Heads up. Cali has a history of seeking income tax revenue from people who leave.
Be sure you own nothing there after you go. No storage bins. No real estate for sure. When you leave, do not retain any of the tiniest indication of still being a resident OR planning to return some day.
If you do, they will tax you.
I think I finally figured out the ideological riff between the parties.
Republicans have something to reference against. China, Venezuela, Soviet Union, South Africa, pick a Moslem country. We look at the US and see it as a proud country.
Democrats have nothing to compare America to so it is easier for them to vilify the country and their ideological opposites. So they see all the bad things and that’s what they hitch their wagon to.
Speaking of such the California D.M.V. demanded we pay registration fees due for our vehicles after we had moved from the state. The correspondence was mailed to our new out-of-state address! Drawn on the bill in large black permanent Sharpie was a circle around the new address accompanied by the words “Get a clue!” and returned. Never heard from them again. I have no doubt in my military mind some administrative penalty still lurks in the Golden State awaiting my return.
Fat chance of that happening!
To make it easy, go buy a false id from an illegal alien hanging out down from the bus station, try to get another storage locker near the current one, pay cash in advance, and move all dead bodies to the new one, and shut down the one in your name, and move...
“When you leave, do not retain any of the tiniest indication of still being a resident OR planning to return some day.”
Corzine did that to me when I left Jersey for Texas.
And make sure you answer their letters claiming you owe taxes to assure them you are not libel to pay CA taxes even though you have moved out.
CA has been known to put liens on people’s out of state property just to mess with them.
I worked briefly for a company that is based in California, but never set foot in or worked there. California came after me in my home state demanding that I pay income tax. It was the more than a bit of a wake up to be sure.