[AnotherUnixGeek]

There’s little they can do if you sell your house, leave, and never return.

Oh, I'll sell my house and leave within a few years. But I'll be back as a tourist - California still has some of the best weather, scenery and people in the world - the toxic liberal enclaves mostly infest the coast.

[erkelly]

“But I’ll be back as a tourist . . .”

I bet you won’t. I left my native California nearly 20 years ago, and I have only been back a very few times for family reasons, and had I no family there I doubt I would have ever gone back at all. There is absolutely nothing I miss about it, especially the FTB!

There are a whole lot of other beautiful states to explore, not to mention the rest of the world, and I think you will set your sights forward, not backward, when you leave.