‘Are You Moving Out Of California?’
American Thinker,
by
Robin M. Itzler
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
6/15/2024 6:55:53 AM
Several weeks ago, I flew to Texas to visit my friend Mollie, who had left California in 2022. Whenever I told someone I was going to Texas, their first question was, “Are you moving out of California?”
How different from when I moved to California in 1977…
“I’m so jealous!” That was the reaction of family and friends when my husband and I announced that, after one year of marriage, we were leaving New York. It was a difficult decision because I was close to my parents, particularly my mother. For us, the primary reason was the weather. We did not enjoy humid summers or frozen winters and wanted to move
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 6/15/2024 7:19:42 AM (No. 1737531)
Rino
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
WillyP 6/15/2024 9:00:25 AM (No. 1737597)
Sarasota, Florida - recently saw three vehicles parked in Publix parking lot with California plates on two of them and the other an Oregon plate. Doubt they drove 3,000 + miles to vacation.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
crashnburn 6/15/2024 9:12:52 AM (No. 1737606)
I moved to So CA in 1979 for work and to Silicon Valley 1987 , again for work. I recently moved to Colorado for less expensive housing and maybe more work, but I don’t miss the crazy politics and congestion either. I mis my friends but they are only a phone call away.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Italiano 6/15/2024 9:15:41 AM (No. 1737607)
FTA: "Y’all, I still believe that, with the right leadership, California can have a renaissance and return to its glory days."
Sorry, but it will take a lot more than that. A thorough fumigation won't come via elections.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Californian 6/15/2024 10:28:09 AM (No. 1737650)
I left 2-3 years ago. Every single person I told I was leaving said some variant of : congratulations, I'm so jealous,
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Californian 6/15/2024 10:29:38 AM (No. 1737652)
Bah.
Some variation of:
1) congratulations
2) I'm so jealous
3) we're planning to leave, too
Except for the retired school teacher who has been in the same house for 45 years. She didn't understand why anyone would leave paradise.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
padiva 6/15/2024 11:06:12 AM (No. 1737662)
I escaped from NJ in 2008 when I had to start my life over again.
No desire to go back.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/15/2024 11:35:25 AM (No. 1737674)
This native born Californian has been in virtually all states but Alaska. Cannot imagine leaving. We'll just watch the pendulum swing as it has in the past.
As for the Floridian who believes no Californian would drive to Florida, that is not true. We've done it more than once.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Lucky5 6/15/2024 12:21:58 PM (No. 1737704)
We looked at some other states, but I am born and raised in beautiful northern California. Smack in the middle of what has become Silicon Valley. I love living here and resent how bad the left has made it politically. I moved to the Sierras during covid. I love my beautiful conservative peaceful town. People say God bless you, I will pray for you and Merry Christmas. Amazing. And very few masks during covid.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
TXknitter 6/15/2024 12:40:07 PM (No. 1737728)
Yes, #2. Rural Texas Panhandle here. Exactly same thing going on here.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Kate318 6/15/2024 12:49:07 PM (No. 1737735)
#8, hubby and I have driven nearly to all 48 mainland states (will finish up the rest in the fall), and we watch the license plates. California is among the most frequent travelers we see, which also includes Ohio, South Dakota, Minnesota, Texas, New York, Michigan and Florida. These are the plates we tend to see no matter where we travel. Oh, and Canada…go figure.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/15/2024 1:39:32 PM (No. 1737778)
News reporrting that outh Florida has just had 28 inches of rain.
Severe flooding.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/15/2024 1:51:42 PM (No. 1737782)
I am trying tofigure out why license plates are the new indicator. Like most Californians we'd rather drive than fly. Have traversed the country many times, driven to other stat4es to visit relatives, driven to various sttes to ski, and so forth. I imagine our plates would now be tqllied as indicators of our having moved. Goofy.
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