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Going to (Leave) California: Jobs Everywhere But Not a Place To Live
PJ Media ^ | 03/28/2019 | Stephen Green

Posted on 03/28/2019 7:19:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 03/28/2019 7:19:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Folks who live in tents are not homeless. Folks living in tent are squatters


2 posted on 03/28/2019 7:22:04 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Honduras must be invaded to protect America from invasion)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s no wonder contractors don’t return calls. We need more Mexicans. They can handle it.


3 posted on 03/28/2019 7:22:39 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The rich too stupid to understand that a civil society is built on the middle class.


4 posted on 03/28/2019 7:24:09 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: SeekAndFind

My GF is very sought after in her field, she laughs at offers from the valley every few months.


5 posted on 03/28/2019 7:24:38 AM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark (The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
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To: SeekAndFind

And they just keep adding a few hundred thousand illegals every year.


6 posted on 03/28/2019 7:26:43 AM PDT by Oldexpat (Jobs Not Mobs)
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To: SeekAndFind

Two summers ago we were in Studio City for my daughter’s wedding. Here and her husband are both accountants. We drove by a row of small homes on postage stamp lots with chain link fences, and on a fairly busy (i.e. noisy) road, and my wife checked housing on the internet. First, almost none of them were for sale, but she couldn’t find a single one for sale until she entered a minimum price of $650,000.

Meanwhile, the newlyweds moved to Phoenix a few months later and picked up a beautiful two story home (still on a fairly small lot) complete with an excellently landscaped yard and a full in-ground pool.

Their income is the same as it was in Studio City, but the MUCH BETTER house was $247,000, including much lower property tax.

For the middle class, most of California is already dead to them.


7 posted on 03/28/2019 7:27:26 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: SeekAndFind

I left in 1980 and have never looked back....


8 posted on 03/28/2019 7:28:27 AM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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To: SeekAndFind

Indeed. Colorado has been Californicated.
Hopefully the recall efforts recently stirred up by our clueless progressives may save the place.

Now, if we could only destroy Denver and Boulder, the state would return to its beauty.


9 posted on 03/28/2019 7:31:01 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: SeekAndFind

Nothing that a massive dose of rent control won’t solve. /s


10 posted on 03/28/2019 7:31:41 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SeekAndFind

We’re leaving next year, after I retire. I made a good living the last 20 years but our quality of life will greatly improve outside of the California borders. We lost our retirement home in the Camp Fire. I just can’t see living here as an option. Some lucky state will get another couple of MAGA supporters.


11 posted on 03/28/2019 7:32:04 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: miss marmelstein

Yep. The smart business owners would relocate operations to business-friendly states in the midwest and south. They would earn more profit, have a higher quality workforce, and sustain a middle class that will spawn future entrepreneurs.


12 posted on 03/28/2019 7:33:36 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I support building a Wall along the east edge of California. They voted for what they now have - massive illegal immigration, limited freedom and societal breakdown. Let them keep it and live in it.

They have already infected Oregon and Washington. Stop the Spread! Build the Wall!


13 posted on 03/28/2019 7:36:46 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

I get bom-freaking-barded by headhunters trying to get me to take jobs in California. I just laugh and tell them they couldn’t possibly afford the salary I would have to demand to live there.


14 posted on 03/28/2019 7:36:50 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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Instead, they choose to devolve into Venezuela or Cuba.

Those who don’t READ history books...


15 posted on 03/28/2019 7:45:00 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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But isn’t Arizona turning blue? I ask that honestly not sarcastically.


16 posted on 03/28/2019 7:47:11 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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I'm not exaggerating the extent of dependency in the Once Golden State, whether it's government largess or some kind of housing or transportation benefits from their employer.

Uh, most of us are dependent on salary and benefits from our employers.

Are some employee benefits more pure than others?

17 posted on 03/28/2019 7:55:29 AM PDT by semimojo
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I’m currently renovating my Centennial, Colorado childhood home - adding vaulted ceilings and a huge addition to an amazing kitchen. Based on location alone, the ARV should be $799k to $830k - to feed the hungry incoming California crowd. I leveraged this deal with a hard money lender to buy a mountain home - away from the invading chaos that is transforming Denver. It’s outrageous what crap they’re buying here for $300k!


18 posted on 03/28/2019 7:57:02 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Huskrrrr

I’m sorry for your loss.

We are packing up and getting our house ready to sell. Hubby has a potential job in North Carolina. We are waiting to see if the start up gets funding.

If it doesn’t get funding, we will put off moving a little while until we find a place we want to retire in.

Too bad too. My husband loves the Sierras.

We are looking at Northwest Arkansas. I want to be in driving distance of family in Dallas and hubby wants hills and outdoor activities.


19 posted on 03/28/2019 8:00:38 AM PDT by luckystarmom
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What are those tents fastened to on that cement foundation?
Are they just sitting there and not connected to the ground?


20 posted on 03/28/2019 8:02:17 AM PDT by deport
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