[Riley]

I hope it's only the conservatives deserting! Nobody wants an invasion of the freaky liberals from California. Just imagine California when only the liberals are left, it will be a zoo!!

I just sold my house. I will be leaving California on August 24th, bound for the South. California has been ruined by the nuts, many of whom came from other states. It has become a nut Mecca.

Unfortunately, I know that I am inevitably going to be tarred with the nut label wherever else I end up. I am going to have to put a sticker on my truck that says, "Don't shoot, I'm a Freeper!"

[potlatch]

Good for you!! Texas is still pretty conservative, especially outside the big citys. Good luck wherever you go.

[Age of Reason]

California has been ruined by the nuts, many of whom came from other states. It has become a nut Mecca.

The last data I saw shows that more people left California for other states than came to California from other states.

Most of the California's population growth is from immigrants and newborns.

But no matter.

What you don't realize is that it doesn't matter where they come from--what matters is how crowded a place becomes and how diversified the population.

If you stuff a gazillion people into a house, especially if they all have different ideas about when to use the bathroom and when to have dinner and when to play loud music and when to sleep and which TV shows to watch and when to walk the dog and who gets to do it . . . you will have madness.

Then it becomes a matter of common sense survival to turn over individual freedom to a committee that will make and enforce laws governing when each of you are permitted to do something.

As with a house, so with a state or a country.

[Amanda King]

You are welcome here in South Carolina. To give you an idea of how different we are from California, South Carolina recently made available "In God We Trust" license plates. The design is the #1 specialty plate and is outselling the #2 plate by almost 9 times.

By the way, I am a native Californian who lived there during the Reagan days (left in 1977).

[Axenolith]

Seriously dude, I hear in some states the FIRST thing you want to do is stop by the DMV and snag a set of new tags as windshield and tire insurance. :0 !

[petuniasevan]

South where?

I moved to Wisconsin (I know, home of tax-and-spend) 8 years ago and won't ever move back to Cali.

Test the waters when meeting new people. Let 'em get to know you before you announce, "Hey, I'm from California!" Our reputation precedes us.

[Jay D. Dyson]

I just sold my house. I will be leaving California on August 24th, bound for the South. California has been ruined by the nuts, many of whom came from other states. It has become a nut Mecca.

I wish you well on your journey. Travel safe and enjoy the trip. I hope your new home is everything you expect and more.

My wife and I will be joining the exodus from California in the near future.

California may be getting rid of Davis, but it seems most "Republicans" out here only want to replace him with "Davis Lite."

Small wonder this state is tanking as hard as it is. It's already hit rock bottom...now it's skidding a few thousand yards by sheer momentum alone.

-Jay