What kinda world do we live in where people and businesses flee from muggers?
Shameful, isn't it? /sarc
Seriously, though, I myself was driven out of Cali, some six years ago. I was the proverbial 'walking target', and had had enough of my home state treating me like an alien, or some sort of filthy disease.
Not to mention the fact, that as a father of four small children, I couldn't help but look forward in time to what type of environment they'd be trying to launch their adult lives in. In good conscience, I just couldn't relegate them to that uncertain future.
I'll be honest with you. There are times when I get very homesick, but a quick glance at the news coming out of there always snaps me back to reality.