Why California Is Shrinking
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- California is one of the fastest-growing states in America. So why is the Golden State losing hundreds of thousands of residents each year?
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Please for the love of all that’s holy, don’t vote like you did in CA in another state you move to.
Of course they will. It's in their nature to 'fix' things.
@@flybynight7984like Mao fixed China with the Great Leap Forward.
They will vote exactly the same 100%. Ask a fleeing california why he moved and you will see that I'm correct.
They will. That's what they do. But as a former liberal from Chicago, I can say that my politics changed after I moved down to NC. But that had way more to do with Covid and censorship than it did being down south...
In the words of Yellostone " Don't bring your BS failed policies here"
As a native Californian, virtually all the good and glorious things about California mentioned at the beginning of this video were done by past generations of Californians. Not current generations (including our Boomer governor and other politicians - we've been a one party state for a very long time now). We're living on our ancestors' dreams and visions for California, which were what made our state so great for a time, but today our leaders are killing the dream. Like a luxury car running on fumes or even ready for its engine to blow up.
Newsom was born in 67. He's a Gen Xer not a boomer.
@@dogdays4923I've never liked Gen-X. I am Gen X-WING. That was our War.
I also decline to include Mr. The Hon. Newsom in my generation.
The year you were born is irrelevant. California was never for the hard working person. It was always a giant cash grab by the super rich. Enslaving normal people to build their empire. They had to steal the water from where it was so the elite could have fountains in their yards and grass where nature made a desert. Southern California is a testament to the hubris of man.
Our Governor is NOT a "boomer". He is way to young.
Apologies, especially to any Boomers here! I didn't realize Newsom isn't a Boomer. I'm a millennial and made the wrong assumption. Maybe I can blame my generation's poor quality of education. 😉
We can all disagree as to why this is happening, but surely we can all agree that it is all 100% deliberate?
Yeah, because Newsome, like Cuomo was and Eric Adams is, are sociopathic narcissistic elitist snakes who distract the masses with classism while engaging in their own corruption.
Yes we can
No, we all know why it is happening, the man just explained it and NOBODY can argue anything he said is wrong.
It's called socialism, that's what happened.
@@myhnea92 examples? Please list every single “socialist” policy
I am an immigrant from the Netherlands and I moved to California 4 years ago. seemed a good idea at the time, it is truly terrible what happened to this beautiful state between the time I visited as a tourist and the moment I became a permanent resident. I joined the US ARMY shortly after I moved in and was moved to a more enlightened part of our country. A place where we use common sense which turns out is no longer very common. I proudly served for a couple of years now and I'm currently working on getting my citizenship and when I do you'll have my vote whenever you realize we need you as president.
Thank you for your service and for joining our nation. We're glad to have you here.
Why did you move out of the Netherlands to the US?
@PatrickKQ4HBD thanks Patrick, I have felt welcome here since the very beginning. America and Americans have been very welcoming to me.
How do you join the army without being a citizen? That sounds crazy that that could even happen
@yeboscrebo4451 I thought so too, but it was not a problem at all. It's just that I couldn't be an officer until I am a citizen and there are MOS with certain security clearances that are impossible for a non-citizen as well.
Native Californian and I left for WA State for a job but ultimately left there for TX as things started to get worse and you could see the writing on the wall that CA was where it was all heading. Although I frequently miss my San Diego, I miss what it was. We LOVE TX, vote Republican down the line and very much aware of the shit policies that have taken those other states down. If you are considering leaving, I will say that moving is never easy, and many places will require compromise to some degree (ex. I hate TX summers, but I embrace them because I hate even more, an additional 14% income tax on top of everything else). We LOVE Texans in general and you may find it's far more diverse here than in CA or WA, in a positive way, not that shit they spew. We are all from different places but ALL love and are loyal to what TX is and can be. I'll leave with, if you do come here, do not vote the way you have been voting. If you do, stay away, we don't want you. If you are for conservative and basic American values, please come.
If you don't mind me asking. Without simply blaming 'the other team' what exact legislation led to these problems?
@@bdnnijs192 Democrats' soft-on-crime and "yes to illegal immigration" policies are large parts of what have led to the downfall of blue states, not to mention the horrific DEI stuff.
@@selohcin woke, the border, and crime.
Foxnews much?
People leaving the most populated state.
Say it with me.
People leaving the MOST POPULATED state.
One more time
The MOST POPULATED STATE has reached a population capacity and people are leaving.
So those who have transferable jobs and the capitl to move decide to either become homeless or move to another state.
I lived here I Houston, Texas since 1975….came over during the War in Vietnam. Welcome to TEXAS
You nailed it! I was born and raised in California but left a few years ago and never looked back! 😊🙏🏽
We are a 6 figure income couple and had very little saved and not much cash lying around the preverbal".
'...don't have $500 for an
emergency" that was us. The big thing was debt all kinds of it, cars mortgage (although our home isn't a high price one), student loans for our kids, and of course credit cards.
One day we just got sick of being broke and went total scorched earth and became frugal overnight. Paid it all off, it took almost 5 years but now we have no debt and this year our savings rate is 50% on basically the same income that had us perpetually broke. So for us it is mainly staying out of debt and watching our spending, at first it was a real effort to save in our HISA and 401Ks but now it's actually fun watching our money grow. No car or vacation or neighborhood is worth being broke or financially unstable.
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I came to California in the 1970's and it's unrecognizable now. Amazing how San Fran got cleaned up for a foreigner after years of neglect. A similar thing happened in Los Angeles a few years ago when they briefly cleared all the homeless folks from downtown so they couldn't be seen during the Oscar broadcast.
FOR CHINA!!
And they just recently did it again in the capitol city before filming a Hollywood movie with a big 'star'. Disgusting.
As a native Californian, I frequently debate in my own head whether I should leave for a better state (e.g. TX, TN) or stay and fight as part of The Resistance. 🤔
3 of my brothers live there, but all live in small towns. The attitude in those places are much more conservative.
Leave. The fight is lost. It's been lost for years.
Leave. We don’t want you here. More real estate for the rest of us
Leaving is how you fight.
Oh, and are you also going to hold back the tide? How about stop the wind with your bare hands? Good luck to you.
How is it possible that this governor is STILL THERE?
Depends on who you ask. Don't forget Newsome is Pelosi's nephew.
They count the votes.
How?
@@dogdays4923one dumbass at a time
Election fraud. California has mandatory mail-in voting. If you vote "in person" they simply put your ballot in a bin to be "counted" with the rest at night in secret. Can't be any more obvious.
So many people are leaving, that U-Haul named Gavin Newsom Salesman of the year.
“Get ‘er done Gavin” they call him there.😂
Born and raised in California. After 60 years of crime, crazy taxes, government interference in everything I begrudgingly left. Not a good place for a Christian, white, single, straight male to live in. Too bad. I loved California. The California I knew is gone.
@@tklrrbccar3906 so glad you left! We do not like intolerant religious judgmental cult members
I read a Quora thread once on - "Why are California's cities in such a mess?" And the best response I saw was, "Because people here care more about transgender bathroom laws in Georgia than they care about their own streets being filthy and crime ridden".
@@incurableromantic4006 I WROTE that !
It was a joke. We don’t care who uses what bathroom, a toilet is the same
I’ve lived in Southern California since 1986 when the Navy brought me here! Raised my children here. I love it here! So many things to do and enjoy! However, that being said, the one party domination by Democrats and their woke policies have turned this once great state into what I know call Commiefornia! It’s sad!!!
@@michaelhuling9040 what’s a “woke policy”?
@@michaelhuling9040 what do YOU think “commie” means ?
@@TrumpCantRead Communism as in one party rules!
Gas is below $3 in many states. That was plenty of reason for many people.
A San Diego interview elicited the response: They may also be leaving "due to the draconian gun laws."
@@echochamber4420 NOTHING more important than gasoline!
N O T H I N G
@@elultimo102 pew-pew sticks go bang-bang !
I left in 2018 becasue even with two jobs we could only afford a two bedroom apartment.
@@monkeytron5k It’s not for the poors.
I just experienced this. My neighbor tried to get a uhaul, 4k in California. 800 in Arizona. Lol. So many people are leaving, you have to drive to get uhauls
There are also train packages that help you move around, car included. I looked into that when I was making a cross country move.
Years ago, I had an opportunity in CA and was looking into what it would take to make it happen. I was surprised to see how cheap it was. I just checked to see how much from OR to Burbank... $463 for the biggest truck. Burbank to OR... $1940!! I'm almost surprised they're not offering to pay to me to bring the truck down lol.
@@crocholiday Alright, your going home
@@Tential1 That’s a deal! I was quoted $23,500 !!
@@crocholiday Shoulda grabbed it !
Now it’s $23,500 !!
My family has operated a business in sacramento for decades. The government overreach during covid was the last straw. You can’t run a business in this state anymore. If you can’t forecast and make appropriate decisions because the government could swoop in at any time and start telling you what you can or can’t do, you aren’t able to take the risks necessary to grow your business. It isn’t worth it. We’re outa here this spring.
@@yeboscrebo4451 “SWOOP IN” !!
Paratroopers from the skies ! Coming for your freedoms !
Nobody seems to mention that a major factor is countless Californians have hundreds of thousands of dollars - or even millions of dollars of EQUITY in their homes that will simply go further in other states.
Yep, I live in an area that is overrun by California expats. About half of the company of 20 people I work for and 60-70 percent of the church I attend all moved here from California in the last 10-15 years (at least half of them in the last 5). Housing prices more than doubled in less than a 18 months and yet they kept coming because it was still "cheap" compared to where they were coming from. (Never mind that a lot of locals had to move out of the area just to find something they could afford.)
Exactly
If they can still sell their houses at those prices!
@@BradThePitts “nobody” !
@@nolaspeaker5656 which prices are “those” prices?
My crime victimization rate in California has been 16 times elsewhere. And in California and as elsewhere I've lived in good places. But in California they actively import and suborn criminals. Also, reporting crime gets you treated as the criminal in California.
I've been in and out of San Fran for almost thirty years. It's tragic what the place has become. It's very much like that Hemmingway quote about going bankrupt: "“Gradually and then suddenly.” Twenty years ago, you could already see that San Fran had a problem with homelessness - evergrowing numbers but with no real solution or plan. But in the past five years, it has rapidly accelerated from problem to catastrophe. And now the only plausible solutions are also very, very ugly.
@@trs8696 Flamethrowers ?
If you elect communists your state turns to s, couldn’t have seen this coming 😂
I'm no fan of communism, but even communists in China or the USSR could do a better job than the ones who win office here.
@@DigitalNomadOnFIRE riiight - “elect communists” !!
Because THATS how communism works !
@@DigitalNomadOnFIRE name every “elected communist”
Invite the third world = become the third world.
@@JI814 but … but…. your Christain family values !!
I can’t sympathize to much with Californias. They had a chance to recall Newsom and instead dropped the ball
Leftists will always do this, It's this compulsive and obsessive tick that they have that compels them to "Vote Blue No Matter Who!" even when time and time again it has proven to be failed politics.
Democrats counted the votes.
I voted to recall him!
Just out voted by all of the Libs!
We're in San Diego County and are considering moving out.
This used to be Paradise 😮😢
I didn’t believe that vote count, so many of my friends voted him out.
"Only when a foreign dignatary [a genocidal, communist one] comes to town."
We love communists here
You forgot the fact that they had to pass a new tax on gas to pay for fixing our ridiculously terrible roads.
Why?
Because the gas tax ALREADY IN PLACE that was supposed to go to pay for fixing the roads? Yeah that dumped into the general fund, which of course gets plundered on a daily basis.
So not only do we not get what our taxes are SUPPOSED to be paying for, we have to pay MORE taxes because the "government" is wasting our tax money and not using it for what it's specifically supposed to be used for.
@@foobar1735 oh no! not a…. tax!!
He's not a foreign dignitary you silly billy! He's their future overlord... they hope.
On behalf of all other 49 states, to any California's moving out of California:
YOU MAY NOT BRING CALIFORNIA OR YOUR CALIFORNIA ATTITUDE WITH YOU.
@@VegasViking420 we shall do whatever we want !
@@TrumpCantRead keep that energy when you get here then!
I lived there in the 70's. Always had fond memories of it. I wouldnt recognize it now.
@@NoOneYaKnow666 too many new buildings !!
This will continue. Latest estimates are that California is now 58 billion over budget. The Democrat super majority will go straight to higher taxes, which will cause even greater flight.
@@johnbroussard3666 it’s 200 gazillion !! AND you are gonna pay it for us
Californians will keep voting for more of the same.
That's because the Democrats count the votes.
@@OscarSchneegans yep. And YOU will FEEL the pain
Super thumbs up! I live for almost 50 years and the peoples Republic of California. Your video should be required watching for every American who genuinely cares about his or her or her country!
@@ChrisTopher-vs9zz I live long time. Me so hor knee ?
You got boyfriend ?
Excellent video. This is the height of government incompetence.
It's not really government incompetence, it's citizen incompetence
@@anthonymorris5084 what’s the metric?
Please share your data
@@petervanderveen2340 what’s YOUR metric? Let’s see those numbers !
@@TrumpCantRead Data is readily available. I'm not your research assistant. Maybe start by watching the video.
@@anthonymorris5084 “the video” is not “data”, your “burden of proof”, not mine.
I was smart enough to leave when they thought putting Moonbeam back in charge in 2011 was a good idea...😊
Thank God you’re not crowding the freeways
What's funny is that Jerry Brown wasn't that bad when you compare him to the politicians that are there now.
Non-Californian here. But I had the same thought as you back then. And it hasn't gotten any better.
@@babstheicequeen oh no! You sold out before the boom!
Millions left on the table !!
@@davidcox3076 So true! All the mountains are gone!
All the beaches are gone!
No more sun! No more fish tacos! No more hot babes !
It’s… it’s….. SUBURBAN STRIP MALLS AND CHURCHES !!!
California is an example of what extreme liberal policies do to society.
@@thejedicounciloffical Yes yes ! Fifth largest economy in the world, oh the horror of our “society”!
San Francisco has turned Potemkin Village.
@@jcmount1305 Is that “bad”?
@@TrumpCantRead Do you know what Potemkin Village is? Czarina Catherine would go and "visit" a village, they would create a fake village so she could see how well off the peasants were. It means the SF clean up was faked.... for a Communist mass murderer.
Grew up there. Greatest place to be until about 1992. Thats when I noticed a change. Joined the air force to see the world and got sent 45 minutes away from home in CA. Base closed right after first Gulf War and we got orders to NC. Didnt come back to CA for another 6 years and was there for 6 more years... It was still "normal" until going back to the east coast. Where people were nice, I could afford to buy a house and was green. Not the hostile brown desert that the perennially drought ridden hell hole that CA actually always was. The people I grew up with were wonderful. I lived in the fastest growing city in the country, CA was the fourth largest economy in the world... Now it is a clear example of what too much government control can do to a paradise. Let that be a lesson and like the others have said, do not abandon your socialist paradise and come to our nice red states and continue voting for socialists. Get a clue or at least have some sympathy for your fellow human beings that want to be just left alone to live their lives.
Too much corporate lobbying and corruption, this has nothing to do with socialism
As you vote, so shall you reap!
@@gerardbryant1445 yep! FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD
We all know why, ...Gavin
@@batterylabs4187 Nah, it’s god !
So true! I left California a few years ago after 20 years and it only got worse
Yes but California is creating lots of jobs: Driving empty UHauls back to the state so that more people can leave
Maybe it has something to do with the mountains of human feces, popularity of cop hatred and violent crime mobs. But what do I know, I didn’t go into college debt.
@@Real_Question_Marked It’s true! We ski down mountains of feces ! Violent crime mobs break dancing in the streets!
Cops so hated they get free lunches EVERY DAY !!
@@Real_Question_Marked We ski those mountains!
Those “violent crime mobs” are Habitat For Humanity .
When the 'good' people start to leave (however you define that term), things go downhill fast.
Thank you Nick for saying the truth when is gavin going to be voted out cmon Californians we can do better
@@absolutecrypto95 I nominate YOU !!
"Sanctuary State" consequences.
@@douglasstrother6584 I know! “Taco trucks on every corner!”
Non-white people! DIVERSITY !!
and… and….. SOCCER !!
People of California, I implore you. Do not come here. Fix your mess and bring your once beautiful state back to greatness.
They keep coming to Idaho and the housing market has about tripled here since 2006 and I will have to leave Idaho where I was born and raised just to afford a house because of the communists flooding in from their broken-government state, while still bringing their socialism with them!!!
@@BuilderBob1 That’s awful.
@@BuilderBob1 I keep seeing eastern Oregon wants to succeed to Idaho?? What for, ITS FULL OF CALIFORNIANS ruining it.......
@@RogueA.I. Dont worry ! Nobody is coming for your porch couch Jethro
@@BuilderBob1 Welcome To Freedom Kid !!
It’s sink or swim, every man for themselves!
The Bay Area includes Solano County. Property owners are paying an additional parcel tax for Bay Area wetlands reclamation or something, so it needs to be included in the numbers.
@@apriltini is that “bad”?
When I moved to SF in the early 90s, fresh out of college, I walked to the civic center where city hall and the symphony, opera house surround a pretty grass field, which was then inaccessible due to the 10ft high chain link fence that surrounded it to keep the homeless out. The area was ugly and deserted. I couldn’t believe this is what the center of a supposedly great city looked like. Whether it was then the Republican former police chief mayor or now the Democrat business crowd, these problems have always existed. Ofc then the tech boom happened, and some things got better and some got worse. I left bc it got more expensive and more boring. It is still beautiful and people will still move there.
Damn, I’m surprised more people aren’t leaving California, or standing up to the politicians is demanding to clean up the city.
California was a hell my family was so desperate to leave, we took a plane carrying only one carry on bag each. We left behind everything we owned and moved across country without even a plan or place to live. I'm grateful we did.
@@Ms.Calculation Shoulda hitchhiked ! Saved some cash for pizza
@@TrumpCantRead can't hitchhike that far with 3 kids and 1 due in 15 days.
I can't speak for other parts of California, but here in San Diego county, new housing is being developed EVERYWHERE ! Apartments , new single family homes and schools going up all over the county.
Wait, wait, wait...lemme guess...overbearing governmental agency?
Nailed it!
But I heard even though SF cleaned up, they couldnt get rid of the smell.
@@stvargas69 I heard it smells like almonds and peaches
You are a National Treasure
There were hundreds of reasons why I moved out of commifornia 10 years ago. I have saved $100,000 since.
@@user-zq4zi3dy3c Damn you poor son !
Admittedly, I'm praying about leaving, too.
@@Splattertube Sure, that’s the ticket!
Jesus gonna zap you a plane ticket
I have lived in LA for 21 years, having moved here from my home state of Virginia. I hate it here so much now and can't wait to leave. When I first arrived, it felt magical. Yes, it was pricey, but you could live decently and have a good life. This place is nowhere near liberal; it's governed by a kleptocratic agenda. The overregulation is excessive, the cost of living is out of control, and you have to navigate crime and human waste. I was just telling my wife that we should have Narcan in the car and the house in case we accidentally come into contact with something laced with fentanyl. I'm am boondocks country and have never been so stressed out about just walking to the corner store.
This is all FACT and is absolutely amazing that Californian's Dem's will CONTINUE to vote for this!! Do the same thing and hope for different results....we all see how well that's worked out! COME ON!! PULL YOUR HEAD'S OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA BS!!
I don't even live in the USA and this saddens me.
@@electosiziphus9346 Can you give these losers some cash?
Okay well to me the real reason is a lot more simpler than that. It's just that the cost of living just keeps going up and rents just keep going up and the state is not bothering to do anything about it.
But one thing that is incredibly infuriating is that in two consecutive elections. I believe it was 2018 and 2020. There was a proposition on the ballot that would have set rules on a cap on how much rent can be in the entire state. Regional based on County I believe. Both times even though these propositions would have made it more affordable to live in California, both times the propositions failed. Real estate companies posted so many ads to attack the propositions and what they really did to make it seem legit was just point out that it got rid of the old system in favor of the new system and by pointing out that thing they basically tried to imply that it would do nothing to reduce the cost of living. People fell for it.
I read the propositions in regards to the lower cost of living when I viewed them on the voter ballot and that is kind of where you should probably make your decision because the voter ballot actually shows literally what the pros and cons are right in front of you in pretty simple terms that are easy to understand but explain it really well. And literally the con was it would just replace the old system with the new system. That in itself isn't even a con because the old system isn't working.
I have seen people put up signs And I've seen some ads on Facebook maybe even some ads on TH-cam I don't recall if I saw anyone here, but anyways in regards to a proposition in the upcoming election that again would be an attempt to try to control rent and make sure that properties can't keep raising the rents infinitely like they've been doing. I fear that once again it's going to fail because people will keep falling for the anti ads that try to point out a loophole that technically exists but actually would have no effect on anything and convince them oh they shouldn't vote for it.
This is the first and only one of these California videos wherein the narrator did not dance around the real issues, nor try to gloss them over. Honesty is the best policy. All the rest of these seem to be trying to gift wrap a garbage pile.
Why is California stinking? Didn't you see the "Poop Map" Gov. Ron Desantis had when he debated Gov. Gavin Nuisance?
Governor nonsense is the big reason
I went to California the last couple years to revisit the theme parks and such and was very surprised to see how much less dense the traffic has become. Here in arizona its become so dense its almost like California years ago
The answer is simple, the policies of "elected" officials.
It is only the climate and the geography that keeps me here. I don't want to live in a cold climate. Raised in Minnesota. And I hate humid climates.
Stop complaining then
@@mchume65 fascinating
It was California dreamin ….
We all started screamin …….
😂😊😂
Its like when you have company over and hide all of your trash in the closets. It was never meant to be a long term fix, just a facade.
@@trex5878 Your life sounds so glamorous
I was in San Francisco in September. I can relate to the chaos described.
I will be retiring soon after a 44 year career. I live in Los Angeles county, work in downtown L.A. I will be moving to AZ. I can’t wait. The homeless, the pee and poop all over the streets, the trash everywhere the traffic all the time, the gas prices, the food prices but worst of all, the politics, the crime. It’s terrible. All the smash and grab. The criminals are not accountable. Even when they get caught, they get a slap on the hand. California is not cheap or safe. I had it. The state has lots of money and California just gives it away to people that don’t contribute.
Well, your Neighbors are all there voting blue... Thanks but NO THANKS
I noticed and experienced this when APEC happened last year. It’s like all of a sudden the government made sure to clean up the place before the guest arrived. It’s a shame how we can’t keep the status who even after the guests left.
It’s as irresponsible and I put off cleaning my room until the day I am expecting guest to come over, and that’s is because I’m busy trying to make a living and keep my sanity under all this chaos.
Id leave San Francisco too - people making 90K living in tent communities, or Los Angeles, where just to walk into Gold's gym you must walk past many tents on the sidewalk.
Ever wonder if the declining population and plummeting property values... is exactly the point?
Born and raised in California.
I'm a conservative Republican who's sick to death of what politicians have done to our once great state.
It's past the point of no return.
Moving out asap.
And now, people making a decent living are required to pay the electric bills of poor people. Such bs.
Roughly 40 million people in California today. That is more than the entire country of Canada. Shrinking? Maybe but not by much.
@@factsoverfeelings1776 ssshhhh - you’re ruining their hate buzz !!
@@TrumpCantRead lol
Newsom looks at this as a benefit! "The riffraff is being dumped out!" Ha, ha, ha!
Nick, you nailed it. As a resident of Sacramento CA for my entire life, I can say it wasn't always like this. I blame Newsom and my own idiocy for believing in the left for so long. I know I'm not the only one that is feeling like a fool.
@@triel77 You didn’t pray hard enough.
Jesus hates slackers
@TrumpCantRead what the heck are you talking about? Your comment literally has nothing to do with what I wrote. I haven't even talked about "prayer" with my family, let alone in public for years.
Mr. Nick please run for the USA presidential elections please The United States of America needs sense able leadership more than ever before.
Gavin Newsom - U-Haul's employee of the year.
62, Born here..................Use to be not to bad when Reagan was Gov. 1994 lived on liquid faction just a few miles from Northridge, house destroyed and I remained here. Now, never so much want to leave for good and never come back.
@@robertdavis5714 so do it already
To America it is shrinking, to other countries its free real estate
@@theclowninghasbegun3442 They fly out buckets of dirt !
If only they'd leave their horrid voting habits behind. Sadly they won't and we see more states going the same way thanks to ex-Californians.
Surely there must be other reasons! How many complainers are actively involved in their local politics and school boards? Hello!
Well a bigger thing is that Cali is expensive, but also leaves Californians with more buying power. If you have generational wealth via real estate your home for just property value can buy you alot more space elsewhere. In addition California has a Mediterranean climate which means that it is probably the most pleasant place to be homeless based off of just weather and climate. Homeless people from other states will save to get a trip to CA because its is easier to cope with the weather here than in other states
@@andrewamell4965 is that “bad”?
At one time UHaul charged to rent products OUT of the State only 1 state away than it did to rent trailers from the East Coast TO "the Land of Fruits & Nuts."
Commiefornia cleaned up for their leader. Couldn't see that coming.
The SF hipsters probably like it because it gives the city a more "rustic" aesthetic
Not a “foreign dignitary”. Newsome’s Boss. And I don’t mean Biden.
All we need is one - just one - MASSIVE plate shift, then Californicate will be where it belongs.....a part of Canada!
You are no help at all.
@@8Ayelet He’s a christain
This is all true. No facts left out. Great job
Only 600,000??
CA is shrinking because of single party rule and the resulting governance by emotion, not pragmatic reason.
California grows each year because it brings in Over 150,000 Unwanted foreigners EACH year from OTHER COUNTries. The last time it shrunk in Population was when Trump put a cap on ALL immigration......... 2019 I think.......
California is just too damned expensive that is why people are leaving. It was expensive back in the late 70s when I visited the state and than went back for a visit in the early 90s. It is nightmarish now and I have little to no interest to visit California again. As for the homelessness, blame the greedy landlords and private equity firms who bought up much of the available housing stock and jacked up prices to astronomical unsustainable levels. Along with gentrification by high tech. This is why you have severe homelessness throughout California and most other western states. Corporate greed combined with poor government policies has toppled California and it will topple Oregon and Washington as well.
Mic drop moment
TO make matters worse, those californians seemingly haven't learned anything from the failed policies that drove them to neighboring states.
Why does your editor show a city hall building when you're talking about the state government? Show the state capitol in Sacramento.
It’s not just 600,000 “residents”. It’s the best of the best in most industries aside from the tech industry. People leave because our needs are simple. Low crime, low pollution, good schools, affordable housing, lots of jobs, a friendly state government and a pleasant, thug-free neighborhood. California is the antithesis of a quality place to live. Everyone who can get out leaves. With all their jobs, money And resources. Why in the hell do you think Florida, Tennessee and Texas are growing like crazy? 5th largest economy? That’s a joke right? The size of your economy doesn’t equate to the quality of your life. Ask the majority of the population of India.
Sad but true.
I'm going to repeat 2 comments I have made 100X of times . 1) If your state is experiencing a shift in voting trends look at YOUR public education system.
2) Most of the people leaving California are Republicans who are sick of the bull shit !