[BurbankKarl]

I suppose it is the largest shift in Mexican history too! 190,000 immigrants into LA County IN ONE YEAR!

[AdamSelene235]

[BurbankKarl]

Long Hot Summer Ping

[Koblenz]

Zoning laws prohibiting additional construction to preserve open space is a big reason people are moving further from the core in many cities. Is this also the case in LA?

[Spok]

The only taxpayers left in LA will be in Hollywood and Beverly Hills. As compassionate liberals, I'm sure they won't mind supporting the rest of the county...

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Gee, I thought most of em were moving to Canada! D@mm!

[NEBUCHADNEZZAR1961]

Free-trade, open-borders bump!!!!

[ModelBreaker]

L.A. also is a major port of entry for many immigrants who gain an economic toehold, then move on to other cities and states, inflating the extent of the county's outmigration, demographers said.

It would also inflate the inmigration, would it not? How could a responsible demographer not point this out?

[DumpsterDiver]

Experts said the trend is a continuing shrinking of the middle class in Los Angeles and a worsening of the disparity in income between new arrivals and the wealthier, long-term residents whose incomes likely will grow who are tired of paying for the new arrivals.

Frey said studies show that no longer is the migration a "white flight" phenomena, but that Hispanics, in particular, and other ethnic groups are joining in increasing numbers.

Must be that a lot of people don't like it here.

"On an aggregate, Riverside is the biggest gainer in domestic migrants, and L.A. County is the biggest loser in terms of domestic migrants," Frey said.

What a quaint little term.

[Mr. Mojo]

People are leaving L.A. to go to Riverside

Not exactly an upgrade.

[kellynla]

Come on down to Orange County!
The water's great and plenty of conservatives!
heck we're building homes overlooking swamps...oops I mean "wetlands" in Huntington Beach LOL

[Servant of the 9]

Add the 115,000 net loss to the 190,000 illegals to be offset, and LA lost 305,000 legit citizens last year.

SO9

[Glenmerle]

County residents moved out of Southern California entirely, too, largely in search of cheaper real estate, less congested roads and employment, to counties such as Maricopa, which includes Phoenix, and Clark County, which includes Las Vegas.

Unfortunately, many (if not most) of these escapees bring their old voting habits with them. They never seem to get the connection between the liberals they elected and the decaying cities they escaped. So places like Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado, once conservative strongholds, grow increasingly left-wing as Californians and others move in.

[george wythe]

The figures show 115,434 more residents left the county last year than newcomers arrived. But the overall population still increased with 98,184 new immigrants arriving from foreign countries and 94,675 more births than deaths

What kind of "new" math is being played here?

How many of the residents leaving are also immigrants?

And how many of those immigrants are just illegal aliens?

[Uncle Hal]

When ever you read these article in the the MSM about poor education, population shifts, quality of life etc., the 800 pound guerrilla sitting in the middle of the room that nobody talks about is ILLEGAl IMMIGRATION. They just cannot bring themselves to blame this problem for much of our ills when it is as obvious as the nose on your face. Everybody's hands are dirty on this subject. Bush too for not doing anything about it. There is a good chance this is going to come back and bite bite him in the ass. Big time.

[missyme]

It is truly a DAMN Shame what has happened to L.A! as a native California grew up on the west side and the valley it was the COOLEST place to live in the entire U.S

Now it's a sesspool on 3rd world immigrants TRAFFIC FROM HELL! and the Keep coming!

My friend who lives in Porter Ranch of Northridge says the entire area is being bought up by Koreans, Korean Grocery Stores Cleaners, etc...

My mom lives in L.A and she won't leave because she says well don't complain you have a big inheritance to look forward to, (HOUSE) guess I can't complain about that :)

[1Old Pro]

residents left L.A. at an average net rate of 9,621 per month between July 1, 2003, and last July 1, compared with an average net of 7,373 per month over the three previous years -- a 30 percent increase on average.

Sounds like the New York exodus. Only people are fleeing NY because of confiscatory taxes.

[StoneColdGOP]

:(

[John Valentine]

(Largest population shift in US History)

The article doesn't say that, and even if this is large, it can't compare in pecentage terms to the settling of the West back in the 19th century.

What the article actually says is that this is the largest population shift in the country, implying that they are talking about population shifts going on right now.

Not to nitpick... The article is interesting and the comments germane....

[hookman]

[lainie]

I suppose it is the largest shift in Mexican history too! 190,000 immigrants into LA County IN ONE YEAR!

BUMP

I would not be surprised to hear the high desert (north county) communities start talk of secession from L.A. County again. It comes up every so often, but this time, there's an actual influx of commerce and people to support it. The housing costs are still rising up here. Gangs are coming up, too, though.