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California exodus is a myth, UC research project finds

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Re: California exodus is a myth, UC research project finds

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dragonwriter wrote: post #219
fridif wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The influx of 100k people working warehouse jobs does not outweigh the 1,000 software engineers who left and will never return

California's larger number of domestic outmigrants tend to be lower income than the smaller number of domestic inmigrants. The people coming in are more likely to be software engineers, the people going out more likely to be the warehouse workers (or, even more likely, retirees.)

Tell me the number and types of software engineers who have left, and I will measure the loss

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Post by simfree »

rcpt wrote: post #241
chipotle_coyote wrote: post #191

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anecdotally as someone who's been doing some casual house-pricing over the last year around California, it is surprising how expensive a lot of the state -- including areas that were pretty cheap, in relative terms, just a few years ago -- has gotten for new home buyers. It's true that people kind of forget that there are cities outside the Bay Area and the LA Basin, but it's still dismaying how much a 1500 square fo…

Prop 13 is a huge incentive to park as much cash as possible in real estate and then never sell. Hugs market distortion. It's statewide.

Even in Oregon places like Hood River, Veneta, Bend and such have seen home prices surge.

Areas of Washington State like Arlington have seen this as well, it's crazy to see a dated 4 bed 3 bath house go for $800k when it is not within even supercommuting distance of any high paying employees.

Re: California exodus is a myth, UC research project finds

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Post by urnotwelco »

A question for everybody who came to California to get rich and wont stop complaining:

Can I help you pack so you can get out of my home and shut up?

We get it. You hate us. We dont care, just shut up.

100 posts every day about how awful california’s politics are. We get it. Please shut your trump loving yuppy asses up and leave.

Re: California exodus is a myth, UC research project finds

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Post by shard972 »

urnotwelco wrote: post #273

A question for everybody who came to California to get rich and wont stop complaining: Can I help you pack so you can get out of my home and shut up? We get it. You hate us. We dont care, just shut up. 100 posts every day about how awful california’s politics are. We get it. Please shut your trump loving yuppy asses up and leave.

no, we hate you
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