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I don't think living in the desert has anything to do with foreclosure rates. Florida's foreclosure rates are high, and it's nowhere near the desert.
Obviously there is more at play than just the desert, but the fact that Arizona and Nevada are number 1 and 2 in foreclosures is interesting. Why are there foreclosure rates the highest?
I hear what you're saying, but the real estate mess aside (and AZ ain't the only place with "strategic defaults"), some folks actually prefer the desert climate, just as others prefer the mountains, the coast, the plains, the lush green (and wet) Pacific NW, etc..
For example I never would have thunk it years ago when I always considered myself a "gotta live by the water" type, but having retired to the CA Sierra foothills, I absolutely love the climate and local scenery (among other things).... and haven't missed the beach in years. And BTW, having also spent many years in the rainy NW, I can easily see how desert living might have its "advantages"!
I certainly can see why one would want to get away from the constant rain and over cast days, but there are many more choices than the desert.
I always remember this line from Cal. conservative politician Tom McClintock, who ran unsuccessfully against Arnold to replace the recalled Gray Davis in 2004. McClintock noted how years of liberalism had created a mass exodus from California, the Golden State, the land of dreams, for the adjaecent desert states of Nevada and Arizona:
You want to know what kind of damage 34 years of Democratic majorities in a state legislature can cause – especially if you combine them with the last five years under a Democratic Governor? We have a 9.3 percent top income tax bracket that starts at $75,000 AND an 8 3⁄4 percent sales tax – and we still keep running out of money. We have the lowest credit rating of any state in the country – in fact, now 2 notches below the next lowest state and are poised to borrow $15 billion more. And we are watching the first domestic outmigration of population in our history.
In fact, according to the census data, the most popular destination for California expatriates is the middle of the Arizona and Nevada deserts. Now I want you to think about that for a second. Imagine turning your state into a less desirable place to live and work and raise your family than the middle of the Nevada and Arizona deserts.
There’s a reason why they tested nuclear weapons out in the southwestern desert of our nation. It’s the only place on the continent that can actually be IMPROVED with atomic bombs.
Now, I submit to you that no conceivable act of GOD could wreak such devastation on California. Only acts of Democrats could do that, and they have.
Despite all these problems, however, California does remain one of the best places in the nation to build a successful small business. You just need to start with a successful LARGE business.
Good quote.
We have tons of California refugees here in Texas too.
We have tons of California refugees here in Texas too.
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Why would anyone in San Diego want to move to anywhere else? If I was born in San Diego area, I don't think I would ever want to move away from it.
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