere they weren't supposed to be they wouldn't be allowed to stay long....police would certainly get involved. In CA there was someone living in our buildings garage stealing and trespassing and no one even bothered reporting it I don't think (and from what I heard I don't think police really got involved in such situations). I think it's compassion but I do think it's why the areas have gotten out of hand. The homeless have no repercussions (and I know that sounds harah but I admit I am not as compassionate). I also expected to see them in SF of course but didn't understand how they were also all over Suburban Type areas like Santa Clara. Like how did they even get there wandering around the middle of nowhere when everyone needs to drive to get anywhere?
Im retired, Im 68 years old and here is why I moved out of California! the politics, the cost of living, the crouds, the crime & when you have people like Nusome & Gasgone in power and unseat-able then its time to say good by. With law Enforcement at a near standstill I have to protect my family and myself with a firearm... California gun laws make that very difficult... I now live in Tonapah AZ at half the cost of a CA living with my family and fully protected with just the right platform of firepower to do it. God bless Arizona & Texas
You and your hubbie have great valid points for leaving California! I'm leaving the end of this month, pretty much for the same reasons!
I'm a software engineer as well and was in San Francisco twice, in 2015 and 2019, both for Google events. In 2015, the homeless problem was bad. In 2019? WOW, WAS IT BAD. Some of the things I saw in 2019:
* The first day there, I was in a Burger King and a woman comes in, takes off her back back, sits down, unrolls her drugs from her backpack and begins to shoot up! The cop walks up to her, she says something to him and he just walks away! Stunned, I mention this to the person taking my order who just casually looks, looks back at me and asks, "Ok, what would you like to order?"
* Many homeless that were so strung out on drugs, they basically became zombies. I was so stunned, I filmed it a few times and sent the video back to my wife.
* "Impassable streets". It wasn't uncommon to turn to walk down a street and just "NOPE" my way out of there. Entire blocks covered with tents!
And I'm from a big city and lived through the crack epidemic of the 80s, but even I was stunned!
democRats want this for all Americans.
@@roddycreswell8613 It guarantees one party system forever.
I LIVED IN SAN BERNARDINO CA YOU SEE TENTS ON THE SIDEWALKS AND I KID YOU NOT 😳 HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE OUT OF CONTROL. NOBODY CAN AFFORD RENT OR ANYTHING
Treating housing as an investment is why people can't find housing and why the homeless problem is so bad there a house is for people to live in
I’m finally moving back to PA next month after living in Cali for 15 years. I never intended to live in Cali this long. Moved out here to play guitar in a band. My job kept giving me raises over the years which is what kept me here. Living in Cali was a good thing, It’s so expensive it turned me into a super saver and made me learn about proper investing. I would have never learned these skills staying in PA.
Sounds good. CA is a great experience for young people but when it's time to own a house, it's a different story if you don't already own one.
@@jglee6721 very true
I moved there a few years ago and was very excited but was shocked to find out that it was like living in another county. Basic things I expected to be taken care of in any major US area seemed to have not made there way there. I wouldn't have minded paying for the Bay Area but not to be not really getting much benefit for. It was a weird mix of looking barren and under developed while also overcrowded, which I didn't understand. We didn't make it much longer than 1 year.
Compare the gas prices now. Homeless is worse more than ever. I live in CA not sure where to go yet...just not here.
Thanks for making this video. I originally wanted to move to california, but after Governor Newsom's victory over John Cox 4 years ago, I am now looking to move to either arizona or nevada. The weather is warm all year round and both states are tax friendly. By the way, I currently live in New Jersey.
I think young people should get a life experience of living in CA then move the hell out when they want to get a house. A year or two is a good thing to see how bad is the commie state.
I've lived in southern CA my entire life, 42 years. I've never wanted to move so badly as I do now. What happened to this place? We used to be a prosperous red state.
CA just made gas powered cars illegal to sell after 2035. That may be the thing that pushes me out. I can not imagine buying an electric car that can only go 250 miles , takes hours to charge and it cost $70k.
I feel you about being willing to fund worthwhile things with taxes, but not wanting the money to be wasted. The sad reality is that most of the money collected by taxes is in fact wasted.
It's definitely an imperfect system that needs improvement. Thanks for watching the video 😊
Most of it goes into corrupt pockets. Let's be real here. You can't miss-spend a trillion dollars and have zero receipts to show for it without some embezzlement going on.
very clear english Mary, congratulations.
Just the housing alone is enough to move, no questions asked. If you can't buy a house, you're screwed.
You and thousands of others.. I moved 12 years ago never looked back and now own my home now.. All paid off.. when I was almost was homeless, spent or wasted depending on how you look at it 25 years in California.. Every thing you say is true..
Most videos about leaving CA are heavily bias rants but yours was very fair. I'm a lifelong Californian. born and raised in the Bay Area and now live in San Diego. I tried moving back to the Bay Area in 2011 and returned to San Diego in 2013, mostly for the reasons you stated in this video. San Diego too is getting bad but it's not quite where the Bay Area is...at least not yet. While I'd love to remain in my home state, that is looking less and less likely. I've already had friends move to Oregon, Washington, Las Vegas, and Texas. I would head north if I left to WA or OR. However, Seattle has the same homeless crisis as the Bay Area. You're lucky you left when you did as gas prices are now over 5 dollars. San Diego County almost approved a mileage tax, this we would have had to pay on top of the state gas tax.
Thank you for watching the video. I'm also happy that I left before gas prices went over 5 dollars! :O I'm sad to hear that San Diego is also getting bad. It's sad to see a city/state that we love deteriorate. Maryland was never on my list of places where I thought I would end up, but I've been pleasantly surprised by the nice people and the cleanliness (comparatively to the bay area). Every state has its own unique issues, but sometimes it's time to move on and try something new. Best of luck if you end up moving. :)
I think you lived in the most expensive area of California.
I moved to Dallas from LA. Im with you 100 percent but not Baltimore 😆 too cold in the winter. Hopefully you have family there.
I hope life in Dallas is going well! 😊 And you're right about the cold! It's not even winter and it's already so cold! 🥶
Weird. I left California, and moved back as soon as I could. I have a beautiful home on an acre of land, with a view. I'll never live anywhere else again.
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Left in 1982, best move I ever made, moved to a beach town 1,000 miles North.
I'm happy it worked out for you! A beach town sounds fun and peaceful! 😊 Thanks for watching the video.
Good for you
How come there was no discussion on the rolling black outs and the serious water issues?
Also in Texas gas is only $2.40 per gallon and electrical power is .9¢ KWH
I’ve watched lots of videos on why people are leaving California in droves. What an incredible mess it is. It seems crystal clear unless you earn over $100,000 a year and don’t mind insane taxes and soul crushing homelessness, Cally is the place for you.
BONUS: huge wildfires every year. How depressing.
You need to make a lot more than $100k to survive there. Forget about saving and planning for your future.
I made this comment on another channel about California people moving away.
"I'm a California native that moved away in 2016, and I mean native. My family has lived in the state since the late 1890s, so a long time.
The housing prices are insane and are artificially so because of over-regulation. The state has the worst taxes of any state in the country with the exception of maybe New York. What do you get for that, poor schools, poor infrastructure maintenance, poor government, and continuing decline? There are so many other things that are wrong, but let's keep this relatively short.
Do I miss California? For sure! I miss the great restaurants that we frequented, but a lot of those places have gone under because of the pandemic, the Pacific Dining Car in downtown LA, gone quite possibly never to return! I miss the weather, pretty much the same all year with slight variations during the year. I miss all of the places to go, museums, entertainment venues, the beach, the mountains, just so much to see and do there compared to where I am now. Would I move back? It wouldn't make sense to move back unless it was right. I'm 4 hours away from San Francisco and about 10 from LA by car, shorter if I fly. But it would only be for part of the year so I wouldn't be classified as a full-time resident, the taxes and penalties are just too onerous.
Fade in Randy Newman's I Love L.A. . . ."
The sad reality is I remember what it was like all those years ago when I was much younger. My personal opinion is the NIMBYs and the Left have ruined the state. When there was a loyal opposition, there was some form of check on the silliness seen today. But that's gone and one of the reasons we moved away as well. When the Democrats achieved a supermajority in the state government, we knew there would be no end to stupid policy decisions, continuous tax, and fee increases, and no accountability.
Very well said. It's just been run down by far left radical policies. Not to be cliché or harp on the politics but it's the truth and it's just sadly become unlivable and unsustainable.
I too had to leave California. You can not go back because the good times you enjoyed while you were living in California are only memories.
I moved out of California because I was sick and tired of being messed over betrayed by my home state and having my job given to somebody else. I was born in the country. I moved to Utah and enjoy it.
I lived in the bay area 30 years ago... it was not bad. since then I have moved 200 miles north and it is not bad so far.... I see gridlock every friday with people going north and every sunday with them going back to the bay area. How people can live like that I have no idea. Keep in mind tho I am retired so come and go as I please and a mile from my house is 40k miles of rural roads to take me all over the tri state area.
I’ve had this crazy idea in the back of my mind to team up with a bunch of people and quietly rebuild a rural area into quasi urban one with all the amenities. We’d also try to steal all the stuff from the big cities (restaurants, music venues, arts, etc) that’s being priced out by inflation. It would be as if we’re taking all the people, culture, etc that made the place cool.
Leave it alone dawg let the nature be
On taxes, probably not the best analogy as 37% of the 50% you mention are federal, but I get what you’re saying
Other 13% for the privilege
of not living in Baltimore.
Talk about “crime”?
Smart move on leaving California, I left 3 years ago and don't regret it. I didn't like the culture because it felt too much like highschool and like I was living in a 3rd world country rather than America. CA is not worth living unless you make a lot of money and can afford your own place. No point living with too many room-mates! The entertainment industry is rigged, so no idea why so many people fantasize, romanticize, and try to force their way in! Great video, I Love You Maria!
Even if you make a lot of money, California still sucks.
@@failedcareer6932 true... the only thing california has over other states is the beacch/ocean and even that gets boring after a while.
The third world country argument is too true. Albeit it is nothing to do with its politics, rather the overpopulation. Any place with overpopulation will suffer higher property costs, higher costs for goods and services, which causes a long chain of issues.
In places like india for example, the major cities ares are so expensive that literaly vice presidents of companies, and high up managers live in places that would be considered extreme small and not suitable for raising a family in other areas. but when you go out to their smaller cities and out in the country, the while the cost of living is still more expensive than in most places in the US, it is still vastly more manageable than california.
I was born and raised here, it’s not easy to make it. I’ve lived in Silicon Valley nearly all of my life (I lived on the East cost for a relatively short while). I’m used to the high cost of living. The smoke argument is a little annoying- people were losing their homes, their possessions, acres of forest are being leveled, and you’re complaining about not being able to train 🙄 Anyway, hope you are enjoying your new life.
Your comment was a little rude
Great vid here! :) Wise decision :) Now I am not wanting to bash California but the cost of living in these Cities are so expensive and that is just for the cheap and mid range places, nevermind for a nice part of town. Keep up the great work! :)
The governor.. Bottom line
Democrap govt.
I was going to leave but my big tech employer said they would lower my salary. So I just moved to Fresno California (Tower District) and now save big with remote tech work and remote grad school and sometimes go to Quail State rooftop Bar in Downtown Fresno or the Brewery District. So far a year and few months in best decision ever I was going to rent at these apartments called "the Row" or buy a home in the new Riverstone area but fell in love with a bungalow in Fresno's Tower District area. Cheaper mortgage and no reduced Californian Salary.
Can’t wait to get out of here. 3 more years and we are out.
@@audreyhuggins874 and less traffic!
Arizona where the temperature is 135 degrees 😒😁
The Medieval serfs paid 3/5ths of their income and when we include the business taxes passed on to the consumers we also pay 60%.
I wish we could leave
You have so much land in America house prices should be low, low,low. When you buy a property, your not buying the bricks your buying the land.
Hilarious because I don’t live in Boise anymore. This year I live in LA which is sure it’s really expensive. But every state is getting expensive too. High cost of living and high taxes are coming out into every state. Homeless people are in every state too. High gas prices are in every state too everywhere lol.
When I started working and saw that 2 of my work days got deleted from taxes every paycheck was really irritating idk why anyone with a wallet wants to live in Ca
But I thought all you tech types were getting paid loads of dosh for your work and it was the cleaners and catering staff that weren't earning any money at all. Is it that bad.? Imagine being a fisherman? How that's like out at in the cold, dark of winter and you might not catch anything but have costs of fuel, the boat etc. Having said that respect to you for being honest.
Please, it’s not your fault that your car got broken into. That’s simply ridiculous.
I have lived here all my life I am 65 it is a shit hole ever been toLAX?
It's definitely no longer the golden state...more like the 💩 state.
I ❤️ Cali the weather an🌴 grew up there but glad I left 25yrs ago now Cali is like an 🚽 💩 blow going down Cali is like an X that you left behind 🤣
Californien is the greatest place
I like how you illustrated the 50% of taxes. I'd never thought of it the way you put it before - working half the year for free... wow!
Congrats on the move. Hopefully you'll vote for people who respect your dollar while living in Maryland, not to sound preachy.
Using the word, "homeless" seems to concentrate on the outcome rather than the cause of the problem. From what I understand most of the homeless people are addicts, and that is why they are homeless.
Still not enough people are leaving fast enough. I want my Bay Area emptayyyy
Taxes are used to pay politician's family members as consultants
$5.89/gal. now.
Well, less people here on freeways, thanks
*PEOPLE ARE UNGRATEFL*
Putting money on a house is always better then putting money on a apartment that you will never own ever in your life
With a name like workman. Do u feel more pressure to work. I feel bad.
The politics is insane. One would think that if the taxes where low, housing would be affordable. Not true
You could of just said everything cost more in California and that why I moved and just end the video without having to go thro every point you made in this video
California is really beautiful, but the climate, the politics, and homeless people will make people think about living in California.
Only to run another state, great.
Just don't vote for the same policies that may have voted for in CA in Baltimore.
😂😂 you don't know how I voted
@@audreyhuggins874 people that leave California do so mostly because the result of the policies the state government has implemented for the last 30+ years. Being a democrat super majority there’s no check and balances. It’s a state for the very rich and the very poor. Enjoy your home equity boomer.
@@mariaworkman We can assume. Not buying it! This is serious! Don't bring your liberal ways. I'm from the hood! I know why people are homeless! Nowadays it's liberals fault. Telling them they are victims! I wasn't a victim. I didn't need liberals to save me!! My dead homies weren't killed by whitey! Just saying! This isn't politics. Communist are trying to take over, and use Black Americans as human sheild. They will fail.
Baltimore is has the same politics as California
Why can't California just lower the tax rate?
Because they vote for socialism and are socially liberal.
Hey why leave the dream you voted for
Why does everyone feel the need to ANNOUNCE they are leaving California, nobody cares. She moved to Maryland so now she’s going to run in the snow?? Lol. Every state has huge down falls.
Bad air quality
maybe you should've picked a better city to live in, I've never experienced most of what you ranted about and i live in San Diego.
yes california is expensive that's why you gotta have a career to live here, if you can't handle high rent then just leave to a cheap state like I don't know kentucky, texas whatever, but quit hating on California. all you got is negative thoughts about my state, #sad
She is leaving
You big baby 🙄
They left fried chicken 🍗 😆😆. At least they left u some food. They were thinking about your appetite lol.
Ridiculous...
so people are leaving but there's housing shortage, most people that moved to Texas regret the heat and humidity and some went back.
Don't forget the aboundance of chigger bugs, scorpians, trantuals, ticks, fire ants and hornets - Texas offers in aboundance.
@@charlesheller4667 thanks for the reminder, also the cold snap and ruined my pool, and its predicted to happen again next year.
lady you are a chatter box. lol
What do you expect her to do, sit there and stare at the camera not saying anything?
@@andrealovesbooks8670 no but take a moment inhale and exhale. She just rambles on 100 mhp.
@@louie115 it’s called editing, she edits out her pauses
@@andrealovesbooks8670 its called big mouth. Lol
It's always funny how you can tell who is a Right-winged fanatic and a normal person.
Bye Felicia lol
Seth Rogan gets robbed all the time, so stop whining
We can blame Joe Biden.🍦💩
Don't forget to leave your voting Democrat behind 😉. That is why you are leaving. Do not Californicate another state.
Annoying
California's taxes are NOT the highest in the country; only the top brackets are the highest. Tax receipts by the state is roughly in the middle nationally. Low income earners pay much less than higher income. In fact California government spending is also not nearly the highest in the country per capita; it's also roughly in the middle. Also the idea that you're "not getting paid" half the time you work is silly. If nobody paid any taxes the roads you complain about in the later part of your video would never get fixed. Street lights wouldn't work. There would be no police or firefighters or public schools. Taxes aren't just getting taken away, they go to pay for things that make civilization work. And, see above, California is not spending much more than any other state per capita.
Homelessness is a problem, caused partly by NIMBY zoning which needs to change. But the high housing prices are driven by the fact that California is so successful economically. California needs to build more housing but these problems are due to insufficient building and too much resistance to development by local zoning boards. The state is working to change these policies as recent zoning laws have gone into effect.
The wildfires are real and mostly due to climate change. A long term problem which needs more attention.
Finally: your house may be cheaper out there but your property taxes are likely way higher.
Texas has higher combined taxes than California for working and middle class people so stop your lies. Don't gaslight people into thinking that the top marginal state income tax rate and an average person's effective state income tax rate is the same thing.
I highly doubt that someone in the tech field in the Bay Area is going to pay less taxes than someone in TX. There is no income tax in TX, compared with the highest income taxes in the country CA. Also, sure, the property tax rate in TX is double that of CA, but the houses themselves cost 1/2 to 1/3 the amount, meaning you end up paying about the same in property taxes.
Cant run a company in West LA or East LA.. over time the regulations and taxes... plus.. finding employees with a good work ethic... not to mention Covid Restrictions.. oh boy... private sector barely exists.. and were not even mentioning San Fran.
True. And in Texas, they reassess home taxes every couple of years and base them on what houses in your neighborhood sell for. So if your neighbor sells their house for a bunch, your property taxes get raised even though their sale put $0.00 in your pocket. This compounded by Texas having upward of $3.25% tax rate versus fixed at CA 1.125%. And CA property taxes are based on what you bought the house for and the property tax bill can only raise about 3% in a year.