Why so many people are leaving California for North Nevada? (Carson: schools, taxes)

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by Bodybuilder91

Maybe 20% of those people, but the rest of the 80% are leaving because COL has gotten more expensive and can no longer afford it here.

Probably true, though the percentages may be different. Everyone I know who left could afford to live there, owned homes, etc, they just got tired of the problems.

[iExtrapolate]

Originally Posted by mrsltd

So, ten friends to Northern Nevada. "Can't be good", you say. Do you not really like these people or something?Are they "invading" one town or are they settling in several in that part of the state?

Those ten friends are nothin' but trouble!

[SFBayBoomer]

Nevada is consistently listed as being in the top ten states for CRIME. What fun.

[RuggedAlpha]

Originally Posted by SFBayBoomer

Nevada is consistently listed as being in the top ten states for CRIME. What fun.

Yea, but it's cheap. Don't you know the goal in life should be to move to a cheap state with a cheap cost of living? Everything else is secondary.

[ryanst530]

Originally Posted by RuggedAlpha

Yea, but it's cheap. Don't you know the goal in life should be to move to a cheap state with a cheap cost of living? Everything else is secondary.

Well, if you really want to play the statistics and trivia game, many high cost of living areas look pretty bad on paper as well.

Greater LA area for example:
- Some of the worst traffic in the country
- Some of the worst air pollution in the country
- One of the most congested cities in the country
- Rampant homelessness problem
- Poorly managed and/or corrupt city governments
- Questionable sustainability of freshwater

Oh, and you get to pay higher prices for all of that.

Regardless, people still flock to LA to droves...

[Mr5150]

Originally Posted by ryanst530

Well, if you really want to play the statistics and trivia game, many high cost of living areas look pretty bad on paper as well.

Greater LA area for example:
- Some of the worst traffic in the country
- Some of the worst air pollution in the country
- One of the most congested cities in the country
- Rampant homelessness problem
- Poorly managed and/or corrupt city governments
- Questionable sustainability of freshwater

Oh, and you get to pay higher prices for all of that.

Regardless, people still flock to LA to droves...

Ugh! LA sucks. But that’s LA. LA does not equate CA despite some people’s perspective. Look at a map.

[tstieber]

Originally Posted by 49erfan916

So cal people are moving to vegas and phoenix and nor cal folks are moving to N. Nevada. I think I did it backwards.

That makes sense, since most people probably want to stay sort of close to friends and family. The good thing about Reno is that it's actually much closer to Sac and the Bay Area than either Vegas or Phoenix are to coastal SoCal cities.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by bpSpillz

LA doesn't suck. If it sucked people wouldn't be moving there and everyone would be leaving the area. It is only your opinion that LA sucks.

No. It sucks. The poster is correct ...

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by Mr5150

Ugh! LA sucks. But that’s LA. LA does not equate CA despite some people’s perspective. Look at a map.

It "sucks" money out of your wallet and gives little in return (Gov't wise).

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by ryanst530

Northern Nevada is undergoing a significant transformation right now with the new "TRIC" (largest industrial park in the world, still in the very early stages of development...) which will likely attract many people from other states, including California. Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center – The Largest Industrial Center in the World From what I've heard, real estate values are skyrocketing, and planners/developers can't keep up with the demand for new homes.

True..but then there's this:

Reno households need $80,000-plus salary to afford median house In 2016, the Census Bureau pegged the median household income in Reno at $48,815. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics, meanwhile, says the average annual wage in the Reno metro area is $46,330, an increase of about 8 percent in the last five years.

In contrast, the median price for an existing single-family home in Reno-Sparks hit an all-time record of $375,000 in March, according to the Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors. In the city of Reno, the median price for an existing single-family house is even higher, posting a new record of $400,000 in March.

To put Reno-Sparks’ numbers in perspective, the median price for an existing single-family home in Sacramento County in February was $330,000 — lower than the Reno area — according to real estate data firm CoreLogic. The average annual salary, meanwhile, is at $55,000, which is 19 percent higher than Reno’s.
https://www.rgj.com/story/money/busi...use/638929002/