California's skyrocketing housing costs, taxes prompt exodus of residents

overcast wrote: post #2

It's unfortunate, California is such a beautiful place. But it's turning into somewhere to visit, and not live. See you soon Sierra's!

Totally. Speaking as someone who lived in the bay area for 4 years and happily left after college, why live in CA when you can work remotely from anywhere else, live well, own a sizable property, and make decent bank? The bay area is great to visit, I was literally just there a couple months ago. But to live I would need to make 4x what I do now.

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Post by FussyZeus » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 2:16 PM UTC

No interest to move to the Bay area. You could work literally anywhere else and live like a millionaire on their salaries but by the time you've paid for a house and car there you might as well live in a VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER.

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Post by duaneb » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 2:16 PM UTC

sawthat wrote: post #3

Nobody lives there anymore, it's too crowded.

Population density doesn't indicate anything about migration or wealth distribution.

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Post by abduhl » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 2:17 PM UTC

overcast wrote: post #2

It's unfortunate, California is such a beautiful place. But it's turning into somewhere to visit, and not live. See you soon Sierra's!

I move around and travel a lot for work - I've lived in 4 states in the last 2 years (CO, WA, CA, TX) - and one of the universal things across all the midwest and west coast that I've found is that while most people like the weather/scenery in California EVERYONE hates people from California, except for the people in California.

I've heard the saying "California would be great if it wasn't for the people" in literally every state I've spent significant time in when they find out that I lived in the Bay.

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Post by danso » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 2:21 PM UTC

I don't know if reading this makes me feel better, as in, at least everyone else around me is getting fucked. Or if I'll soon feel worse for having accepted an offer to stay, even after 2 shitty years. I didn't harbor any fantasies of owning in New York but at least it was more fun and cheaper by far than Menlo Park

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Post by TwiztidK » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 2:21 PM UTC

I just visited some friends in southern California and the possibility of me moving out there came up in conversation. So, I used a cost of living calculator to figure how much more I would need to make to be at the same level... 60% more. Definitely not going to happen.

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Post by pixl97 » Thu, Jun 23, 2016, 2:21 PM UTC

up_and_up wrote: post #4

overcast wrote: post #2

It's unfortunate, California is such a beautiful place. But it's turning into somewhere to visit, and not live. See you soon Sierra's!

Totally. Speaking as someone who lived in the bay area for 4 years and happily left after college, why live in CA when you can work remotely from anywhere else, live well, own a sizable property, and make decent bank? The bay area is great to visit, I was literally just there a couple months ago. But to live I would need to make 4x what I do now.

Well, the weather is nice in many places, and it has some beautiful scenery. Probably why so many people live there in the first place.

Texas on the other hand is hot and flat. Really boring here. Oh and it's too crowded. Yep, if you're from California Texas is worse. Don't want to move here. Please stop moving here, please, oh god please.