5 Reasons No One Should Live In California
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You've heard me talk about the problems that everyone in California is facing, but I want to tell you about the personal issues I deal with every day. I was born in Los Angeles - Burbank, to be exact - and I've lived here all my life. It pains me to have to leave my beautiful state, but this place has become uninhabitable. Here are some of my personal stories about my experience dealing with these problems, and why I can't stay here anymore.
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It's funny how GTA looks like a safer version of California.
Facts. Can't wait for GTA 6
Preach
It’s funny because it’s true.... wait or does that make it sad nvm definitely funny
Not when I’m playing GTA
crack is a hell of drug. You should stop.
You know things are bad when GTA's version of your city is better than real life.
This is actually terrifying.
Can you help me complete the doomsday scenario heist in GTA Online?
Just kidding
The Red Angle All you had to do was follow the damn train CJ!
@@vergil1983 You say that when there's only 2 checkout lines at the grocery store.
I asked a coworker why he left California. His response: "California has lost its moral compass."
Millions of people would disagree. Let's look at MS, AL, AR, FL for those with moral compass leanings racist, homophobic and misogynistic.
@@jh748 Of course they would disagree. They’re the reason California is so lost. No one wants to admit the failed policies they support are the cause of California’s moral decline.
@@jh748California Los Angeles specifically Is more racist than all those states combined
@@jh748 It's not really like that. That's mostly in the movies and a false stereotype.
@@rodneylee4026Well, their political leaders sure are like that so they make it seem like the whole state is.
Good for Ben! I just moved back to California 3 months ago after 20 years in Florida for a "great" job opportunity. I feel like I'm waking up in the apocalypse every day. A 6 figure income here provides a lower quality of life than working at a gas station in Florida. I have to wait to escape due to wife's health issues for another month or so. I'm not sure I'd be able to bring myself back ever again even for a weekend to attend a family members funeral. I sold my home in Florida that was paid off and gave away all my cars, boat, rv, and possessions to get here. I'll be going back with my truck and little else. I've been relieved of my cash at an alarming rate. I'd strongly warn anyone to never make the mistake I have by missing family and your home town. It no longer exists. Save yourselves and run for your nearest border. I will kiss the ground as soon as I see the welcome to Arizona sign soon. I should have heeded the advice of literally everyone and stayed put. I sincerely hope California falls in the ocean before they keep spreading their cancerous lifestyles and ideology to the decent Americans across this great country. I pity those who don't know the difference between communism and capitalism. God bless America and I pray the remaining Americans find the power within themselves to fight against the invasion.
Sometimes people deserve what happens to them; Karma. You are clearly a gullible, uneducated person and think the authoritarianism and dictatorship-like state government is not a cancerous lifestyle or ideology. Your right communism and capitalism are very different but Desantis is much closer to Putin than anything we have ever had in this country. I moved from CA to FL 10 years ago and it was the biggest mistake of my life and in the process of moving back. You refer to the word "invasion" without a cent of what it really means; talk to any Ukraine about fighting against a real invasion. People like you do in fact deserve what you get and people like you do not deserve to live in a younger, innovative, forward thinking society but rather in the middle of the AZ desert.
This was a year ago now. Are you still in CA or did you escape? And THANK YOU for sharing your story.
@QuitTheBlueCircus oh I escaped lololol. I took a huge hit selling my convertible bentley I liked so much, just so I could leave without delay. Started a new construction company since I've been back in florida. Things changed fast here while I was in San diego. People from CA and NY swarmed it here, and the price of rent and everything tripled. It's just as bad as California now, except for the the high taxes, costs of utilities are still low here, no people sleeping outside, freedom supporting politics, and a business friendly environment here. The new people here drive very badly, and make each day challenging because of it. I was having panic attacks, stress issues, and vertigo in san diego for months. All symptoms cleared up when I got back florida. I used to love the stress in Cali when I was a kid. Incapacitates me now. The scams and price gouging in California were insane. Trying san diego again was by far the most stressful and costly mistake I have ever made in my life. I deeply regret it, and will until I pay off another home hopefully one day and get partially back to where I was. It's hard every day living with the consequences of the failed adventure. California is just too restrictive on business, way too much taxes, the homeless issues were very depressing because I see them as humans, the people were scared and or sad, and the cost of living was super high for a very low quality of life. I did like the access to so many different restaurants. Weed dispensaries everywhere for recreational use was fun. Amenities required a fight through traffic and crowds that made them undesirable whatsoever. Medical care in the best hospital in so cal was infuriating to witness, as well as the system in general for regular care for my wife. All bad except the food and weed. Water is polluted and the beaches are sad to look at. So much sadness in the air. When I was a teen there it was a different world full of sunshine and opportunity. It's gone.
@@BLOODFART309I'm so happy in California
Everyone is fleeing California like rats from a sinking ship. That’s including myself.
Good luck from the UK.
Good luck from Pennsylvania
Leave the policies that caused all of the issues behind.
@@jamestrimbath How are things in Pennsylvania? You think Biden has it?
That was the objective how are they going to make room for immigrants if citizens don't leave?
Why I'm leaving Texas and moving to California:
Too many Californians
Hahahahaha
This is GOLD!
I thought NYC was bad but California is a whole new level of suck.
@Russian Roulette en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californian it most certainly does exist...
It sucks that warmer states are more populated Vermont Maine and New Hampshire are great if you hate people
I moved to San Diego for 9 months because of my job. I think having a bunch of buildings full of expensive condos and a bunch of homeless people and trash outside is straight out of a dystopian novel.
I was born and raised in San Francisco, which is having the same problems as L.A. We are both disheartened, dismayed and angered as to what has occurred here, and see no hope seeing it getting better. We have been having serious discussions as to where to move to.
What would Herb Cane do? Say? Write?
Such a beautiful city in times gone by. If you could go back in time to San Francisco, what time would you visit? I often wonder this.
You posted this 1 year ago. Did you decide to move? Where to? How has it worked out for you?
Stay put, your not welcome anywhere else!
@@ERIC619ismtoo late
Burning a building (minor offensive)
Calling a person by he or she (crime)
Strange times
And it’s only going to get worse from here soon it will be looking at a person is a crime saying hi will be a crime literally it’s like freedom is slowly being taken away
Have you seen the comedy version of the 2020 Presidential Debates?!
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California the thought police state
Current President paying less income taxes than I do annually (not illegal due to tax loopholes, but offensive).
@@calvinmiguel4405 it was an extension penalty. He payed millions but the media won't tell you that. Do your research
I'm not even involved in politics but California really does suck.
Yup everyone here doesn't understand shit and are hypocritical
never been there huh?
I’m leaving California mid October. There are sick depraved people everywhere and the ones who aren’t homeless or drug addicts are extremely hostile and brainwashed. I’m also paying sooooo much in income tax for what?
I'm jealous... would love to leave this mess.
Where did you move to and how do you like it?
@@carolyncox7694Please stay
Its should called "why i'm leaving france" for me
😂😂😂
“Last rational person out, turn out the lights.”
don’t worry, California will just shut the power off regardless
I actually laughed reading your comment, my power was out 5 mins ago. I live in central CA
Donald Trump is a garbage human" - ben shapiro
"Melania Trump is a mail order bride" - ben shapiro
"Donald Trump is a flaming pile of dog crap" - ben shapiro
Miss Dee - Same here, Native Cal Resident, my paid off Home, wondering what I shall do in my immediate future as I am retired.
I also had a good chuckle. Power went out too... yes, I may be in Johannesburg South Africa - but I lost power for the same idiotic reason you did - socialist ideas rotting institutions away... the same institutions society got so comfortable with, that they have forgotten the sacrifice it took to gain them.
The left smile as they lodge the knife ever so deeper into your back.
Go vote America.
@@diceblue6817 I bet you still live with your mommy and daddy
California in 2021: "We will now be taxing your taxes with the California Tax tax."
😂😂😂😂
N if u wont or cant .... They will lurch around, til you have money in your account til their is some n like magic, it vanishes.... to the peoples republic coffers🙈
Don’t give them any ideas, they’ll tax those too
"California will not be out stupided." -Jericho Green
@CO I don't think that would hold up in court.
I've been to California one time in my entire life, all the way back in 2010. I spent two weeks in that state. If I never set foot in California again, it'll be too soon.
One of my nieces and nephew-in-law moved two years ago from California and took their business with them. They are much happier now that they left that state.
*" A homeless man with a crossbow"* pretty much sums up California's governance tbh
Lmfao
He is ahead of the curve he’s just waiting for the zombie apocalypse.
Probably to protect himself from the raccoons and Drug dealers lmfao I didn't know it was illegal here to own a crossbow. And I'm sure Dude probably tried to hit him with his car usually how these dorky weak fcks roll. Scared of homeless ppl wtf 🤣🤣 sheltered little fcks never been in The real world.
The crossbow was probably government subsidized. Homeless vigilantes or homeless villains...could go either way
Nah the naked chic running with a dead rat in her mouth did that.
Yep, what you are saying is absolutely true! I moved at age 61 after being born and raised in Southern California. It makes me so sad when I remember the way California used to be as a kid and what the Politicians have allowed it to become now.
The politicians are a reflection of the people voting them in. So at some point most of the population is getting what they voted for.
liptongtr This is exactly right.
And this population is now moving to other states and trying to do the same thing all over again.
@@liptongtr Shows you what the PEOPLE of California have become
your name is "Happy bird's Glitter Nest" and you're 61?
I know how you feel, having to leave your hometown to escape the insanity. For the same reasons I finally left New Orleans.
We left California in 2005. One of the BEST decisions we ever made. I have been back twice to visit and both times I could not wait to get out of there. The place is a madhouse.
so you went to Stockton?
If you’re an extreme liberal/left leaving a liberal/blue state, I hope you have the smart idea of leaving those socialistic/marxist/communistic ideas there.
They're not really known for their _amazing_ self awareness.
@@gabrielclark1425 this made me laugh
unfortunately not example Kenosha most of the people living there moved just over the border from Illinois due to the same issues with Illinois that California has and brought all the same voting policies with them thus you got the riots there and a mayor unwilling to stop them
That’s the problem, they will take their ulta left, progressive, socialist, Marxist ‘ideas’ per Beijing Biden with them to other states. They get what they vote for.
You are getting a little overboard buddy cali people just want a better life not change states , thats politicians not U.S citizens so if dems take over your state well thats because Republicans didn't hold onto it
Politicians want to raise the taxes when they don't even pay their own
Left CA in 1995, born and raises there. Refuse acknowledge ties to CA. Gov Newsome is an idiot....great CA votes for him.....live with it.He can go socialize, you can’t. Suckers!
No shit, you wouldn't either 😅😂
I would
Thats true look at Trump.
Yep, just like Trump.
I’ve lived in California my whole life and heartbreakingly it has become unlivable 🥺
Try Florida. Unless you authoritarianism mixed in with homelessness, insurance/housing crisis, crime and extreme high heat and humidity all the time.
I was out in LA/Mojave desert in the early to mid 70s and it was great. It is a shame how the world has changed within the last 50 years. This generation of males today need to man up and develop strong positive leadership for California and the rest of America. California has always been more advanced than say Texas, Louisiana, Ms etc.
nah you just living in the bad parts
@@BBWBrynn yeah things change. And please don’t generalize the entire California as “unlivable” because there are many cheap places and homeless free places to live in California so don’t generalize based of LA and San Francisco
I was born, raised and live in CA. I remember watching this video 2 years and thinking "it can't get anyone worse" magically it did. The E.Bay Area is insane to live in right now.
HOW MANY CALIFORNIAN'S LEAVING HAVE REPEATEDLY VOTED FOR NEWSOME ?
just don't live there then
Ben sounds like somebody who's tolerated a bad relationship for far too long and now that he's finally committed to the decision to break up, he's just letting it all out!
Sadly, the "far too long" part of your comment is the key.
Any idea where he is going to move? Because that may be the next place he is going to complain about...
@@elpelu123 what Ben complain? nah, he so happy and positive. The quintessential optimist.
Given his unapologetic and unrestrained partisanship, the only thing I'm surprised by is the BS is in the state at all.
@@user-mi5xq8zj7u haha love the way you said that "unapologetic and unrestrained" , so true. He likes to think of himself as this powerful thinker like a Sam Harris type. But he has his agenda and clear ideology and its so transparent. Imagine one day he says, you know what I could be wrong about something. There are things that I haven't considered. Just because I talk fast doesn't mean that my thoughts are quality. Just another self righteous bully.
1970’s California Dreamin
2020’s California burnin
1870s to 1980s - California Dreamin' - & decent economy
2000 to present - California Leavin' & dirtier than ever.
And the burnin is being done by the same ones who were dreamin, or their spawn.
Sad
Bob Bob if Tupac was alive he would have hated LA don’t you think
Maybe we (Nevada) will get a nice beach after we break off the burnt remains of California.
Stumbled on this. Really liked it. I left SD 35 years ago at age 22, and every time I go back for a visit (not that often) I am not impressed. So many homeless, and so bold! Also, the place is just too crowded! Driving on the freeway is often like parking on the freeway. Good for you for leaving! Although I do miss the little Mexican fast food joints.
Everyone that I have talked to who live in CA, they can't wait to move. They are having problems selling their houses.
I live in California, he’s not exaggerating anything at all. It’s getting out of control, socialism is taking over.
And Democraps want that for ALL of America. Think about that when you vote.
but Californian voters seem to love it. I mean, just look at their behavior and choices in politicians. I am not saying all, but sadly, the good ones are being affected.
@@theglowingbrownie5124 Same problem here in Oregon. The nuts in Portland out vote the rest of the state.
The Glowing Brownie
They don’t know better, it’s easy to trick them. That’s why you see Biden get interviewed by Cardi B and his approvals go up. Most people in general don’t understand how the economy or politics work, so they vote for who ever promises them the most things for free.
Dave Winch
Thankfully the US is composed by self governing bodies (States). California is going to shit, all the entrepreneurs are leaving and we won’t have people to take money from to give it to the people mooching of the government programs. It will lead to a collapse, but other states will see that socialism doesn’t work. I drive by downtown LA every single day and I see homeless everywhere. Where is the state tax money they take from our checks going?
Such a shame. Beautiful state unbelievably mismanaged.
I don't understand how people regard Cali as a 'beautiful' place, it's mostly scrubland and desert
Nicholas Heathfield True but there’s quite a good amount of coastline. And also some beautiful mountains as well.
Go home. Stay out of California, your conservatism is a nightmare for prosperity. Republicans make messes wherever they go with their subservience to corporate power and the political pimps who call themselves leaders. Your religion, lack of education and poverty-stricken counties speak for themselves.
Criminally mismanaged
@@o00nemesis00o Have you been there?
Already gone, best decision I've made in my life. Everything he says is true. Two things though, Fires and Heat. And it is downright depressing to see all these homeless people on sidewalks. How am I supposed to feel good when you see that crap everyday? That is from the norcal part of the state.
Why can't City, State provide Port -A- Putty's in homeless areas? Where do they go , when near-by businessess close the doors to homeless.
Another well delivered explanation of the truth. Go Ben !👍🏽
When the wicked rule, the people mourn. Proverbs 29:2
Good knowledge, SOL
Amen 💯
@@jehovahnissi1961: I think he has. California is gone forever in my opinion.
@@jehovahnissi1961: Exactly
Psalm 58:10
As a Californian, this is heartbreakingly true.
cajunO21 I haven’t even watched the video yet but I’m guessing I’m going to agree with most of it because I also grew up in California
the reason I couldn’t help save the state is because we moved right before I was able to vote
Funny enough we also moved because things were getting so bad
That was back in 2014
Every time we visit now it’s sad to see my city full of homeless people and trash and homeless people and smog and crime and homeless people
Did I mention there’s a lot of homeless people
(I was talking about San Jose)
myfatassdick voting is useless here. It wouldn’t have even mattered.
You get everything you deserve. Decades of shit management. Now California is trying to infect national politics. You guys can sink into the sea.
Larry Cimarelli Larry, you listen to Taylor swift. You’ve forfeit your right to insults.
Larry Cimarelli also your name is Larry.
I am with you BEN, where are you going. BLESSINGS ON YOU AND FAMILY.
The same bottomline applies to people moving out of these badly run places, either countries or states: if you decide to leave, it really implies you agree the place is badly run, so just don't support the same policies that brought so much chaos you had to leave when you settle again somewhere new. Your hosts deserve better.
I'm a native Californian. I moved out of that state two years ago at the age of 55. It doesn't even resemble the place in which I grew up. It is a disaster.
I left San Diego this year, I'm 36. It's doing better than most other cities too, and it's still bad.
@@favor4afavor823 Yeah, San Diego is doing better than most. I left San Francisco. Not the Bay Area. I lived in that city for 29 years. I was a kid near Sacramento. Both cities have gone down hill.
@@jamesallen5591 I moved out of Rancho Cordova in March 2020! After coming home to find a whole man sleeping in the middle of our lawn!
@@maranathaacts1327 better than finding half a man.
James Allen, congratulations on escaping the hellhole.
Don't need to turn out the lights we have rolling blackouts for that.
“The earth is flat”
@Had Tobe wut
underrated comment!
LOL right and bye the way only eletric cars in this state with blackouts for your house ....but dont worry about that just give us more of your paycheck and we will fix it for you
@John C calm down mate y'all getting trolled
Born in Burbank as well. I left California April of 2023 for a small town in Missouri. Best thing I have ever done. Now I just get to read about all the crazy things there. So peaceful here.
Did the same thing about 2 years ago. Now live in a low crime, rural community. No long commutes, get to breath fresh air, and have clean water. Best of all my cost of living has dropped by at least 50 percent.
Oh , did I mention that I am in an open carry state.
@@churchofpos2279, Same here, cost of living is a lot less. My property taxes in CA were $4600 a year, I just paid my property taxes for my house in Missouri $428.00. I had to call and see if the price was correct. Food is half of what it cost in CA, Gas is more than half the price. I have found that insurance is a bit more here than in CA which I found odd. I find it odd that water prices here are almost as much as CA. Electricity prices are more as well. But overall I live on half of what I made in CA and live better here. I'm also in a open, concealed/ carry State. No permits required. Real Freedom here. Love being around like minded people and I have not heard Spanish once since I got here. :)
Thanks for the information!!!
If you move out of California, leave as a refugee not a missionary.
Most won't. They'll move to an actual nice, reasonable place and do NOTHING but talk shit about how "backwards" and "ignorant" the people are. I've seen it dozens of times firsthand.
Bryan Sansone what else would they do?
Yep...
@@bryansansone3301 i bet nicer people are "backwards" :)
Nope we californians are gonna spread outwards and infect usa from coast to coast.
You would think the voters living in the state of California would see all of this & vote differently, you would think...
There's an ever-shrinking number of rational, logical thinkers in the state. If you met and conversed with one of the masses, you'd give up hope, as I have. The very tolerant "intolerant thought police" don't like having to leave their TDS aside and do some actual critical thinking. Much easier to put on a slogan shirt and virtue signal while they careen like sheeple toward the cliff. So, no, the majority of voters here seem to think that free college, free housing, free child-care, free meals, free health care, etc. are actually FREE. SMH
@heavyduty187 I feel so sorry for Texas already...
It’s true there are a lot of brainwashed people in CA, but there are a lot of rational people no one knows about because they’re ignored by the government. CA had nearly as many Trump voters in 2016 as Texas. The problem is that once there is one party control, they change laws to keep that control and voter fraud is a huge problem in CA.
Sometimes I wonder if the elections are rigged in that state.
@@AnD-ev1by yes exactly what I was thinking. They have a huge population of people who voted for trump but the problem is these unions who are basically voting bags for politicians and like you said voter fraud.
In 2018, I met this girl online who lived close to Loma Linda, CA. We talked for a couple of months then I started making plans to go and visit her. However, our relationship didn’t work out but I met this Japanese girl afterwards who lived not too far from Loma Linda as well. We both like each other but her parents told me that they are worried about the distance and my business is here in Atlanta. She is super close with her brother who lives in San Francisco but I already knew that things are beginning to get bad over there. Despite of that, I was ready to move out there if I ended up either one of them but I can tell that God is looking out for me.
I grew up in California and I miss a lot of things, but what breaks my heart is knowing that the place is not what it was like when I grew up, and even back then it was already becoming a terrible place to live.
I would give anything to have California weather without the bureaucracy and Democrat run bullshit
@@jayclarke6671 I’m jealous, Spain sounds lovely! The bureaucracy must be a headache though.
@@AslanKyoya1776 I would literally do anything to go back to CA weather if it wasn’t runned by shitty policies. I’m a military kid son of veterans and I have lived in 4 states MA, MD, TX, and CA and I love all four, I’m not political
To all the people leaving California, when you get to your home, don't vote the way you did in California.
Unless you are Ben Shapiro.
Amen!!! someone pls help me understand how you can WALK AWAY from the insufferable Cali conditions to bring them along to say, Austin, Texas? Remains me of the Exodus story, 40 yrs had be spent in the desert so that the Jews that did not leave their slave Egypt mentality died off and would not bring their bad baggage along to their free new nation
@nick m. i would look at the states that have solved homeless issues. By the way there red
What makes everyone think all in California are like this. Don’t forget where MOST of your produce comes from. We also have more dairies than any other state. My towns school is top division school in our area. Ya the government sucks and we’re trying to change it #SOJ
@nick m. Crossbows.
I left California for Montana last month and am voting red, best decision ever!
Just stay out out Wyoming liberal.
Montana is great!
1225KPH Wyoming doesn’t exist, it’s just a rectangular void in the universe
1225KPH He just said he’s voting red. You blind or something?
Montana is racist as shit , lots of white people there
I know this video is a couple years old at this point but figured it was worth shouting out, my wife and I are finally leaving California as well. Took a bit longer than we hoped, but we are moving as far east as possible within the next few weeks. Signed, sealed and soon to be delivered!
Best decision ever... Good to you, my friend!
I wanna leave too😭 here is not live able anymore
Come to Florida Ben. Love to have you and your family. All the best!
Californians moving to other states:
For the love of god, STOP voting for the same politicians that destroyed your state in the first place!
I don't think they moved because the state got destroyed, more like they couldn't afford to live here anymore
@Les Ismore ¿de donde eres?
@Les Ismore It's not Trump.
It are the democrat politicians in Cali
@Les Ismore really curious about which "Paradise" your from...judging by your user name it's a third world country. Telling rich and succesful countries that those countries are trash while his own country suffers from hunger and a bad economy.
Wealthy people are the only ones who can afford to flea, Instead of fixing problems. Running away is easier!!! Sort of like governments passing the buck!!!
You know something is wrong when your state starts looking like a Third World Country
That is funny because I have seen places in 3rd world countries that look way better than that. Sad times.
even mexico looks better
@@svnchezmedia Damn 😂 I'm Mexican and I find this funny.
Luis Carillo i am too
@@svnchezmedia I mean you're not wrong, most places in Mexico do look better lol 👍
We moved out of California 5 years ago because a lot of the same things. It’s just terrible because California was such a beautiful and fun place to live.
still is for me
I’m not a conservative but I lived in the LA area for a year and it was the worst year of my life. The nature is beautiful but whew I’ve been in the south and never experienced nearly as much racism and classism as in LA. It was the most lonely and sad year of my life … so sick because I loved the beach , loved driving up to Big Sur , loved the nature but it’s so bad . I also found it hard to grow in my career . I don’t want to pander or be fake , I hate that I have to be mean or standoffish I just wanna treat people with respect and be respected. The homeless situation is sick considering how much wealth is in the city .. idk
I’m heartbroken. I’m leaving too. For all the reasons Ben pointed out.
Why did you vote for that crap the last 20 years?
@@maga6490 They didn't necessarily. I've lived in California all my life and have always voted red. We are just outnumbered I guess. We are considering leaving as well.
@@jpjp3873 I lke it sir your are one of the few patriots left in the once golden state, so we Texans will welcome you and your familly1 Come now and come quick...
@@maga6490 The problem isn't necessarily we were outnumbered, but the districting in CA is so screwed up that it guarantees that Dems get the state. It's messed up and now with older Republicans leaving the state, it's gonna go deep blue.
@@jpjp3873 My husband and I were born and raised in California and both of us have always voted red. We are seriously considering moving out of Cali. If it weren't for our kids and grandchildren being here we would be gone by now. It breaks my heart to see what the Left has done to our beautiful state.
We left one year ago. I lived my entire life in Southern California. My kids were born here. We moved to a very red county in North Carolina and have ZERO regrets!!
We took a trip to the Outer Banks this Summer 2020. OMG! The beaches are so much nicer than CA! Cheaper homes too! My husband and I are in love!
@@kristis4571 We haven't been over that way yet, but I've heard that it's beautiful!! My husband says even the beaches in Florida are way better than California!!
Hopefully when u left California u left there shitty ideas and way of living there and don't try to turn ur new state in to California
Streetrcr986 they never learn
NC is taking all the refugees from NY and NJ, making a traditional red state flirting with being blue..success in red states gives birth to blue ideologies
Praying for y’all to have a wonderful move.
We left Nov 30. Don’t miss a thing, especially the traffic. We moved to a small town, yes it takes adjustment but so worth it.
I thank my mother everyday she moved my siblings and I out of CA over 16 years ago. I love Wyoming! sooo much room, no traffic or state income tax, clean air, good jobs and beautiful forest (in the summer of course). All I can say is GET OUT OF CA! Literally anywhere is better now.
Please delete
Don’t tell ‘em
Hell no... stay right where you're at...because nobody here in Colo wants you to move here we all ready have enough outsiders here try to put new restrictions and laws on the books...Big city people just have a different kind of way of thinking.
Yeah in Wyoming, you can screw with your siblings
Lol Wyoming has a very high suicide and divorce rate, some of the worst actually. It's not so much politics like everyone likes to think, too many people and not enough affordable sustainable housing or infrastructure to support a population living on meager wages. It'll happen anywhere the community booms. I'm watching it happen where I'm at in AZ and it's not a super group of CA libs either. Places like CA, OR and WA happen to also have stable weather that allows for homeless to set up camp all year where places like AZ are rather difficult to do so. Just too many people man.
1966bluemax that’s a south thing...
We went to California for our Honeymoon, 34 years ago. We arrived from Toronto, Canada to San Francisco, rented a car and drove the 101 down to Los Angeles, then returned to San Francisco through the interior and wine country. What a beautiful place! So clean, so prosperous. We seriously considered emigration to California, but decided to stay because of our families. Now we are so glad that we did not do it.
I took a wallllk on a summer dayyyyyy
And the skiessss are greyyyyy
You actually would have been super rich today if you had gotten a house there back then since house prices sky rocketed a ton
Don't listen to the media quite so much. Shit's still beautiful.
pinetarsavage depends on where you go now and depends on what you won’t allow to ruin it for yourself. Example: Driving North to Crescent City is beautiful but at every stop you will see “Hippies” and Homeless people. There is a huge difference between the two groups and I have never minded seeing Hippies, they are happy, giving, respectful, and interesting to talk to but if you come across certain types of homeless people they can be aggressive, scary, demanding and intentionally gross. All up and down the coast is like this.
There are so many people who think all the Californians who are leaving are dangerous. A lot of us have done a lot to try and change the state, but it has become apparent to me that it will not change. There is a sickness here. It feels like its turning into Mordor lol. I, like Ben, grew up here but we have to move to buy a nice house and raise a family in a nice area. I want to be around people who are kind. They don't have to have the same lifestyle as me, but just people who practice logic, retain common sense, search for truth, and have open hearts/minds.
Agree! Born and raised in Southern California I am now 60 years old retiring soon and leaving California for all of the reasons you listed and more! You missed the incompetent self serving governor.
Einstein said that The definition of Insanity was repeating the same actions over and over again and expecting different results, like voting Democrat over and over again
dad bear, you’re right. But these democrats are doing this on purpose. They want to ruin this nation. It’s all part of their communist agenda: Keep people poor and stupid. This is so they can control the people.
@@George-gk5bu I stand corrected but only in the fact I should have said the quote is often attributed to Einstein, however the rest I stand by
People who leave California, don't vote for the same people that destroyed this state. I know I'm not going to when I leave.
California was destroyed by over population
"Democrat" is a mental disorder that is responsible for dysfunctional, irrational, self destructive behavior. People who leave the state will vote Democrat in their new home state.
You make a good point. When I left, I had a guy tell me "you don't seem like you're from California." One of the best compliments I've received. I was born there, but my parents weren't. I learned some decent values and had friends who also did. They're all gone, too.
@@jturcios4607 That's not true at all, they were destroyed by zoning laws prohibiting people from building apartment buildings, and destroyed by property taxes that makes rent impossible to afford
I’m from California and you have nothing to worry about trump 2020!
In Oklahoma today...lots of California plates around but very little home inventory.
Builders can't keep up.
We left in 05 for the last time, I watched the state I was raised in turn into a very unhealthy place to live and yes that includes the Crime and Homeless situation, and all level of government have no evidence of resolving this situation, not to mention higher taxes, gas, homes etc., it's Ed system is now broken and we see no hope of this being fixed as those who live in areas that aren't effected fund the Bad Socialist Dems no in power and even the last Republican Schwatznager who I knew would be bad but was much Worse than even I thought possible. I only hope that AZ doesn't turn into something just as bad but Hotter as it's already on its way with PAC funded Republican Career Politicians, so if you plan to travel there I suggest you stay in a Hotel with Security and a safe area if you can still find one and we left before Theft was a State sponsored activity. God Bless You All; Clair Van Steenwyk
thank you for leaving. You made the prices drop so we could buy in the richest areas
For those of you who live outside of California - every word he says is 100% true, not even slightly hyperbolic.
I live in Oregon. Downtown Portland is starting to look like SF/L.A. 😟
hyperbolic?
I am studying hyperbolic paraboloids in calc 3.
True, ive been lucky enough to see people just pop a squate in front of me and poop
I think he was actually being kind. The list could grow soooo much more.
Slightly hyperbolic. The overpasses near la Canada flintridge doesn’t have homeless encampments, so not ALL overpasses have encampments. However, I agree there’s homeless people in every LA city to some extent.
I’m a Latino conservative living in SoCal just so you don’t think I’m biased. He exaggerated on a few points relating to the homeless problem.
Ben is not exaggerating at all. It used to be a downtown problem but now it’s spreading all over the city.
I,'ve seen it. It is sad to see .
It's like that in Oakland too
My dad was gonna go play fetch with the dog and saw needles everywhere so he couldn't take the dog out
Downtown is just absolutely horendous at this point, downey is getting worse. It's just going to spread and spread.
We haven't gone down to OC in awhile, but driving by the tent cities along the freeway was shocking! I think they moved some out, but I didn't expect the OC would have a homeless problem. But it's everywhere now!
I got out of the US Navy in the Bay Area in '82 and stayed there, I was originally from NY. Last year 9/21 I finally left, kids all grown up and will soon be leaving. Now in Southern Utah which is like living in Mayberry. No one tailgates here, road rages, no one flips you off, no one drives in the left lane unless they are actually passing, people not only return shopping carts to the corral but they stack them neatly into the other one. Main Street is lined with American Flags every 20 feet on both sides over 4th of July and Veterans Day, Main Street is decked out in Christmas decorations on a Biblical scale, there's no homeless camps, virtually no homeless people. Everyone smiles and says hello to you on the street. Schools educate, not indoctrinate, young kids both boys and girls ride their bikes everywhere without Mom and Dad protecting them. You see people wearing Patriotic clothing, flags in front of houses and on cars and trucks. People walk into banks with six shooters on their hips, no one bats and eye. It goes on and on, everything America was, everything that The Peoples Republic of Ca rejects, hates and has banned is here with a serene way of life like the 1950's
I'm 70 and from Louisiana. When our family vacationed there in 1967, none of these problems existed, as least as much as we were aware. I will say the AIR QUALITY was horrendous. I say this because as a family, we had to duck inside air conditioned stores while walking on Hollywood Blvd. during the day because our eyes were burning from the smog! Apparently, the air quality has dramatically improved due to car emissions restrictions, which caused a bulk of it. Oh, and it was overwhelmingly white, which of course, kept the crime relatively low and improved the quality of just about EVERYTHING, including public school education. Now, the reverse is true. The city is now overwhelmingly MINORITY, which is NEVER a good thing. Without turning this into a book I could write, I rest my case.
They want to raise taxes during a pandemic and during record depression. Genius.
What could be wrong?
Blame gavin newsome.
Even the pretty left government of Germany was smart enough to at least cut sales taxes to incentivise people to buy more. Whether a 3% cut from 19% down to 16% was effective is a different topic but at least "there was an attempt".
@@Finkelfunk when did they decrease it?
@@FirstLast-qy7hf They decreased it on the 1st of July for the rest of 2020.
Jesus Christ. Imagine getting stuck there with no bail out. Just hell.
Jesus Christ or hell? Pick your choose. You cant have your cake and eat it.
@@quaziforus totally...
Have you seen this clip of Trump roasting Biden?!
th-cam.com/video/sb1PEukk33k/w-d-xo.html 😂
They'll eventually let you out free, with an issued court date, due to over-crowding.
CA deserves a bailout??
I lived in San Diego for 8 months. Cali is the physical manifestation of a fever dream.
You nailed it! So true.
Moved to California in 1976 and lived there 2 yrs. Couldn't WAIT to get out even then. Saw more crap than a person should. Lunatics screaming at you while you wait for the buses to get to work, homelessness everywhere, bums laid out in parks and on beaches. I can't even imagine what it looks like now 46 yrs later! Am so glad I left.
With all these Californians moving to Texas and voting how Californians vote, they'll make Texas into California 2.0
The 2016 to 2020 percentage of people who voted for trump didn’t go down that much considering BLM that drew in a lot of votes for the Democrats.
Not to mention these infidels and how they think as a whole. I'll give it 5 years before they take texas guns away LOL!
That's what happened to Arizona.
yup and they're coming for your guns.
Don't forget Mexican immigration
Living in California literally makes you feel like a 2nd class citizen to the rest of the country
LOL that's why people pay more money to live here... Lots of people with money could just move to another state and live like kings but they stay in California because overall it's just better. The main issues are SF and LA. Everywhere else in California is pretty good.
He wants first class living like a airplane , anything else is peasants
A second class citizen in a 3rd world country.
That's the best news I've heard in awhile. See ya!
My car just got broken in in SF. My first time here in cali was 7 years ago and I could really feel the difference. I’ll probably never waste another 18h flight time
Californians moving to other states (especially Texas), remember - you are refugees not missionaries.
YES
I LOVE THIS!!!! NEEDS TO BE ON BILLBOARDS THROUGHOUT THIS AMAZING STATE!!!!
How can an American citizen be considered a refugee when they are moving to another American state? The US state you reside in will never belong to you, you just reside in it and so can any other American lol.
@@car2208 just do not bring your leftist view's and vote for the same party.
And if you love your party so much , just stay where you are, no need to come to texas and ruin it for rest of us.
@@car2208 that’s not how it really works in Texas I’m afraid, many of us think of ourselves primarily as Texans before we think of ourselves as American. This is our home, we are extraordinarily proud of it and people won’t take kindly to it being ruined with crappy leftist policy.
Soon not even the homeless will be able to afford California
"You know what a hassa is Frank?"
@@julianayala1561 “a pig that don’t fly straight!”
Homeless people rob each other all the time, a lot of people have their identification cards stolen and they become stranded. They can’t apply for jobs or even travel out of the city in a greyhound bus.
They can't that's why they're homeless lol. Liberal thinking.
Andrew Neil is the answer to all problems Ben Shapiro Will face.
I’m hoping to not be far behind you. Supporting my youngest son to finish college, then we plan to get out of here.
Amen, I am getting so tempted to get out of the Bay Area when my husband and I start a family!
I was 3rd gen. CA. with deep ties to the community. I had my own business, had kids and we left at the end of 1999. My mother is still there and it pains me to see how far the state has devolved. Once the dems were in control for a few years, things really went downhill and individual rights were trampled.
The dems thought they could impose socialism because of the huge economy, resource base, amazing geography and population. They thought wrong.
You are wise to move, Ben. Best of luck to you and yours in your new home.
And sir get your momma out and save her form the illegals and the crazy taxes that leave her with nothing
The real life zombie apocalypse, avoiding homeless people, And running out of your state for dear life.
More like the purge
South park already did it.
More like the Zombie Apocalypse for the Elite. Let's all run to Austin and build a fort to keep the unworthy out.
@@TangoNevada
Except they ARE the unworthy!
Tango Nevada as weird as Austin already is, it’s becoming intolerably liberal by the month. Being a Houstonian, I no longer look forward to going to Austin anymore. Food’s still pretty good, though...
California is sanctuary for illegal free loader. Everything you said about California is so true. As I get older I’m becoming so annoyed with this state.
Ben, you're always welcomed in Florida. The best state in the Union with the absolute smartest Governor in the country.
"homeless person with a crossbow" THEY ARE EVOLVING
There's ~4.5M reasons to leave California and they're all voting republikkklan.
@strawberry_shortcake4life ever heard of people who work but cant afford rent? Welcome to Americas largest cities where a 1 bedroom apartment rental costs more than what minimum wage workers make. There's your answer
@strawberry_shortcake4life so in your opinion homeless people have too much money?
I heard Cali just passed a tax on crossbow possession 😎
😂
I remember when living in California was the epitome of the American dream. Today? An American nightmare.
Less white people?
@@nauiocelotl2825 every time you play the race card you do a tremendous disservice to people who have actually been victims of racism. But carry on...
@@nauiocelotl2825 not sure why you liked my reply considering the fact that I was admonishing you not agreeing with you.
For us west Europeans (most of us).. Living in the USA look like a nightmare.
@@honumoorea873 the liberals are making it that way
I am glad you left. We need more people like you to leave.
Thankyou
This is really similar to the west coast up in Canada, really severe homelessness absolutely everywhere. It's not just downtown, but in our suburbs, by the schools, it's insane.
Been to LA before the pandemic and I got to say that he is spitting facts. The entire west coast is littered with homeless people. Iam from Germany, I was so shocked that an economic powerhouse like the US allows that to happen
We live in a republic where the states are in control of how the state is run. You can't blame the rest of the US for it. It's a Democratic party ideology that is causing the economic disaster. They exist because the people believe the ideology will be perfected someday and form a utopian socialist state. lol
There's a joke told in CA: The other 49 states deal with their homeless by giving them a one-way bus ticket to CA.
@@davidho2977 that same joke is run here in Seattle 😂😂😂 I think they just send them to any West Coast city at this point... 🤷♀️
@@omaralejandrojimenezley5942 I find it very astounding that a large company like Google that prides itself on support for social ideals yet does nothing for it's lesser employees. You don't see them building affordable apartments for it's own workers. There are several documentaries online about it's employees living in their cars. That is what helps shape my current view on socialism and corporations that lean to the left.
Ruebezahl 89 I live here and I’m surprised too. We’re thinking of leaving, it’s getting so bad.
The poop streets, needles, and occasional homeless man screaming at me high as a kite pushed me out of Seattle.
I feel for the people trapped in the cities. They are overrated.
Anon Ymous I’m planning my escape from Seattle right now. It was bad 5 years ago and it’s gotten 10x worse. How much is a house in the hell hole? $800k? No thanks!
@@mylesgray3470 I'm out here in Orting and the homes in our neighbor are selling in 4hrs. Unfortunately,now the banks won't loan the money to purchase because the bidding wars are skyrocketing over the appraised amount.I'm considering Idaho..
Christina Knight I never thought I would see all time high housing and bidding wars during historic unemployment and job insecurity but recent events show I know very little about the economy. I’m looking at Salt Lake City, Reno, or Arizona. I work in Manufacturing so my options are a bit limited.
I left Seattle 15 years ago for an Island in Puget Sound. It used to be a great city to live and work. I used to love being there but now, I doubt I will ever even return to visit. No reason to. Cities are dying.....
Good for you sir. I am surprised you didn't leave before now. God speed. As a longtime resident let me say, Florida is a really nice state.
Florida.
I saw a beautiful homeless girl and asked if I could take her out on a date. She politely accepted and enjoyed herself. Soon after I asked if I could take her home, she smiled and nodded her head. Her smile disappeared when she saw me running away with her cardboard box.
He went easy on them with only 5 reasons
hahahahahah!!!! Like in New York now 'Nothing happening here, except racial and economic harmony' Hahahahahahaha!!! What's worse is the democrat voter here on suicidal steroids and cyanide pills. I often ask many of these who vote, what is the purpose of government...?? Their answer... To help the people with their problems!.... Hahahahahah! They have no clue about taxes, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Democrats ruin everything.
Poor Trumpers living in their echo chambers. I love living in California
@@kbanghart stop doing heroin and you will stop loving Cali
@@mrredacted85 drugs are for trumpers. And alcohol and cigarettes.
Hopefully those fleeing CA to other states leave their CA "progressive" social and political views behind.
Most people leaving are leaving it behind. If I end up leaving all I’m bring with me are my love of LA sports teams and In N Out
That is the dumbest thing I've ever read. Why would those of us that have fled a fascist catastrophe go somewhere and demand more fascism? It is a proven fact that the people that flee California vote conservative at a higher percentage than the host population. The problem lies in YOUR millennials and not us.
Not gona happen low iq's, Steven they have no clue why they they are fleeing the great blue utopia
@@fullclipaudio you can tell that to the native Idahoans who are facing massive problems with the exodus of young Californians who bring their backwards, flippant attitudes, low morals and complete lack of respect and decency for their neighbors. Tell them that; because a lot of those people are now lamenting that their state is becoming another 'California'. So yes, @Steven Bruss has a very valid point. It is also happening in other states, so before you state how that is the 'dumbest thing you ever read', maybe take a step back and realize Steve might be talking about people without right-wing values or politics. People ruining great states b bringing the problems of their own selves into those states. The exodus into other states is not just right-leaning people, not by al long shot. It's not just 'millennial' either. More than just 'millennials' are moving and causing issues. That's what has a lot of states very concerned and it should.
@@fullclipaudio crazy, but history proves that is exactly what people do. They flee leftist fascism only to go somewhere else and vote in other leftist fascists. The only thing I would say is do a simple observation of states with conservative or conservative leaning governors, they likely don't have the problems you're fleeing, hmmm, why is that?
I was stationed in California 80 - 81. I saw what one has to be in order to live there. A fanatic liberal. I saw crazy policies and laws being enacted there, with undaunted support from libs.
If the "Democratic" party said it would be a good for one, to take off their shirt and twirl it around over one's head, once a day, the libs would wholeheartedly agree.
Many of them had the nerve, to have blamed California's problems on Reagan when he was Governor there. When Reagan left, the treasury was left in the black.
Since then it stays in the red and gets worse and worse.
As a commercial truck driver I refuse to go there or most anywhere West of Texas for that matter...
Good for you Ben. We left CA a few years ago after living there for over 30 years. Best decision we ever made.
Dont encourage liberal leftist anti-white ]3ws to come to red states.
Shut up Nicholas
people leaving gonna turn texas blue 😎
@@Outlaw7502 nah bro. Never
just moved a month ago, I completely agree!
Textbook case of how not to govern anything: California.
They already had a textbook case to reference lol! Detroit, Michigan.
Or any other state
R/wooosshhhhhhh
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Don't forget Canada, Washington and Oregon.
The only interpretation that makes sense is that this is a deliberate policy to drive people out of California. So then the question becomes, "Why would that policy be undertaken?" There is always a reason.
Illegals are taking over, thats the word going around in the back-alleys. Ask the 3 main Congresswomen hiding out in L.A.
They just wanna sell off the land to wealthy investors and anyone who can actually afford to stay in California...
Time to get out of that state. Sad !