The California Exodus Between 2015 And 2019, Visualized - A more detailed look at people leaving California from 2015-2019.

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This reddit thread pretty much sums up what a hellscape California has become for all but very high earners at the top & those at the bottom who want to freeload off the states welfare schemes, Medical, the crappy Cal State universities & others who know how to skim the Sacramento system for maximum gain. These usual suspects love California and the fat government contracts that Sacramento doles out. I'll leave it to you to figure who these you-know-whos are.  

 

[–]chikenlegg 131 points 1 day ago 

In 2018 I was in charge of a fixed wireless internet service provider in Santa Barbara. I was forced to leave after a year because the cost of living exceeded my income. That October, I cut everything I could possibly cut out of my budget. That was the first month I was financially positive since arriving in March. I had made $50 profit. By the time I left, I was down to eating nothing but cheap hot dogs, never going out, and adding $7k in debt. All I did was work, come home, clean, eat sleep, repeat.

I have a friend who is doing quite well in the greater LA area, but she was fortunate enough to have wealthy parents who put her through college.

If you're not making 100k per year per household, you're not going to make it in most parts of CA. You could move to Victorville or Barstow I guess but good luck with that.

 

[–]guyinla1345 61 points 1 day ago 

Right. And the reason it’s such an expensive place to live is because of how many people want to live there, not because it’s some hell scape like conservative media would like you to believe.

If you make $300k+ it can be paradise.

[–]Thamesx2 15 points 1 day ago 

Not really. My wife and I make close to $300k combined and considered moving to LA from FL a few months ago and there is no way we could keep the same lifestyle. State taxes alone would be an extra burden of $20k a year. Then throw in the higher cost of things like gas, childcare, and other various taxes that starts to add up. Then you throw in housing and it’s a freaking joke. To get a house the same size we have now, with similar amenities, in a good school district would be well over $1.5M (unless I move like an hour plus east of LA which loses the point of being there) which would be about $5k more in a mortgage than I pay now. Sure I could get a tiny condo in an ok neighborhood/school zone for $900k but what’s the point?

Even at $300k it’s not paradise unless you bought your house in the 90s or just after the 08 crash.