[sfvgt]

.....if everyone's leaving California, how come they're building thousands of new houses? Go 25 miles north of Los Angeles and it looks completely different than it did 5 years ago because of all the new houses and shopping malls that have been built recently......and they can't build them fast enough because new developments are still in the design and construction stages.......

[xusafflyer]

".....if everyone's leaving California, how come they're building thousands of new houses?"

Because the illegals (with the help of legal residents) have learned a new trick to afford the housing in California. If you get 2 or 3 families together (about 10-20 people) with 5-10 incomes, they can make the mortgage payments. I saw it all over Riverside, CA before we left the state in June.

Need a room for all those people? convert the garage and just park on the street in front of your neighbor's house.

[Joe Hadenuf]

if everyone's leaving California, how come they're building thousands of new houses? Go 25 miles north of Los Angeles and it looks completely different than it did 5 years ago because of all the new houses and shopping malls that have been built recently

Check this. Homes in California are bought as fast as they can build them. Just about the only place left is is the Riverside San Berdo area. On the coastal plain, Orange County, etc the inventory of existing homes for sale is tiny. Prices are very high...Supply and demand....

Check this out.

John Young, a private builder in Southern California's red-hot Riverside and San Bernardino counties, says all 600 homes he'll build this year will have been presold.

[Age of Reason]

if everyone's leaving California, how come they're building thousands of new houses? Go 25 miles north of Los Angeles and it looks completely different than it did 5 years ago because of all the new houses and shopping malls that have been built recently......and they can't build them fast enough because new developments are still in the design and construction stages

All symptoms of the problem.

The most recent statistics show native-born Americans are most of those who are leaving, while foreign-born immigrants are most of those who are entering

It is primarily population growth from immigration that is fueling development.

To such third-world immigrants, currently deteriorating conditions in California still look good compared to where they came from.

Meanwhile, existing Americans--those who know what the good life really is--are running away as fast as they can.