It isn’t just cost of living, it’s also insane policies that are pro-crime, anti-white (& sometimes anti-Asian), anti-male, anti-Christian, antisemitic, anti-sanity, pro-groomer, etc.
Nobody is leaving any state due to crime. The vast majority of Californians and New Yorkers leaving their states are moving to other state’s urban areas that also have relatively high crime rates.
You are right about costs. Probably not about politics, as they are moving to other liberal cities. Not crime either, as much of the out migration is to the southeast where crime is actually higher. Certainly unaffordable housing is a big cause. But why now? Because remote work, which increased greatly during the pandemic, enables people to choose jobs they want and not live in high cost areas. It makes a lot of sense to make west coast salaries and live in low cost areas. And, it takes pressure off the housing costs for the west coast too, so it is a win/win in many respects. Except for people in places where these people have moved to that can no longer afford housing...
Before even watching I’ll tell you it’s because it’s unreasonably priced. California is by far the most naturally beautiful state and the weather is great so it should cost a LITTLE more than everywhere else BUT NOT TWICE AS MUCH. Sacramento is the “inexpensive” part of California. For what I pay to live in the hood here I lived in the suburbs in Vegas and Dallas. I’d be crazy to buy here knowing what I know. A good portion of Californians don’t have the financial freedom to go enjoy the natural beauty or get away from work and home very often. It’s sad. And people with power make it impossible to build the amount of homes needed to change things because it would drive down their own property value.
This is it. I can't afford to take a couple week vacation because the high housing cost and high gasoline cost just eat up everything. Sure there are these tech workers but they don't own homes either.
California is like the prettiest girl at the dance that everyone wants to dance with. It's a blessing and a curse. California will continually attract people from all over the world, as it has for decades, because it's known as the place to make your dreams come true. Similar to NYC, but with better weather and nature. It's why California is still the most populist state by far with the largest economy by far.
It isn’t just cost of living, it’s also insane policies that are pro-crime, anti-white (& sometimes anti-Asian), anti-male, anti-Christian, antisemitic, anti-sanity, pro-groomer, etc.
high cost of living, high housing costs, housing costing a lot, accommodation prices being too high, rents being too high, monthly house payments being so high. So many unique reasons people are leaving. /jk
Most places in California are actually quite safe compared to other places, like say East coast or southern U.S.. The crime that California struggles with the most is property crime and drug abuse, but that’s pretty much where it ends. And of course homelessness is a major problem across the state. Those trends are NOT linked with violent crime however. Aside from Los Angeles (which has high levels of gang activity) and perhaps towns out in the inland empire and Oakland with less than savory reputations. Much of California is does not have a reputation for violence. You are perfectly safe walking through most parts of downtown San Diego and even San Francisco and most other places. The homeless typically don’t bother you because they are nodding off on H. I can promise you it’s typically not like New York or any east coast city where you’ll be assaulted for no reason by some violent maniac or get caught in a gang shoot out like in Chicago.
@@larrysmac Socialists running the state into the ground. Some cities have an app so that locals can keep track of (and thus avoid stepping in) human waste on the sidewalks. That pretty much says it all.
This is just an inkling of what I paid in CA. The property taxes on my 1700 sq ft home and it's 2½ acres in Sonoma county went up to $16000 a year. My PG&E electric bill averaged $400-500 a month. There are SO MANY MORE reasons, but now living in Prescott AZ, property tax is $1800 on my 1800 sq ft new home and my electric bill is $75 a month. I left not because of geography or microclimates
no im sorry the obvious real reasons aren't acceptable according to what academics learn in college, for one they are racist so, anyway, they have their own theories though lol
I left due to high taxes and extreme crime as my hometown is ruled by gangs and we kept having power outages and the water was a brown color, Eventually I realized after several elections nothing was gonna get better so I packed my bags took whatever I could carry and left.
For me it was 100% the money. As a Gen X'er who grew up in San Jose and entered the workforce in the 90s, my goal was always to own a house, but sadly the steady increase in housing prices outstripped my ability to save up for a down payment. About 20 years ago, the houses in the neighborhood where I grew up were nearing the better part of a million dollars, and I knew that there would be no way that I could afford a house without moving to Tracy or Stockton. I ended up moving to Oregon and buying a nice house for less than a quarter of what it would cost in San Jose.
Good for you. I grew up in Southern Oregon, and after college moved to CA for the good job market. I am from a rural area, beautiful, but lacking in opportunities. I had a great career and retired 5 years ago. I thought about retiring back home, but I was fortunate to buy a home before they got ridiculously expensive, and the cold damp weather and I don’t get along like we once did 🤣 Good luck to you. OR is a great place to live!
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
I moved to California in 1976 when I was 20 years old and retired to Thailand in 2017. I lived in the San Francisco East Bay. I loved my life and career in CA but I had had enough once I had found someplace new and enticing. One geographic feature contributing to my decision to leave was the Bay Area fog. It was not an issue when I was young and at work but became unpleasant and tiresome retired at home. The warm tropical climate in Thailand immediately attracted me. Looking back at CA 7 years later I have to admit that the cost of living, if I returned, would be a barrier but more importantly, I think the CA politics and government and political divisions in the whole of the US is a bigger deterrent to my return. I think I will stay where I am. I have a beautiful new home, enjoy the lower cost of living, have access to great healthcare, and can enjoy a safe and peaceful retirement.
The political division nationwide is is basically those that don't want to make America into the sh!+hole like California has become and the woke that do. I grew up in Southern Cal in the 70's to the 90's. It sucks so bad now. Cali went woke, now is broke.
@@familykaplan1341 What, too conservative?? im an asian immigrant and asia is far more conservative than any American state. what exactly do you find more conservative?
California was in a drought for most of my adult life and I moved to Vegas in 2022 right before there was a bunch of rain in CA. Every time I go back to visit, from Sacramento to San Diego, it's so much more green and beautiful, it's really good for your soul. My bank account is doing much better out here in the desert though.
I think it’s mostly the high cost of housing. Most young couples and families, even with good dual incomes, could not possibly save enough for a down payment on a $1.5 million home, the starter price in my California county, Marin. Then the mortgage payments, taxes and insurance would be very high. Plus, the cost of everything else here in California, like fuel, transportation and food, is very high in this state. I know I want to move since the “homeless” made a huge encampment a block from my house, but when I sell my current home, I probably couldn’t get anything equivalent in other respects. Only the wealthiest can afford to raise a family here, especially if the mother wants to spend the pre-school years at home with their young children, I know I would. Many of us Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), boomers have an advantage, if we have inherited the assets of our parents, or received financial assistance from them while they were alive. But, we Boomers are in our 60s or older now, much too late to start families. I know my ex and I could never afford to have children, although we are both degreed professionals. We just couldn’t afford for me to not work full-time and our tiny cottage would have been too small.
Don't complain, and try to appreciate your unparalleled quality of life. In my 72 years, my career has taken me from MI, to NC, to CA, to NM, to OR, and back to MI. Now, not a winter goes by without regret for leaving CA.
As a California resident, back in the mid-20th century, the default mode of city planning changed from walkable dense neighborhoods and grid-planned streetcar suburbs to car-centric suburbia. Public transportation was almost completely gutted out and the freeways began to be built. Housing was cheap and plenty from the 1950s-1990s due to endless suburban growth, but the suburban sprawl was soon constrained by the mountains that surround California’s largest cities. Still, people kept moving and the amount of housing built could not keep up with demand. Traffic on freeways became even more clogged (it’s always been this way since the beginning of the freeways themselves), and nowadays it’s quite popular to expand whatever current public transportation system exists in order to decongest the freeways. Also, last year to alleviate the housing crisis, single-family zoning was eliminated in an effort to provide more housing.
The single-family zoning “ban” isn’t what it appears…it allows property owners to split an existing parcel and build an additional structure on each, for a net gain of +3 units. But that’s a maximum; some property owners will only build 1 or 2 additional units. The number of property owners taking advantage of this won’t be enough to solve the housing crisis. And even with zoning opened up, single-family neighborhoods still cover huge swaths of CA cities and they’re not just going to be torn down to build high-rise condos…HOAs and NIMBYs will see to that.
That happened in many cities. The problem in the most popular cities in California, is that people from all over the world continually want to come here to try an make their dreams come true. It's a blessing and a curse.
My family left CA to the north east. CA is a beautiful place, but the costs were our primary factor for leaving. second was wanting to buy a house on a decent size of land, and in CA you need millions for that, or live in the desert, or live where there are fires. Instead of driving for 2-3 hours to get to the wilderness, its in my backyard now.
The northeast blows. I’m from that side of the country and i can’t stand how dull and uninspiring the terrain and environment is. Nothing compares to the majestic west coast
@@HeavyTopspin no one mentions about it in the comments because they ALL VOTED FOR IT, they are all responsible. Now they are spreading their communist filth to other states.
It's probably a pretty cool place to live if you're a liberal Democrat that gets elected to office repeatedly without any opposition as well. CA is a one party state and has been for 20+ years. Who else can you blame?
I grew up in California but moved away 20 years ago. Amazing state but it goes to show that terrible politicians can blow even the greatest of hands 🤦🏻♂️ Honestly, I sometimes wonder if they fail on purpose 🤔
Alot of other comments have already stated what i wanted to say myself. Think the buffoons in Sacramento will order 4 million new apartments & condos to house more working class residents? WRONG! The people in rich areas will object. The farmers in the Central, Sacramento, & Imperial Valleys will object. Long-time residents will object due to many things, including traffic congestion. As for people that left, it's more than the high cost of living. Many companies like Tesla & SpaceX moved to Texas and took many of its employees with them. Those that moved to Idaho, Texas, & Florida did so for political & cultural reasons. Geoff, the politicians & their rich donors want to turn California into their own version...of Monaco or Dubai.
I agree with your conclusion. The people who own homes have become NIMBYs ADUs were authorized in some areas and the politicians got immediate push back from home owners about it's potential negative effect on their home prices.
Would just like to point out the people moving out of California for political reasons are on the extreme far right and are by far in the minority. They're also really damn dumb. It's a huge red flag if someone tells you're they're moving to Idaho now a days lol.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
I thought they were trying to turn Cali into their own version of India or some country like that....seeing as how all the illegals literally sht in the streets and the junkies throw their used needles in on the sidewalk, road, literally anywhere but the trash.
Except that’s not why people are fleeing… CA’s population is still growing. People come from other places and it causes the housing prices to rise, forcing out locals who can no longer afford it.
Rent is the sole reason. In Metro Detroit I live in a zero crime suburb and pay $1150 per month for a two-bedroom apartment. In a zero crime suburb of LA or SF I would imagine paying $5,000/month. In more average neighborhoods around me you're paying more like $800-900/month. If you're doing really bad then you can probably find a place in the metro area for $200-300/month. You could say homeless people or mental illness or crime or politics but facts are facts: People can't afford a place they'd actually like to live in in California. Texas and Florida aren't far behind.
@@randomcommenter395 Not true at all. Glendale, Burbank, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, and Pasadena have among the lowest crime rates in the US. Same over here in South Orange County. The homicide rate is below 1.0 here; it's a literal fraction of a person per 100,000 residents.
Simple-many think they can move to somewhere like Texas, support and vote for the policies they had in California, then expect it to be cheaper and better with zero consequences or repercussions.
It’s simple 🤷♂️ you’re too blind sided by politics to think that, it’s only affecting one state and that this isn’t the result of greed with huge companies influencing politics to make them even more money
Horrible government policies, high taxes, lack of school choice, extremely unfriendly business climate are all more significant than the cost of living - since much of the cost of living has to do with bad policy (save housing prices). California has no excuse - could be so much better. This state is a sadly in serious decline.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
Well it has been Republican most of its history, and NOT everyone can have a ho hum job, yet retire as a millionaire (just because of the real estate appreciation). Some would be better off staying where they are.
So it definitely isn’t because the rising costs of living, wildfires, lack of homes or concerning weather patterns? 💀 if you wanna politicize shit just say that.
Yeah sure that's why Washington is growing... You're a political hack. California has extremely high housing demand and housing cannot keep up with it. It's too expensive to live in for many. That's simply the reason... But go on thinking it's because of politics... Btw, California politics are nothing crazy compared to most developed countries. Far right wacko.
Count me in the large group of people who have left or are planning on leaving. I absolutely *love* California, but unless you're making a tech salary or something close to it, or have inherited property/other forms of generational wealth, it is very difficult to get ahead here. Most people are already familiar with the incredibly high home prices and rents in the cities, but what's not talked about as much are the $5+ per gallon gas, the exorbitant energy costs (43+ cents per kilowatt hour charged by PG&E during low demand times or 53+ cents per kilowatt hour during peak demand periods), car registration costs that set me back $329 this past February on a 4 year old Honda Fit and now my auto insurance rates are set to increase to over $230 per month, despite zero tickets or accidents as a 41 year old. This is just the tip of the iceberg of all the extra costs associated with living here; I could list many more. I'll be relocating up to Washington state, which is still expensive-ish, but at least I'll be able to register my car for $68 and my auto insurance will be dropping down to $75 per month for the same exact policy I currently have here in California. Gas is a dollar cheaper per gallon, and electricity costs are 5-7x cheaper per kilowatt hour, depending on your utility provider. Plus my rent will drop by 2/5, even though salaries and job opportunities are quite similar. There are other serious issues here; the very lenient policies that only encourage crimes such as retail theft and auto theft/burgularies to flourish for starters. I will definitely come back and visit friends/family a few times per year, but as someone who has spent significant amounts of time up in Washington state , I'll definitely have a better quality of life overall up north. Washington state definitely has its issues too, but definitely not as many as here in California.
I left California in 2016. I was born and raised in Sacramento. The writing was on the wall and had been for decades. I couldn't survive financially out there without being rich so I moved East.
I'm a Baltimore native and moved to northern California back in 2017 for a few months working on a farm but it didn't work out and have been back in Maryland but I'm considering moving back. I miss it. I grew up in big city but once you get in touch with nature its all you need. Coming back to Baltimore is so depressing lol Also considering salt lake city (is a good balance of my life living in Baltimore but has the mountains like in Humboldt and Vermont and a perhaps Maine. Maryland is way to expensive and boring in my opinion. Was just let go from my job so the world is my oyster
Stayed in NOCAL for 15 years after discharge from the Navy in '84. Now back in MI, I still regret leaving. Go back if you can afford it, tough it out, and make the necessary decisions and sacrifices to stay.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. People flocked there in droves, california struggled to support their booming population but couldnt. Now its home to the very rich and very poor with a serious drug problem. And dont get me started on swimming pools in the desert
High taxes, overpopulation, failing power grid, crime, high living costs, flooded with illegals, uber left wing politics. Basically it's New York but with good weather, and the good weather isn't enough to keep people there.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
@@camdudzinski5206 How do snowbirds affect your housing market there? I hear there are lots of northerners that buy beach condos and live there during the fall/winter. Does that drive the housing market up?
@@Laura_6262 yes absolutely... I love it here but I got insanely lucky and hit the market in 2009 at bottom of the crash. Without that I'd be long gone. There is zero chance I could afford my own house now. And that's with an advanced degree, VA loan (which is worthless here nowadays) spouse, only one child and long term steady employment. To top it off... I worked two jobs in my 20s and 30s and I live in an OK area and older non upgraded house. That's California... Beautiful weather though.
You really nailed it when you said that California doesn't build enough housing and that's why it's so expensive to live there. That's the biggest reason why it's so expensive, but not the only one. But many of the people who live there don't seem to understand basic supply and demand when it comes to home prices and rents and/or they don't care about the negative effects of not building enough housing as long as they've got what they want.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
Oil is the building block for numerous products: petroleum-based products are used in electronics. From speakers and smartphones to computers, cameras, and televisions, most electronics need oil for production.
It's in way more than just electronics. Petroleum extraction is required for almost everything we use in modern society including pharmaceuticals. Go internet search how many hundreds of essential products we need it for, it's quite a surprise. Without petroleum we're back to living in the 19th century with no alternatives.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
I left 2018 to new zealand for a lady but was planning to leave CA by 2020 (of course not knowing about covid would've hurt that) mainly due to jobs not being tech were notnpaying enough for housing in the Los Angeles area. Our bubble of politocs and self entitlement (most of America really) keeps most people stuck but many flee for funds, homes and new life
(1) When talking about population declines by state, shouldn't we convert numbers to percentage of population to start with? I haven't looked, but I'm sure your channel has already pointed out that the metropolitan area of Los Angeles alone is greater than like that of the ten smallest population states combined. So anyone saying that more people left California than any other state is purposefully misleading. (2) How many of those who "left" actually died from the pandemic, and thus didn't "migrate" away to another state. People like Ron DeSantis have tried to point out that California lost more people to Covid than any other state, again being misleading since by percentage of population, it's like in the lowest 15 of states. In fact, New York, the state that lost the most people since it was the epicenter of the first wave when we didn't know how to deal with it, is now lower per capita than most red states. (3) Could someone please tell me where these population figures are coming from? The U.S. census only happens once per decade, and I believe the last one was largely conducted in 2019. Can we say with any true accuracy how many people have left the state? Anecdotally, we know some who could continue to telecommute and keep their jobs left for cheaper housing and lower taxes, but that's all anecdotal, and I doubt THAT many were allowed to keep their jobs while moving out of state. Tesla moved to Texas, so that surely took some employees, but not all--and now Tesla has left Austin for some other location.
TLDR...🙄 Populations statistics come from a number of places not just from the US census. It come from tax rolls voter registrations many other things including reporting from companies on payroll taxes etc. You wrote a whole lot of nonsense just trying to cope with what you can't handle. Literally everybody including Governor Newsom, knows that people have been leaving California in droves. Can literally list endless reasons, not only taxes crime political atmosphere just to name a few. And it is a fact that they've lost population because they lost a congressional district they're not going to have the same amount of Congress people. They've also lost electoral votes because they've lost so many people. Do a little research yourself instead of demanding others because everybody else already knows
Home, sweet home ❤ It is expensive to live here, no doubt. But, home is where your livelihood and family are. If people think the grass is greener elsewhere, then go elsewhere. We’ve got too many people here anyway. Nice overview of the history, landscape and economy here. Good work, Geoff!
There is a lady at work who said she doesn't mind the high taxes and high cost of living. Sure her family has a paid for house in Palos Verdes. The elites don't worry about the high cost, it is just the regular people who have to suffer with it.
@@2Phast4Rocket We are just a regular working class family. Bought our home over 35 years ago and worked hard to pay for it. I honestly don’t know how a young family can break into this housing market today without significant help. If we were in that position years ago, leaving for a cheaper place to live might have been the best choice as long as that cheaper area had a strong economy. We have always been blessed with great jobs and opportunities here.
@foreverdreamwithinadream6871 Yes, the rich people in rich areas always do just fine. You’re right, that’s the sad truth. Los Angeles County is one of the most densely populated counties in the US, and it is pocketed with great areas, and shabby ones. All of those great areas are where the upper crust dwells, while the working class neighborhoods are more susceptible to the things we don’t like. It is not one size fits all! It sounds like you found a great place, and I’m sure your pocketbook is fatter for it! 💰
So many clueless CA haters on here can only parrot what they hear at their conservative victim support groups. I had a decent job at UC Davis, and a relatively affordable home in Elk Grove. We had to relocate to fulfill my ex's NHS commitment-a move I still regret to this day-especially when our $100K home is now valued at $600K.
Theyre leaving because theyre retired and want to stretch every dime they have. CA has always been more expensive than other states. Nothing new. Still has a net positive population gain just like most other states.
Ya, funny the presenter doesn't mention that. I AM from California. Lived there all my life . Owned a home in Santa Barbara. Retired. Saw my state abandon me. Moved to North Carolina. Much happier.
I think everything that you need to know is that they're attempting to impose a tax on people for leaving the state. Because everyone with half a brain who can, is trying to.
They are leaving from liberal areas to liberal areas, so politics are doubtful as a cause. But costs certainly are a cause. As is NIMBYism that is preventing building more housing, again greatly contributing to those costs.
You forgot high crime rates, outrageous mismanagement, extensive homelessness, high taxes, and overrun by liberal policies! I say this as a conservative Californian. And yes, it is a very beautiful land with much to offer!
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
During the lockdowns CA felt like communist East Germany to me. My wife and I can't wait to leave this woke and overpriced paradise, and move to a free state for good.
I have lived in California for 60 years. Comparing my lifestyle with other states is no contest, it’s California! I went from city/suburbs to a rural/small town which I would highly recommend. 😂
I think that would be the only way to go to live in California would be to live in a rural area. The state is beautiful but the cities are a mess. Of course this is true in most states. I live in rural NY state and it isn't bad except for the winters and high property tax, but overall costs are low here and nothing like NYC. You can still get a nice house here for $200K, but you will pay a lot of property tax, that's the downside. Utilities are cheap here too because of hydro power from Niagara Falls and abundant water sources. Yeah both states are a mess politically and in terms of crime, overpopulation and high costs in the cities, but country life is still doable because you are at least pretty much removed from all that. To tell you the truth I'd rather be where you are if nothing else for the better climate, but I am pretty comfortable here as well and have been here all my life outside of a brief stint in West Virginia for a couple years when I was younger.
I’ve been here 60 years too. We have done a lot of traveling and I couldn’t imagine living in a better place. I do, however, consider myself lucky to have a nice life here.
Conservatives know it's more important to be around other conservatives that they can get along with. Weather a beautiful environment a beautiful climate beautiful everything is nowhere near as important as being around people that they have similar politics with. This is why conservatives are all leaving.
How many people “from California” were born there? How many people born there have roots there further than 50 years? 80 years? If your family lived there before WW II, you are in a very rare situation. Now look at North Dakota. Nearly every resident has family roots from before 1910.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
California covers a big area, but much if not most of it is uninhabitable mountains and deserts. The Bay Area is a good example of why it is hard to build enough housing. Most of the Bay Area consists of water and mountains. There is a large body of water called San Francisco Bay in the middle and a mountain range on both sides of the bay. In San Mateo County, where I live, the cities are squeezed between the bay and the mountains, with no room to expand. The only way to add more housing is to build high density housing on underutilized land such as surface parking lots and strip malls. People who want to live in a single family detached house with a yard are out of luck unless they have lots of money to buy one of those houses. The median home price in this county is $1.7 million. The only reason I can afford to live here is that I am old enough to have bought my house back in the 20th century when home prices were still affordable.
As a California to Portland refugee, I'd say that politics ruins the state. It's not democratic leadership but rather the fact that cities aren't built to be lived in. Every single inch of developed land is owned by raging violent capitalists that must achieve maximum profit at all times. If you're not paying a lot in rent you're not located in a popular area.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
It's not just housing. I lived in CA for 16 years. Many jobs are also leaving CA - its much easier to find good housing and a good paying job elsewhere. The tax burden is also very high by leaving CA I got an effective pay raise due to the lower taxes. The same goes for the cost of utilities - I live in a colder climate and my electric and gas bills have gone down. CA also won't fix its freeways with mass transit. The freeways simply move way more people than could be moved by train and/or bus.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
6:19 Hey Sonoma! Well I'm not from the town of Sonoma but I am from Sonoma County which does have the town of Sonoma in it. I'm from Sonoma county's largest city Santa Rosa which is the fifth largest city in the Bay area and the largest city in the North Bay and wine country. Yes it's more populated than Napa and actually by a lot.
@@Laura_6262 It is beautiful here. I love living here. The only problem is just like the rest of California and the Bay area the cost of living keeps going up here as well. Many people I knew here including my own family actually moved out. Fortunately some friends of mine have stayed here and my wife's family has stayed in the area so it's not like me and her are alone or anything.
That is not true. The population has actually grown again lately according to the latest numbers. I live in California and I would choose to live here over any other state. It still has the 5th largest economy in the world and most of the high tech and entertainment companies are still based in the state. All those people who talk bad about the state must watch Fox News or something. There are a lot of states in worse shape.
I never wanted to leave California, I lived in the same zip code for 80% of my life and I loved it there. Part of the reason I left was high housing prices, I did not want to spend $1.5 million for a three bedroom house in a "decent" neighborhood. The final straw was the results of 20+ years of one party rule, the state is becoming a wasteland. I have never understood California voters, supposedly intelligent people who continually vote for a political system that leads to government control and the breakdown of society. It definitely got worse over the past 5 years though. I am just hoping that the Californians joining me in Arizona do not ruin this state also, it is teetering on the edge right now.
As a current Californian; The housing (rent and ownership), crime rate, and relatively low pay per the housing costs isn't great. Even my friends who have useful degree's, not a liberal arts or any of that crap, in IT or Bio Med are struggling to own a home or barely make it here. It sucks!
I wouldn’t want to live there either. Would I pay $7 a gallon for gasoline when it costs half as much literally anywhere else in the United States. Those are Europe prices. And I left there for many reasons that is one of them. And high taxes like California has. I don’t like California’s high crime rates either.
I left in 2019 because the state essentially regulated me out of my family farm, taxed/fined me for the most absurd stuff and outside of that they do this to everyone else so everything is expensive and it just made it a real struggle to live there despite making decent money. Thankfully it's been the single greatest economic, quality of life and personal freedom upgrade I've ever experienced living in a more pro-freedom state. California is the greatest example of why not to vote for the things California votes for.
I've seen several of these videos trying to make excuses as to why people are leaving California to avoid the truth which is people are tired of Democrat leadership... period
@@matthewbarabas3052 by most powerful you mean what's the largest mass Exodus from any state in the country's history and all-time crime records,,then yes... You are the most powerful lol 🤡
Mmmm if you’ve seen this many videos and choose to be ignorant then it’s a you problem not a California problem. Yall are so quick to dick ride the hate bandwagon to get political points with other people and it shows 🤷♂️.
There's one thing you didn't mention about the rising housing costs that I've heard from so many people including my friend's mom who is a real estate agent herself. Another reason why housing costs have gone up is also because of pure greed from some of its residents. There's a lot of areas where there should be housing but it's just empty fields of really tall grass just across the street from a big beautiful neighborhood of houses. There's no reason there shouldn't be houses or apartment complexes in these massive fields but what's been happening a lot is that a lot of them richer more well-off citizens here have been so greedy and pushed back against any government plans to expand and build more housing and apartments because these greedy bastards who live in these neighborhoods that definitely could be expanded want to maintain the values of their homes by reducing the amount of extra houses. It's ridiculous because it's like why do you need to keep the cost of your house to be so high Are you actually planning on selling it anytime soon? I mean if you love living here so much and you're doing so well financially why would you even need to do that?
It's worth mentioning that California is unique geography is what kept it from being settled for hundreds of years. The Spanish tried from the 1500s until the 1700s. It was the mountain ranges and the oceans that kept people from truly settling there.
The presentation on CA's geography is indeed impressive. However, your assessment as to the "why" people have been leaving, is missing a crucial component. ..... it's 95+% *Politics* The Political structure and agenda of those in Sacramento, as well as the big cities of San Francisco & Los Angeles, is what has spearheaded the fleeing. Politics have turned the state into one of the worst for any business to start up, and why others are closing down. It's the politics that have raised taxes & subsequent cost of living, to such extremes. Then you add the political decisions that enable increased crime with little repercussions, and you get the max exodus, from what is clearly the most beautifully diverse state in the union IMHO
Your very good at geography, Geoff. But should not let your politics interfere. Housing cost is only one of the reasons CA is losing people and businesses. Failed government polices, teacher unions along with failing education institutions, crime that is government induced, and homelessness are all a larger issue than housing. Democrat policies and liberalism has made the state almost unliveable for everyone but the elite class.
At 15:20, there's a geography mistake: the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildalgo did not establish the border shown in the video. The border shown is the boundary created by the Treaty of Mesilla during the Gadsden Purchase of 1854.
@@TheItalianTrash Given that NY politicians are as bad as California politicians the cost of real estate is the only difference they’ll see, other than the miserable winters.
@@tommoore4128 If you live here Tom, and are unhappy with the politics, why don’t you leave? Go find a far-right political place to be if that makes you happy.
Cost of living. Money is the only real reason people move. Anyone who claims it is politics is full of crap. Look at their finances and you'll see the real reason.
The cost of living is directly tied to the political leadership of the state and local governments - which are almost all made up of one party. The tax and spend party. Thank God we still have the right to move out of the state. I am already on my way.
@@rrrogster that’s a lot of complaints, but it doesn’t change the fact that people who leave the state do it for economic reasons. Everyone who is too poor to live here has a laundry list of complaints as to what caused that situation. Be it liberals, minorities, immigrants, the homeless, corporations, etc… but just be honest. If it were cheap to live here, you’d stay and suck it up. Because California at the end of the day, is still paradise on earth.
That’s a lot of complaints, but it still doesn’t change the fact that people who leave the state do it for economic reasons. Everyone who can’t afford to live here has a laundry list of complaints as to why that is. Be it liberals, minorities, the homeless, immigrants, etc… but just be honest, if it were cheap to live here everyone would still stay. Because at the end of the day, California is still paradise on earth.
We actually moved somewhere more expensive. It was 100% a political decision. And it has worked out even better than we had hoped. Not living under California government is almost as nice as not living among the people who continue to vote for them. :p
@@ThePyleDriver you moved somewhere more expensive? I have serious doubts. It sounds like you are making things up. Where is more expensive than California? Outer Space?
Droughts, Fires, Air Pollution, Crime, High Taxes, High gas prices, over expensive homes, State Income Tax of 13%, homeless people everywhere, graffiti
I've been looking through the comments, and none of them seem to be addressing the most important question - which is, what is that tattoo on Geoff's right arm?
California's geography while great, is not the best for housing development. Large areas of the state are inhospitable for it such as the deserts of southern California and the mountainous regions to the east and north. Cities like San Francisco, LA and San Diego would inhabitable it were not for shady deals made in the 19th century that routed water from the Sierras and reservoirs to them. California also has some of the most inefficient and wasteful land use of any state in the country with suburban sprawl especially in LA and inland empire. This is the result of longstanding regulations and NIMBY-ism that suppressed more efficient land use by high density housing and mixed use zoning. People complain about it, but they are a part of the problem. Whenever a solution comes up to increase housing supply, the existing homeowners are the first to vote against any measures to deal with it. Aside from that, California is among the heavily taxed states and have one of the highest tax burdens borne by its residents. Its a state that is a victim of its success.
Ex-Californian speaking: cost of living, especially housing. After my wife's death, my property tax rose so much, I had a whole new appreciation for Proposition 13. At retirement, it was impossible to stay. And I loved California - the best years of my life.
the first 11:12 is filler. Common knowledge for the most part. Most people in CA are not leaving because of the geography, except for those with enough common sense to get away from the San Andreas fault. High cost of living for sure. Housing shortage? Unlikely because of the feeding frenzy by investors that would be happening. The folks who have to moved to Greene County MO cite Bad Economy, Bad Government, Homelessness, and the illegal immigrant invasion.
I left California and moved to Michigan in 1995. Main reasons were cost of living but what expedited the move was the earthquake in 1994. None of my friends believed I was leaving until I was gone. On a modest income my wife and I bought a house, raised a child and have a better quality of life here.
Being in the NYC area, Californians moving to NY surprised me, as it is expensive in this area. Upstate is less populated, and less expensive, however the upstate has pretty cold and snow winters. 😊
Yes, as someone who lives upstate near Buffalo I can agree that the winters are much more harsh here, but our cost of living is much lower. The one exception is that our property tax is still pretty bad here, I think this is true throughout the state as even my friend that lives in an extremely rural area by the finger lakes also pays high taxes.
I think there is a perfect place for everyone, you’ve just got to find it. I hope those who moved away found what they were looking for. I believe if you are unfulfilled or unhappy about where you live, it’s better to make a change. For us, CA has been a wonderful place to live.
It's mostly transplants that are leaving. And honestly, we're better for it. Our politics really haven't changed all that much. We weren't even the first state to legalize weed recreationally... That was Colorado. Now there's a state that changed politically in a short time.
Both my wife and I are Native Californians. We met in Encinitas. I spent a career in Cal Fire protecting the citizens of California. Unfortunately, thanks to Newsome, it became unrecognizable compared to the California I grew up in. Leftist policies ruined the state. We didn’t want to raise our daughter there. I took an early ish retirement and we move to the Northern Rockies. It bums me out to say it but you couldn’t pay me enough to live there now. It’s really a sad thing to see
Wow... he sure glossed over criminal justice policy and ridiculous COVID restrictions. Everyone I know who left California starting in 2020 cited at least one of those two as their reason for moving out.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
Extremely high cost of living. Same reason people are fleeing other states like NJ and NY.
J B Iame whlteboy
y o s e 1 f
J B I a m e whlteboy
Yep
It isn’t just cost of living, it’s also insane policies that are pro-crime, anti-white (& sometimes anti-Asian), anti-male, anti-Christian, antisemitic, anti-sanity, pro-groomer, etc.
They are leaving because of high living costs, bad politics, crime, unaffordable housing, etc.
@Booz2020 thanks for the encouragement. Biden will win again 😆🤡
They can't handle the good surfing
Nobody is leaving any state due to crime. The vast majority of Californians and New Yorkers leaving their states are moving to other state’s urban areas that also have relatively high crime rates.
You are right about costs. Probably not about politics, as they are moving to other liberal cities. Not crime either, as much of the out migration is to the southeast where crime is actually higher. Certainly unaffordable housing is a big cause.
But why now? Because remote work, which increased greatly during the pandemic, enables people to choose jobs they want and not live in high cost areas. It makes a lot of sense to make west coast salaries and live in low cost areas. And, it takes pressure off the housing costs for the west coast too, so it is a win/win in many respects. Except for people in places where these people have moved to that can no longer afford housing...
Don’t Forget the State Taxes
Before even watching I’ll tell you it’s because it’s unreasonably priced. California is by far the most naturally beautiful state and the weather is great so it should cost a LITTLE more than everywhere else BUT NOT TWICE AS MUCH. Sacramento is the “inexpensive” part of California. For what I pay to live in the hood here I lived in the suburbs in Vegas and Dallas. I’d be crazy to buy here knowing what I know.
A good portion of Californians don’t have the financial freedom to go enjoy the natural beauty or get away from work and home very often. It’s sad. And people with power make it impossible to build the amount of homes needed to change things because it would drive down their own property value.
By far most naturally beautiful state is Alaska but I'll give you CA as number 2
This is it. I can't afford to take a couple week vacation because the high housing cost and high gasoline cost just eat up everything. Sure there are these tech workers but they don't own homes either.
@@zachdebuhr6347most beautiful with the most variety. Alaska's natural beauty is breathtaking though.
@@zachdebuhr6347most beautiful with the most variety. Alaska's natural beauty is breathtaking though.
California is like the prettiest girl at the dance that everyone wants to dance with. It's a blessing and a curse.
California will continually attract people from all over the world, as it has for decades, because it's known as the place to make your dreams come true. Similar to NYC, but with better weather and nature.
It's why California is still the most populist state by far with the largest economy by far.
Simple: Taxes and cost of living.
Wrong.... Why don't you tell the truth for once
Ranked no. 50 as the worst fiscally managed state. The worst. And it shows everywhere.
It isn’t just cost of living, it’s also insane policies that are pro-crime, anti-white (& sometimes anti-Asian), anti-male, anti-Christian, antisemitic, anti-sanity, pro-groomer, etc.
@@bobsmith5185
Do you actually have citations in MLA or APA format backing your claim?
@@whathell6the’s copy pasting his reactionary drivel everywhere, I would’nt count on a source from him
High taxes, high crime, high cost of living, plenty of homelessness, very high housing costs. People should enjoy living there.
Sure, Cali has many new highs but of the wrong types; they're not nostalgic highs 😜.
Unchecked illegal immigration
high cost of living, high housing costs, housing costing a lot, accommodation prices being too high, rents being too high, monthly house payments being so high. So many unique reasons people are leaving. /jk
Homelessness isn't a problem everywhere there. Crime is low where I'm at.
Most places in California are actually quite safe compared to other places, like say East coast or southern U.S.. The crime that California struggles with the most is property crime and drug abuse, but that’s pretty much where it ends. And of course homelessness is a major problem across the state. Those trends are NOT linked with violent crime however. Aside from Los Angeles (which has high levels of gang activity) and perhaps towns out in the inland empire and Oakland with less than savory reputations. Much of California is does not have a reputation for violence. You are perfectly safe walking through most parts of downtown San Diego and even San Francisco and most other places. The homeless typically don’t bother you because they are nodding off on H. I can promise you it’s typically not like New York or any east coast city where you’ll be assaulted for no reason by some violent maniac or get caught in a gang shoot out like in Chicago.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last 10 years, it’s pretty obvious why people are leaving.
Can you please specifically explain why to those of us 'living under rocks?'
@@larrysmac All of cali's problem are a direct result of liberal/commies in our govt. and the passage of both prop 47 and 57.
@@larrysmac TAXES.
@@larrysmac Socialists running the state into the ground. Some cities have an app so that locals can keep track of (and thus avoid stepping in) human waste on the sidewalks. That pretty much says it all.
@@larrysmac you that much of a knob, he is talking about you. Go back to shleep
This is just an inkling of what I paid in CA. The property taxes on my 1700 sq ft home and it's 2½ acres in Sonoma county went up to $16000 a year. My PG&E electric bill averaged $400-500 a month. There are SO MANY MORE reasons, but now living in Prescott AZ, property tax is $1800 on my 1800 sq ft new home and my electric bill is $75 a month. I left not because of geography or microclimates
Ask the people leaving. They will tell us the exact reasons they are leaving.
no im sorry the obvious real reasons aren't acceptable according to what academics learn in college, for one they are racist so, anyway, they have their own theories though lol
@@89.???
People are capable of lying, especially Leftists, especially Leftists whose actions implicitly criticize the results of Leftism
i left because of forest fires, but californiajust sucks in general
I left due to high taxes and extreme crime as my hometown is ruled by gangs and we kept having power outages and the water was a brown color, Eventually I realized after several elections nothing was gonna get better so I packed my bags took whatever I could carry and left.
Native San Diegan here - it’s just too expensive really lol. I moved down South to SC.
@@nacl2858 ☝🏻🤓akshually South Carolina is down south
Eww, SC, ouch!
I always wanted to check it out. How's it going there? I hear Charleston's booming.
P.S. As a Southern Californian, I verify that I was born in the south.
I used to live in Columbia and enjoyed SC and Fayetteville, NC.
For me it was 100% the money. As a Gen X'er who grew up in San Jose and entered the workforce in the 90s, my goal was always to own a house, but sadly the steady increase in housing prices outstripped my ability to save up for a down payment. About 20 years ago, the houses in the neighborhood where I grew up were nearing the better part of a million dollars, and I knew that there would be no way that I could afford a house without moving to Tracy or Stockton. I ended up moving to Oregon and buying a nice house for less than a quarter of what it would cost in San Jose.
Ewww Stockton ya good thing you didn't move there to that crime ridden slum, it's another Oakland...
Good for you. I grew up in Southern Oregon, and after college moved to CA for the good job market. I am from a rural area, beautiful, but lacking in opportunities. I had a great career and retired 5 years ago. I thought about retiring back home, but I was fortunate to buy a home before they got ridiculously expensive, and the cold damp weather and I don’t get along like we once did 🤣 Good luck to you. OR is a great place to live!
I miss Portland (and NOCAL).
Gotta be rich to live in the Golden State!
Fr, I’m not trying to leave. That’s why the grind don’t stop.
Or poor and get benefits.
It's because people continue to come here. Over the long run, the population only goes up. Simple law of supply and demand in the best places.
That's not true in any way. You don't "gotta be rich" to live in California. You just have to be smart and temper your expectations.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
I moved to California in 1976 when I was 20 years old and retired to Thailand in 2017. I lived in the San Francisco East Bay. I loved my life and career in CA but I had had enough once I had found someplace new and enticing. One geographic feature contributing to my decision to leave was the Bay Area fog. It was not an issue when I was young and at work but became unpleasant and tiresome retired at home. The warm tropical climate in Thailand immediately attracted me.
Looking back at CA 7 years later I have to admit that the cost of living, if I returned, would be a barrier but more importantly, I think the CA politics and government and political divisions in the whole of the US is a bigger deterrent to my return. I think I will stay where I am. I have a beautiful new home, enjoy the lower cost of living, have access to great healthcare, and can enjoy a safe and peaceful retirement.
The political division nationwide is is basically those that don't want to make America into the sh!+hole like California has become and the woke that do.
I grew up in Southern Cal in the 70's to the 90's. It sucks so bad now. Cali went woke, now is broke.
I moved to Berkeley in 1972 and San Francisco in 1973, but after 12 years of SF fog, I left. I now live in coastal Los Angeles and Palm Springs.
But a totalitarian government 🇹🇭!
@@larsedikyes, like warm climates. Florida too conservative
@@familykaplan1341 What, too conservative?? im an asian immigrant and asia is far more conservative than any American state. what exactly do you find more conservative?
California was in a drought for most of my adult life and I moved to Vegas in 2022 right before there was a bunch of rain in CA. Every time I go back to visit, from Sacramento to San Diego, it's so much more green and beautiful, it's really good for your soul. My bank account is doing much better out here in the desert though.
I think it’s mostly the high cost of housing. Most young couples and families, even with good dual incomes, could not possibly save enough for a down payment on a $1.5 million home, the starter price in my California county, Marin. Then the mortgage payments, taxes and insurance would be very high. Plus, the cost of everything else here in California, like fuel, transportation and food, is very high in this state. I know I want to move since the “homeless” made a huge encampment a block from my house, but when I sell my current home, I probably couldn’t get anything equivalent in other respects. Only the wealthiest can afford to raise a family here, especially if the mother wants to spend the pre-school years at home with their young children, I know I would. Many of us Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), boomers have an advantage, if we have inherited the assets of our parents, or received financial assistance from them while they were alive. But, we Boomers are in our 60s or older now, much too late to start families. I know my ex and I could never afford to have children, although we are both degreed professionals. We just couldn’t afford for me to not work full-time and our tiny cottage would have been too small.
The Real Estate Industrial Complex. 'Nuff Said.
It's absolutely housing. But it's not the property taxes. Those are dirt cheap compared to literally everywhere in the US.
Don't complain, and try to appreciate your unparalleled quality of life. In my 72 years, my career has taken me from MI, to NC, to CA, to NM, to OR, and back to MI. Now, not a winter goes by without regret for leaving CA.
As a California resident, back in the mid-20th century, the default mode of city planning changed from walkable dense neighborhoods and grid-planned streetcar suburbs to car-centric suburbia. Public transportation was almost completely gutted out and the freeways began to be built. Housing was cheap and plenty from the 1950s-1990s due to endless suburban growth, but the suburban sprawl was soon constrained by the mountains that surround California’s largest cities. Still, people kept moving and the amount of housing built could not keep up with demand. Traffic on freeways became even more clogged (it’s always been this way since the beginning of the freeways themselves), and nowadays it’s quite popular to expand whatever current public transportation system exists in order to decongest the freeways. Also, last year to alleviate the housing crisis, single-family zoning was eliminated in an effort to provide more housing.
The single-family zoning “ban” isn’t what it appears…it allows property owners to split an existing parcel and build an additional structure on each, for a net gain of +3 units. But that’s a maximum; some property owners will only build 1 or 2 additional units. The number of property owners taking advantage of this won’t be enough to solve the housing crisis. And even with zoning opened up, single-family neighborhoods still cover huge swaths of CA cities and they’re not just going to be torn down to build high-rise condos…HOAs and NIMBYs will see to that.
That’s a perfect NPR explanation… Zero original thought and misses the actual real reason why people are moving away from California.
Wow this really makes no sense
@@eeroala5132 What's the reason then?
That happened in many cities. The problem in the most popular cities in California, is that people from all over the world continually want to come here to try an make their dreams come true. It's a blessing and a curse.
My family left CA to the north east.
CA is a beautiful place, but the costs were our primary factor for leaving. second was wanting to buy a house on a decent size of land, and in CA you need millions for that, or live in the desert, or live where there are fires.
Instead of driving for 2-3 hours to get to the wilderness, its in my backyard now.
Moving to Kentucky next year for those same reasons!
Northeast is also very expensive, where did you found affordable housing?
The northeast blows. I’m from that side of the country and i can’t stand how dull and uninspiring the terrain and environment is. Nothing compares to the majestic west coast
Short answer: appalling poverty and homelessness, drug epidemic and wealth inequality. Overall, the place is unliveable unless you're rich.
Shorter answer: Blue supermajority, the source of all the other issues.
Those problems don’t exist in red states cuz all the freedom.
It’s a pretty great place to live if you’re poor too…thanks to a massive tax burden on the middle class to provide an expansive welfare state.
@@HeavyTopspin no one mentions about it in the comments because they ALL VOTED FOR IT, they are all responsible.
Now they are spreading their communist filth to other states.
It's probably a pretty cool place to live if you're a liberal Democrat that gets elected to office repeatedly without any opposition as well. CA is a one party state and has been for 20+ years. Who else can you blame?
I grew up in California but moved away 20 years ago. Amazing state but it goes to show that terrible politicians can blow even the greatest of hands 🤦🏻♂️ Honestly, I sometimes wonder if they fail on purpose 🤔
Alot of other comments have already stated what i wanted to say myself. Think the buffoons in Sacramento will order 4 million new apartments & condos to house more working class residents? WRONG! The people in rich areas will object. The farmers in the Central, Sacramento, & Imperial Valleys will object. Long-time residents will object due to many things, including traffic congestion.
As for people that left, it's more than the high cost of living. Many companies like Tesla & SpaceX moved to Texas and took many of its employees with them. Those that moved to Idaho, Texas, & Florida did so for political & cultural reasons. Geoff, the politicians & their rich donors want to turn California into their own version...of Monaco or Dubai.
I agree with your conclusion. The people who own homes have become NIMBYs ADUs were authorized in some areas and the politicians got immediate push back from home owners about it's potential negative effect on their home prices.
Would just like to point out the people moving out of California for political reasons are on the extreme far right and are by far in the minority. They're also really damn dumb. It's a huge red flag if someone tells you're they're moving to Idaho now a days lol.
You nailed it. Your last sentence sums it up perfectly.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
I thought they were trying to turn Cali into their own version of India or some country like that....seeing as how all the illegals literally sht in the streets and the junkies throw their used needles in on the sidewalk, road, literally anywhere but the trash.
Prefect geography can't beat terrible political leadership and when you loose representation in America in congress your doing it wrong
Except that’s not why people are fleeing… CA’s population is still growing. People come from other places and it causes the housing prices to rise, forcing out locals who can no longer afford it.
@@jtt8237 patato potato
Taxes and cost of living.
@@jtt8237Not anymore. They began slowly losing population in the last few years.
They gonna lose congress seats and electorial college points right?
Rent is the sole reason. In Metro Detroit I live in a zero crime suburb and pay $1150 per month for a two-bedroom apartment. In a zero crime suburb of LA or SF I would imagine paying $5,000/month. In more average neighborhoods around me you're paying more like $800-900/month. If you're doing really bad then you can probably find a place in the metro area for $200-300/month. You could say homeless people or mental illness or crime or politics but facts are facts: People can't afford a place they'd actually like to live in in California. Texas and Florida aren't far behind.
Zero crime suburbs of LA and SF don’t exist because terrible policies cause crime to be everywhere
@@randomcommenter395 Not true at all. Glendale, Burbank, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, and Pasadena have among the lowest crime rates in the US. Same over here in South Orange County. The homicide rate is below 1.0 here; it's a literal fraction of a person per 100,000 residents.
The second you said you live in Detroit you lost the right to have an opinion on this subject
@@VulcanLogic crime in Commiefornia often doesn’t get reported so the politicians can lie to the people with fake statistics
How is Detriot and zero crime in the same sentence
Simple-many think they can move to somewhere like Texas, support and vote for the policies they had in California, then expect it to be cheaper and better with zero consequences or repercussions.
It seems many are taking their stupid, bankrupt, "green", and "woke" socialist ideologies with them. The infection is spreading.
It’s simple 🤷♂️ you’re too blind sided by politics to think that, it’s only affecting one state and that this isn’t the result of greed with huge companies influencing politics to make them even more money
Exactly correct
@@rogueshadows1033you sound like a Californian
@@cargopilotguy305 and you’re built like the state’s most obese population 🤷♂️ 🫣
Horrible government policies, high taxes, lack of school choice, extremely unfriendly business climate are all more significant than the cost of living - since much of the cost of living has to do with bad policy (save housing prices).
California has no excuse - could be so much better.
This state is a sadly in serious decline.
Please tell us about the healthcare offerings in the laissez-faire states of Texas, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. You've got to be kidding.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
@@paulsholar9356 I have no idea what you’re talking about since it has nothing g to do with my comment
Well it has been Republican most of its history, and NOT everyone can have a ho hum job, yet retire as a millionaire (just because of the real estate appreciation). Some would be better off staying where they are.
It's about politics.... Literally nothing to do with geography 🤡
65th Hitman Iame whlteboy
So it definitely isn’t because the rising costs of living, wildfires, lack of homes or concerning weather patterns? 💀 if you wanna politicize shit just say that.
political/ideological/ethnic self segregation !, resulting from partisan polarization and radicalization !
uh, no. High cost of living and too many extreme weather events.
Yeah sure that's why Washington is growing... You're a political hack. California has extremely high housing demand and housing cannot keep up with it. It's too expensive to live in for many. That's simply the reason... But go on thinking it's because of politics... Btw, California politics are nothing crazy compared to most developed countries. Far right wacko.
If you want a cheaper version of California, you’d have to go to Spain or Italy or Greece or something.
Inmigración NO
Portugal looking better every day.
I've lived in Spain, very much of the same climate.
Or Perth, WA or Chile, all those have a Mediterranean climate
Maybe, but none of those places have the intrinsic lure of California where you go to make your dreams come true.
Count me in the large group of people who have left or are planning on leaving. I absolutely *love* California, but unless you're making a tech salary or something close to it, or have inherited property/other forms of generational wealth, it is very difficult to get ahead here. Most people are already familiar with the incredibly high home prices and rents in the cities, but what's not talked about as much are the $5+ per gallon gas, the exorbitant energy costs (43+ cents per kilowatt hour charged by PG&E during low demand times or 53+ cents per kilowatt hour during peak demand periods), car registration costs that set me back $329 this past February on a 4 year old Honda Fit and now my auto insurance rates are set to increase to over $230 per month, despite zero tickets or accidents as a 41 year old. This is just the tip of the iceberg of all the extra costs associated with living here; I could list many more. I'll be relocating up to Washington state, which is still expensive-ish, but at least I'll be able to register my car for $68 and my auto insurance will be dropping down to $75 per month for the same exact policy I currently have here in California. Gas is a dollar cheaper per gallon, and electricity costs are 5-7x cheaper per kilowatt hour, depending on your utility provider. Plus my rent will drop by 2/5, even though salaries and job opportunities are quite similar.
There are other serious issues here; the very lenient policies that only encourage crimes such as retail theft and auto theft/burgularies to flourish for starters. I will definitely come back and visit friends/family a few times per year, but as someone who has spent significant amounts of time up in Washington state , I'll definitely have a better quality of life overall up north. Washington state definitely has its issues too, but definitely not as many as here in California.
I left California in 2016. I was born and raised in Sacramento. The writing was on the wall and had been for decades. I couldn't survive financially out there without being rich so I moved East.
So you moved in with big Rats and cold what job offer you took
I'm a Baltimore native and moved to northern California back in 2017 for a few months working on a farm but it didn't work out and have been back in Maryland but I'm considering moving back. I miss it. I grew up in big city but once you get in touch with nature its all you need. Coming back to Baltimore is so depressing lol Also considering salt lake city (is a good balance of my life living in Baltimore but has the mountains like in Humboldt and Vermont and a perhaps Maine. Maryland is way to expensive and boring in my opinion. Was just let go from my job so the world is my oyster
Try New Hampshire
@@jer3996 Been to Cannon,wildcat and loon and loved it. They need to get with the times with cannabis laws there though
Stayed in NOCAL for 15 years after discharge from the Navy in '84. Now back in MI, I still regret leaving. Go back if you can afford it, tough it out, and make the necessary decisions and sacrifices to stay.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. People flocked there in droves, california struggled to support their booming population but couldnt. Now its home to the very rich and very poor with a serious drug problem. And dont get me started on swimming pools in the desert
Not "couldn't". Wouldn't.
The reason people are leaving this state has nothing to do with geography and climate. It's too expensive here.
High taxes, overpopulation, failing power grid, crime, high living costs, flooded with illegals, uber left wing politics. Basically it's New York but with good weather, and the good weather isn't enough to keep people there.
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
A lot of boomers are “leaving” to Arizona and Nevada but keeping their house in CA and living there 49% of the time.
If you're going to make up facts at least somewhat make them believable. There is zero evidence to back up your 49% boomer comment. 👍
As an Upstate NY resident. I felt that
@@camdudzinski5206 How do snowbirds affect your housing market there? I hear there are lots of northerners that buy beach condos and live there during the fall/winter. Does that drive the housing market up?
@@Laura_6262 yes absolutely... I love it here but I got insanely lucky and hit the market in 2009 at bottom of the crash. Without that I'd be long gone.
There is zero chance I could afford my own house now. And that's with an advanced degree, VA loan (which is worthless here nowadays) spouse, only one child and long term steady employment. To top it off... I worked two jobs in my 20s and 30s and I live in an OK area and older non upgraded house.
That's California...
Beautiful weather though.
That makes no sense.
You really nailed it when you said that California doesn't build enough housing and that's why it's so expensive to live there. That's the biggest reason why it's so expensive, but not the only one. But many of the people who live there don't seem to understand basic supply and demand when it comes to home prices and rents and/or they don't care about the negative effects of not building enough housing as long as they've got what they want.
Uh - how about the terrible crime and incompetence in Sacramento?
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
All of cali's problem are a direct result of liberal/commies in our govt. and the passage of both prop 47 and 57.
We had some good rain this winter.
True that my guy
Oil is the building block for numerous products: petroleum-based products are used in electronics. From speakers and smartphones to computers, cameras, and televisions, most electronics need oil for production.
It's in way more than just electronics. Petroleum extraction is required for almost everything we use in modern society including pharmaceuticals. Go internet search how many hundreds of essential products we need it for, it's quite a surprise. Without petroleum we're back to living in the 19th century with no alternatives.
Very true. Its only purpose on this planet in its various forms is to be used as energy. Almost by design one could say.....
Because everything costs 3 times more than everywhere else
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
All of cali's problem are a direct result of liberal/commies in our govt. and the passage of both prop 47 and 57.
I left 2018 to new zealand for a lady but was planning to leave CA by 2020 (of course not knowing about covid would've hurt that) mainly due to jobs not being tech were notnpaying enough for housing in the Los Angeles area. Our bubble of politocs and self entitlement (most of America really) keeps most people stuck but many flee for funds, homes and new life
(1) When talking about population declines by state, shouldn't we convert numbers to percentage of population to start with? I haven't looked, but I'm sure your channel has already pointed out that the metropolitan area of Los Angeles alone is greater than like that of the ten smallest population states combined. So anyone saying that more people left California than any other state is purposefully misleading. (2) How many of those who "left" actually died from the pandemic, and thus didn't "migrate" away to another state. People like Ron DeSantis have tried to point out that California lost more people to Covid than any other state, again being misleading since by percentage of population, it's like in the lowest 15 of states. In fact, New York, the state that lost the most people since it was the epicenter of the first wave when we didn't know how to deal with it, is now lower per capita than most red states. (3) Could someone please tell me where these population figures are coming from? The U.S. census only happens once per decade, and I believe the last one was largely conducted in 2019. Can we say with any true accuracy how many people have left the state? Anecdotally, we know some who could continue to telecommute and keep their jobs left for cheaper housing and lower taxes, but that's all anecdotal, and I doubt THAT many were allowed to keep their jobs while moving out of state. Tesla moved to Texas, so that surely took some employees, but not all--and now Tesla has left Austin for some other location.
TLDR...🙄
Populations statistics come from a number of places not just from the US census. It come from tax rolls voter registrations many other things including reporting from companies on payroll taxes etc.
You wrote a whole lot of nonsense just trying to cope with what you can't handle.
Literally everybody including Governor Newsom, knows that people have been leaving California in droves. Can literally list endless reasons, not only taxes crime political atmosphere just to name a few. And it is a fact that they've lost population because they lost a congressional district they're not going to have the same amount of Congress people. They've also lost electoral votes because they've lost so many people. Do a little research yourself instead of demanding others because everybody else already knows
Home, sweet home ❤ It is expensive to live here, no doubt. But, home is where your livelihood and family are. If people think the grass is greener elsewhere, then go elsewhere. We’ve got too many people here anyway. Nice overview of the history, landscape and economy here. Good work, Geoff!
There is a lady at work who said she doesn't mind the high taxes and high cost of living. Sure her family has a paid for house in Palos Verdes. The elites don't worry about the high cost, it is just the regular people who have to suffer with it.
@@2Phast4Rocket We are just a regular working class family. Bought our home over 35 years ago and worked hard to pay for it. I honestly don’t know how a young family can break into this housing market today without significant help. If we were in that position years ago, leaving for a cheaper place to live might have been the best choice as long as that cheaper area had a strong economy. We have always been blessed with great jobs and opportunities here.
@foreverdreamwithinadream6871 Yes, the rich people in rich areas always do just fine. You’re right, that’s the sad truth. Los Angeles County is one of the most densely populated counties in the US, and it is pocketed with great areas, and shabby ones. All of those great areas are where the upper crust dwells, while the working class neighborhoods are more susceptible to the things we don’t like. It is not one size fits all! It sounds like you found a great place, and I’m sure your pocketbook is fatter for it! 💰
So many clueless CA haters on here can only parrot what they hear at their conservative victim support groups. I had a decent job at UC Davis, and a relatively affordable home in Elk Grove. We had to relocate to fulfill my ex's NHS commitment-a move I still regret to this day-especially when our $100K home is now valued at $600K.
It saddens me that a state with such potential has leaders that are destroying it for their own self interests. Sickening, really.
People are leaving because of how the politicians run the state
Theyre leaving because theyre retired and want to stretch every dime they have. CA has always been more expensive than other states. Nothing new. Still has a net positive population gain just like most other states.
Ya, funny the presenter doesn't mention that. I AM from California. Lived there all my life . Owned a home in Santa Barbara. Retired. Saw my state abandon me. Moved to North Carolina. Much happier.
I think everything that you need to know is that they're attempting to impose a tax on people for leaving the state. Because everyone with half a brain who can, is trying to.
They are leaving from liberal areas to liberal areas, so politics are doubtful as a cause.
But costs certainly are a cause. As is NIMBYism that is preventing building more housing, again greatly contributing to those costs.
@@krakken- leaving a liberal state for the most liberal parts of more conservative states. They want to have their cake and eat it
Can you say Democrat Socialist Cesspool? And when they run to a good state they vote for the same things they fled.
I cannot believe you're asking this.
Engagement farming
One of the best concise summaries of California’s geography and history that I have ever seen. Thank you, Geoff!
Because it's expensive AF over there?
Everyone left because they sold house's they bought for 100k for 400k-to 500k. And bought huge homes in other states for half the price.
You forgot high crime rates, outrageous mismanagement, extensive homelessness, high taxes, and overrun by liberal policies! I say this as a conservative Californian. And yes, it is a very beautiful land with much to offer!
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
During the lockdowns CA felt like communist East Germany to me. My wife and I can't wait to leave this woke and overpriced paradise, and move to a free state for good.
I have lived in California for 60 years. Comparing my lifestyle with other states is no contest, it’s California! I went from city/suburbs to a rural/small town which I would highly recommend. 😂
I think that would be the only way to go to live in California would be to live in a rural area. The state is beautiful but the cities are a mess. Of course this is true in most states. I live in rural NY state and it isn't bad except for the winters and high property tax, but overall costs are low here and nothing like NYC. You can still get a nice house here for $200K, but you will pay a lot of property tax, that's the downside. Utilities are cheap here too because of hydro power from Niagara Falls and abundant water sources. Yeah both states are a mess politically and in terms of crime, overpopulation and high costs in the cities, but country life is still doable because you are at least pretty much removed from all that. To tell you the truth I'd rather be where you are if nothing else for the better climate, but I am pretty comfortable here as well and have been here all my life outside of a brief stint in West Virginia for a couple years when I was younger.
I’ve been here 60 years too. We have done a lot of traveling and I couldn’t imagine living in a better place. I do, however, consider myself lucky to have a nice life here.
Conservatives know it's more important to be around other conservatives that they can get along with. Weather a beautiful environment a beautiful climate beautiful everything is nowhere near as important as being around people that they have similar politics with. This is why conservatives are all leaving.
How many people “from California” were born there? How many people born there have roots there further than 50 years? 80 years? If your family lived there before WW II, you are in a very rare situation. Now look at North Dakota. Nearly every resident has family roots from before 1910.
I’m 5th generation Californian. Moved to Arizona in 2019 and absolutely love our improved Lifestyle!
Drug addicts everywhere in the cities, soaring crime and above all that an arrogant state governor
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
People are leaving due to corrupt politicians ruining this once great state.
California covers a big area, but much if not most of it is uninhabitable mountains and deserts. The Bay Area is a good example of why it is hard to build enough housing. Most of the Bay Area consists of water and mountains. There is a large body of water called San Francisco Bay in the middle and a mountain range on both sides of the bay. In San Mateo County, where I live, the cities are squeezed between the bay and the mountains, with no room to expand. The only way to add more housing is to build high density housing on underutilized land such as surface parking lots and strip malls. People who want to live in a single family detached house with a yard are out of luck unless they have lots of money to buy one of those houses. The median home price in this county is $1.7 million. The only reason I can afford to live here is that I am old enough to have bought my house back in the 20th century when home prices were still affordable.
As a California to Portland refugee, I'd say that politics ruins the state. It's not democratic leadership but rather the fact that cities aren't built to be lived in. Every single inch of developed land is owned by raging violent capitalists that must achieve maximum profit at all times. If you're not paying a lot in rent you're not located in a popular area.
You’re insane
@@bobsmith5185 Well, they DID say that they left California because of the politics... and moved to PORTLAND, so yeah, they are nuts!
@@tommylitchfield3450 they blamed it on capitalists, not on democrats
@aidancollins1591 Democrats have many more problems than just NIMBY
We love Portland, but miss the East Bay too ......but not the outrageous rent!!😂😂
Interesting video looking at California issues through a geographic lens. Thanks.
Is the question addressed to mentally challenged individuals?! It's ridiculous!
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
As Californian born and raised. It’s definitely the best looking state. It’s the politics and price
Impossible cost of living, ridiculous taxes, unconditional state laws, and more.
All of cali's problem are a direct result of liberal/commies in our govt. and the passage of both prop 47 and 57.
It's not just housing. I lived in CA for 16 years. Many jobs are also leaving CA - its much easier to find good housing and a good paying job elsewhere. The tax burden is also very high by leaving CA I got an effective pay raise due to the lower taxes. The same goes for the cost of utilities - I live in a colder climate and my electric and gas bills have gone down. CA also won't fix its freeways with mass transit. The freeways simply move way more people than could be moved by train and/or bus.
Never ever move to Ohio, that place sux hard. Well, Columbus was decent but probably becuase Thee OSU brings a lot of entertainment.
Politics aside, California is a fascinating and beautiful state. I’d love to see even more videos about this state
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.
6:19 Hey Sonoma! Well I'm not from the town of Sonoma but I am from Sonoma County which does have the town of Sonoma in it. I'm from Sonoma county's largest city Santa Rosa which is the fifth largest city in the Bay area and the largest city in the North Bay and wine country. Yes it's more populated than Napa and actually by a lot.
Sonoma County is beautiful. I have vacationed there twice. Great memories!
@@Laura_6262 It is beautiful here. I love living here. The only problem is just like the rest of California and the Bay area the cost of living keeps going up here as well. Many people I knew here including my own family actually moved out. Fortunately some friends of mine have stayed here and my wife's family has stayed in the area so it's not like me and her are alone or anything.
That is not true. The population has actually grown again lately according to the latest numbers. I live in California and I would choose to live here over any other state. It still has the 5th largest economy in the world and most of the high tech and entertainment companies are still based in the state. All those people who talk bad about the state must watch Fox News or something. There are a lot of states in worse shape.
As a native Pennsylvanian u couldn’t pay me a million dollars to live in california
I never wanted to leave California, I lived in the same zip code for 80% of my life and I loved it there. Part of the reason I left was high housing prices, I did not want to spend $1.5 million for a three bedroom house in a "decent" neighborhood. The final straw was the results of 20+ years of one party rule, the state is becoming a wasteland. I have never understood California voters, supposedly intelligent people who continually vote for a political system that leads to government control and the breakdown of society. It definitely got worse over the past 5 years though. I am just hoping that the Californians joining me in Arizona do not ruin this state also, it is teetering on the edge right now.
Arizona has two democrat senators and a democrat governor. Arizona has been californified
you’re why Arizona is a ruined mess now
@@cutehumor Does your state have a republic governor and two republic senators? 😆
It's high time there was a third viable option to vote for.
@@bearpawz_yes we have two Republican senators and a republican governor in Tennessee 😎😎
As a current Californian; The housing (rent and ownership), crime rate, and relatively low pay per the housing costs isn't great. Even my friends who have useful degree's, not a liberal arts or any of that crap, in IT or Bio Med are struggling to own a home or barely make it here. It sucks!
I wouldn’t want to live there either. Would I pay $7 a gallon for gasoline when it costs half as much literally anywhere else in the United States.
Those are Europe prices. And I left there for many reasons that is one of them. And high taxes like California has.
I don’t like California’s high crime rates either.
It's a defacto one party state. The tax and tax even more and spend party rules.
💀 that’s not California, you’re talking about the cities mate. I’ve yet to see $7 gas anywhere but in the mountain/isolated areas of California
@@rogueshadows1033you need to get out more then because it has happened a lot
You must live in a trailer home in the mid west where brothers and sister kiss
yeah, no one here mentioned the high salaries and business opportunities, but please don't move here anyway. Losers sleep on the ground.
I left in 2019 because the state essentially regulated me out of my family farm, taxed/fined me for the most absurd stuff and outside of that they do this to everyone else so everything is expensive and it just made it a real struggle to live there despite making decent money. Thankfully it's been the single greatest economic, quality of life and personal freedom upgrade I've ever experienced living in a more pro-freedom state. California is the greatest example of why not to vote for the things California votes for.
I've seen several of these videos trying to make excuses as to why people are leaving California to avoid the truth which is people are tired of Democrat leadership... period
why? california is by far the most powerful US state, *because* of democratic rule.
@@matthewbarabas3052 by most powerful you mean what's the largest mass Exodus from any state in the country's history and all-time crime records,,then yes... You are the most powerful lol 🤡
Mmmm if you’ve seen this many videos and choose to be ignorant then it’s a you problem not a California problem. Yall are so quick to dick ride the hate bandwagon to get political points with other people and it shows 🤷♂️.
@@rogueshadows1033 it’s definitely a California problem 😂 I think most ppl agree w that
There's one thing you didn't mention about the rising housing costs that I've heard from so many people including my friend's mom who is a real estate agent herself. Another reason why housing costs have gone up is also because of pure greed from some of its residents. There's a lot of areas where there should be housing but it's just empty fields of really tall grass just across the street from a big beautiful neighborhood of houses. There's no reason there shouldn't be houses or apartment complexes in these massive fields but what's been happening a lot is that a lot of them richer more well-off citizens here have been so greedy and pushed back against any government plans to expand and build more housing and apartments because these greedy bastards who live in these neighborhoods that definitely could be expanded want to maintain the values of their homes by reducing the amount of extra houses.
It's ridiculous because it's like why do you need to keep the cost of your house to be so high Are you actually planning on selling it anytime soon? I mean if you love living here so much and you're doing so well financially why would you even need to do that?
The Real Estate Industrial Complex. 'Nuff Said.
It's worth mentioning that California is unique geography is what kept it from being settled for hundreds of years. The Spanish tried from the 1500s until the 1700s. It was the mountain ranges and the oceans that kept people from truly settling there.
1:35 That's Emerald Bay, right across the lake from where I live.
Too bad about the ring of fire… I might have considered it otherwise.
The presentation on CA's geography is indeed impressive. However, your assessment as to the "why" people have been leaving, is missing a crucial component. ..... it's 95+% *Politics* The Political structure and agenda of those in Sacramento, as well as the big cities of San Francisco & Los Angeles, is what has spearheaded the fleeing. Politics have turned the state into one of the worst for any business to start up, and why others are closing down. It's the politics that have raised taxes & subsequent cost of living, to such extremes. Then you add the political decisions that enable increased crime with little repercussions, and you get the max exodus, from what is clearly the most beautifully diverse state in the union
IMHO
*My answer:* SO many people, SO little room.
Be honest. CA has been Invaded by illegal aliens.
There's plenty of room in our third-biggest state, just move away from the coast.
@Booz2020 More spicitos, more problemitos.
Your very good at geography, Geoff. But should not let your politics interfere. Housing cost is only one of the reasons CA is losing people and businesses. Failed government polices, teacher unions along with failing education institutions, crime that is government induced, and homelessness are all a larger issue than housing. Democrat policies and liberalism has made the state almost unliveable for everyone but the elite class.
Ya Geoff doesn't want to acknowledge this. Topography and mist levels in the mountains are why we are leaving. That's it.
Geoff is a lib so won't say it.
Yes, California has almost everything, but a good government.
At 15:20, there's a geography mistake: the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildalgo did not establish the border shown in the video. The border shown is the boundary created by the Treaty of Mesilla during the Gadsden Purchase of 1854.
Californians moving to NY is just silly.
Western and Central Upstate NY have some of the cheapest real estate in the country.
@@TheItalianTrash Given that NY politicians are as bad as California politicians the cost of real estate is the only difference they’ll see, other than the miserable winters.
Who wants to move to NY the migration is worst there y’all have people from everyone living like bums on the streets and rats
Ice cold ocean, unlike Florida's warm ocean
The main reason is the far left politics.
Describe "far left." The ACTUAL definition, not the lie from the fascist traitor MAGA crowd.
According to Fox News. That's not even in the top 3, in reality.
@@SenorJuan2023 Has nothing to do with what Fox News says. Do you even live here? I’m guessing no.
@@tommoore4128 Already said I live in Cali. Also lived in Texas and Florida. Been in USA 58 years.
@@tommoore4128 If you live here Tom, and are unhappy with the politics, why don’t you leave? Go find a far-right political place to be if that makes you happy.
I left in 2019 due to low pay, increasing rent, inability to buy a house, and bad politics making all of that worse
Cost of living. Money is the only real reason people move. Anyone who claims it is politics is full of crap. Look at their finances and you'll see the real reason.
The cost of living is directly tied to the political leadership of the state and local governments - which are almost all made up of one party. The tax and spend party. Thank God we still have the right to move out of the state. I am already on my way.
@@rrrogster that’s a lot of complaints, but it doesn’t change the fact that people who leave the state do it for economic reasons. Everyone who is too poor to live here has a laundry list of complaints as to what caused that situation. Be it liberals, minorities, immigrants, the homeless, corporations, etc… but just be honest. If it were cheap to live here, you’d stay and suck it up. Because California at the end of the day, is still paradise on earth.
That’s a lot of complaints, but it still doesn’t change the fact that people who leave the state do it for economic reasons. Everyone who can’t afford to live here has a laundry list of complaints as to why that is. Be it liberals, minorities, the homeless, immigrants, etc… but just be honest, if it were cheap to live here everyone would still stay. Because at the end of the day, California is still paradise on earth.
We actually moved somewhere more expensive. It was 100% a political decision. And it has worked out even better than we had hoped. Not living under California government is almost as nice as not living among the people who continue to vote for them. :p
@@ThePyleDriver you moved somewhere more expensive? I have serious doubts. It sounds like you are making things up. Where is more expensive than California? Outer Space?
Droughts, Fires, Air Pollution, Crime, High Taxes, High gas prices, over expensive homes, State Income Tax of 13%, homeless people everywhere, graffiti
Perfect geography, except for being on a fault line between seismic plates.
I've been looking through the comments, and none of them seem to be addressing the most important question - which is, what is that tattoo on Geoff's right arm?
I lived there and loved it, Just got too expensive to retire there....
So did I, but I regret leaving.
California's geography while great, is not the best for housing development. Large areas of the state are inhospitable for it such as the deserts of southern California and the mountainous regions to the east and north. Cities like San Francisco, LA and San Diego would inhabitable it were not for shady deals made in the 19th century that routed water from the Sierras and reservoirs to them. California also has some of the most inefficient and wasteful land use of any state in the country with suburban sprawl especially in LA and inland empire. This is the result of longstanding regulations and NIMBY-ism that suppressed more efficient land use by high density housing and mixed use zoning. People complain about it, but they are a part of the problem. Whenever a solution comes up to increase housing supply, the existing homeowners are the first to vote against any measures to deal with it.
Aside from that, California is among the heavily taxed states and have one of the highest tax burdens borne by its residents. Its a state that is a victim of its success.
Ex-Californian speaking: cost of living, especially housing. After my wife's death, my property tax rose so much, I had a whole new appreciation for Proposition 13. At retirement, it was impossible to stay.
And I loved California - the best years of my life.
the first 11:12 is filler. Common knowledge for the most part.
Most people in CA are not leaving because of the geography, except for those with enough common sense to get away from the San Andreas fault.
High cost of living for sure. Housing shortage? Unlikely because of the feeding frenzy by investors that would be happening.
The folks who have to moved to Greene County MO cite Bad Economy, Bad Government, Homelessness, and the illegal immigrant invasion.
Too expensive, too far-left, too many homeless.
Good, keep leaving. You can’t afford it here anyway 😂
I left California and moved to Michigan in 1995. Main reasons were cost of living but what expedited the move was the earthquake in 1994. None of my friends believed I was leaving until I was gone. On a modest income my wife and I bought a house, raised a child and have a better quality of life here.
You’re right! California is such a great geography! So why many people are leaving??? Answer: Leftest policies
Being in the NYC area, Californians moving to NY surprised me, as it is
expensive in this area.
Upstate is less populated, and less
expensive, however the upstate
has pretty cold and snow winters. 😊
Yes, as someone who lives upstate near Buffalo I can agree that the winters are much more harsh here, but our cost of living is much lower. The one exception is that our property tax is still pretty bad here, I think this is true throughout the state as even my friend that lives in an extremely rural area by the finger lakes also pays high taxes.
@@100percentSNAFU Thanks 😊
California politics are simply awful!
The important question about the people leaving California is how the people staying there feel about the people who leave.
I think there is a perfect place for everyone, you’ve just got to find it. I hope those who moved away found what they were looking for. I believe if you are unfulfilled or unhappy about where you live, it’s better to make a change. For us, CA has been a wonderful place to live.
It's mostly transplants that are leaving. And honestly, we're better for it.
Our politics really haven't changed all that much. We weren't even the first state to legalize weed recreationally... That was Colorado. Now there's a state that changed politically in a short time.
Both my wife and I are Native Californians. We met in Encinitas. I spent a career in Cal Fire protecting the citizens of California.
Unfortunately, thanks to Newsome, it became unrecognizable compared to the California I grew up in. Leftist policies ruined the state. We didn’t want to raise our daughter there.
I took an early ish retirement and we move to the Northern Rockies. It bums me out to say it but you couldn’t pay me enough to live there now.
It’s really a sad thing to see
Hopefully you found what you were looking for. Encinitas is a pretty awesome place!
California was the best until everyone else figured that out and spoiled it by coming. The upside became the downside.
Wow... he sure glossed over criminal justice policy and ridiculous COVID restrictions. Everyone I know who left California starting in 2020 cited at least one of those two as their reason for moving out.
Yes, the underemployed bozos
Gavin Newsome just doesn't go away , the elections to recall this dude were rigged .... our votes didn't count. The politics in California are corrupted, controlled by 4 families ,,, Nancy Pelosi, her nephew Gavin Newsome, the former Governor Brown (Jerry Brown) control the politics of California which results in a business unfriendly environment , a heavily Democrat anti 2nd Ammendment culture, Trump Derangement Syndrome running rampant. The world will end before the Democrats let their deathgrip on California let go. The state used to be a nice place to live. Now it's a tax nightmare because the Democrats have destroyed the business environment for the last 40 years.