Escape From New York And LA! NY, California And Illinois Seeing Net Out-migration Due To High Taxes/Regulations, Crime And High Housing Costs (Moving To Florida, Texas And The Carolinas)

Confounded Interest ^ | 02/25/2024 | Anthony B. Sanders

[Kaiser8408a]

Director John Carpenter had two films, “Escape From New York” and the less popular “Escape From LA.” Carpenter’s vision of a dystopian future with Manhattan as a prison island, filled with criminals and Los Angeles as a just a weird, dystopian area filled with gangs and sleazebags. Apparently, Carpenter read George Orwell with a splash of Franz Kafka in writing these films which are sadly becoming a reality.

Like John Carpenter foretold, both California and New York are leading the nation in outmigration. BAD crime, high taxes, insane politicians and droves of illegal immigrants are making living in those state very difficult.

Where are people fleeing to? Florida leads followed by Texas, then the Carolinas, and Tennessee. Generally, these states have lower taxes, lower crime, and less intrusive politicians. E.g., no Gavin Newsom (CA), no Kathy Hochul (NY) and no J.B. Pritzker (IL).

Another reason that people are fleeing New York and California is cost of living. To be sure, Bidenomics (an insidious malinvestment plan, aka, donor-nomics) has made matters worse. Home prices (blue line) and rents (red line) has soared and are far higher than the grow in average earnings (green line). Los Angeles is wonderful if you are a celebrity like Steve Spielberg, Tom Hanks and The Office’s Jenna Fischer where you live in a mansion and are protected by the police force. But other parts of Los Angeles are filled with the homeless, illegal immigrants, rampant crime, and is simply unlivable.

On a related note, Georgia is still seeing positive net in-migration. But as the Fani Willis corruption scandals unfolds and their weak-kneed Governor Kemp does nothing, we have yet another film John Carpenter could make “Escape From Atlanta.” Or a computer game like “Call of Booty.”

[guest7]

"So please bypass us and go to Georgia."

That is perfect advice; but they are into "instant gratification", so they won't listen. Georgia is perfect for them. They won't have to register, or even go to a polling place; the government there will do that for them.

I know I shouldn't, but I laugh thinking about Californians and New Yawk'ers; moving to Houston. Out of the frying pan, into the fire. Can you just see New Yawk'ers, who are used to public transit; learning to drive in...Houston?

The only "saving grace" I can see in Houston, is Buc-ee's in Katy and Baytown.

[Bonemaker]

“I guess there’s no Escape from Chicago…”

A lot of people get out the hard way every weekend,😎

[Bonemaker]

“Can you just see New Yawk’ers, who are used to public transit; learning to drive in...Houston?”

There will be a high rate of “attrition” so the question is how many innocents they will take with them.

[Hiddigeigei]

"Life be changing and has since time began. Enjoy your three score and ten as best you can and prepare for the here after."
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

[chaosagent]

The only "saving grace" I can see in Houston, is Buc-ee's in Katy and Baytown.

Actually there's a 3rd a little south toward Galveston in La Marque.

[Ge0ffrey]

I’m a conservative who years ago lefy NY State for the south. I only cast votes for conservatives and will vote for whomever challenges Lindsay Graham in the Republican primary.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

California and New England are like the virus infected cells.

[Big Red Badger]

Yuppers

[Zathras]

“Call me Snake”

[OldGoatCPO]

Gotta love Buc-ee’s!