[txrefugee]

Could be. All the sane conservatives are moving to TX and AZ. It will really get interesting when there are no more producers and the number of public parasites keeps growing.

[Oldexpat]

To make matters worse, the State Legislature is in the process of passing a new law giving Calpers style pensions to all workers in the state who don't have employer sponsored programs. This is to eliminate the “pension envy” which has aroused the voters. Rather than reform the abused pension system, which is broke, they are going to expand it. We are organizing our departure. This fall we will survey both AZ and TX to see where we want to settle. We expect that we can buy a house for about 1/3 of CA prices. We hate to leave the San Diego weather, but we will have more money to travel in the hot seasons.