Posted on 03/03/2006 7:51:21 AM PST by SmithL
California, which had a population of more than 37 million in 2005, had a net loss of 28,565 people to other states during the fiscal year that ended July 1, according to report estimates.
A department analyst said the loss can't be blamed on a mass exodus similar to one that the state experienced before the dot-com boom of the late 1990s.
Howard Roth, chief economist with the department, said California's housing costs discourage people from other states from moving here.
"The outflow hasn't changed much, but fewer people are coming here," Roth said. "Houses were already unaffordable, but they've become more so in the last two years. It's discouraging people from taking job offers in California."
According to DataQuick, the median price of a house in California was $452,000 in January. In the Bay Area, the median price was $607,000.
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The answer to the bug question is why I won't ever move to Florida...
They are floored when they find out it is for the whole year.
Not sure what bummer deal you happened to experience, but down here in OC, it's so mundane, it's almost boring.
Parking lots in HB are 1% of capacity 90% of the year. (And of course, as every native knows, the nicest beach days are in the winter.) Even on the busiest summer days, you can usually find a spot.
People commute from the Santa Ana Mtns (eg Trubuco Cyn) on a daily basis - perhaps they experience some of that traffic you mentioned.
Parks in OC are peaceful and idylic - nice Little League fields as well.
Sound like you were living next to Inglewatts - any inner city rathole in any state would be like that, not just Calif.
We relocated to Indiana a few years ago...but my brother just moved to a suburb north of Dallas. None of my old friends live in CA anymore.
weak. What a bunch of cowards. If you run from money you will always be poor.
If you run to money, money will make you rich.
Thank God for the idiots.
Shhh, keep it down. I'm trying to live in this state, y'know.
Now you are giving away all of our secrets. LOL.
I used to head straight to the beach when I would come home on break from college. My college roommates, who were East Coast natives, always had trouble believing the sunny beach scenes in the photos I brought back to school really had been taken during Thanksgiving break.
I salute your income, sir. Anyplace is nice when you can afford it.
And that is the point. My 80k goes much farther in Collin County than it would in OC. My salary was basically living wage in SoCal.
And lets not even discuss the commute from HB to Downtown LA. It was bad enough from Lawndale.
I don't know how my Conservative Sister can stand it anymore.
If you want to save Texas send them back or your state will become like Kalifornia I kid you not.
Any Californian looking for a house near the ocean? My Dad's house 1 mile from the beach, less than 4 miles away from 2 mooring basins offering charter fishing for Salmon and Halibut. Less than 3 miles away from Ft. Stevens State Park that has over 8 miles of paved bicycle trails. Right in between Seaside and Astoria Oregon in Warrenton. 1680 sq ft house with new flooring throughout, new stainless kitchen appliances, new interior paint, and space for RV, boat, shop etc.
http://www.yourmlssearch.com/detail.query?id=Clatsop&listing=6222&menu=detail
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