WSJ says L.A. people selling homes, flocking to Phoenix and Vegas as tax realities set it (Paradise: military, retired)

[2sleepy]

and then there's this:

California accounted for nearly three out of every four nonfarm jobs created in the U.S. during February, according to data released Friday.

Employers in the state added 14,600 nonfarm payroll jobs last month, the California Employment Development Department reported Friday. Earlier this month, the U.S. government reported nonfarm payrolls in the U.S. rose by just 20,000 jobs in February, or the weakest national showing since September 2017.

“Whatever caused the nation as a whole to have a subpar job gain didn’t have as much influence in California in February,” said Aubrey Henry, a spokesman for the state’s EDD agency.

Even so, Henry said California’s February job gain was below trend for the state in terms of its average for the entire nine-year expansion. California — the fifth-largest economy in the world — has added more than 3.13 million jobs since the economic expansion began in February 2010.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/22/cali...-MHLNDPvvlfn_U

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by Burkmere

Nah, I can't read. I live in Arizona now, remember?


"They cite a litany of reasons: high housing prices, traffic jams, the cost of living and homelessness. It’s so bad that about 44 percent say they are likely to move out of the Bay Area in the next few years, with 6 percent saying they have definite plans to leave this year.

More than 7 in 10 respondents cited the high cost of housing and living, traffic congestion and homelessness as the region’s top problems.

Roughly 80 percent of respondents in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo counties called traffic a serious problem. About three-quarters of respondents in Santa Clara County and 70 percent in San Francisco County agreed.

Ruzon, a native of Illinois, misses the institutions and traditions in the Midwest that bind communities together. In Silicon Valley, he said, it’s hard to find a decent Fourth of July parade. Despite its vast wealth, the region lacks a civic core, he said.

“We’ve tried to put down roots,” Ruzon said. “It’s been very difficult to put down deep roots.”

They didn't even mention the feces all over many of the streets of SF and the needles you have to be careful not to step on.

Thanks for my pension though.

Been reading through some of this thread and your remarks. What I don’t get is why you care if people want to leave the Bay Area. You want to leave. So go. End of story. Why is it important to you to make a case for others?

Personally, I care about people wanting to leave ... because I WANT people to leave. I hope millions leave ... in droves. Problem is: the place keeps gaining population even though so many say they want to leave.

I hope you go to Phoenix or wherever and find everything you dream of in a new home. Just go. Why linger wasting your time yammering about it. Sounds like the old sour grapes Aesop fable.

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

Been reading through some of this thread and your remarks. What I don’t get is why you care if people want to leave the Bay Area. You want to leave. So go. End of story. Why is it important to you to make a case for others?

Personally, I care about people wanting to leave ... because I WANT people to leave. I hope millions leave ... in droves. Problem is: the place keeps gaining population even though so many say they want to leave.

I hope you go to Phoenix or wherever and find everything you dream of in a new home. Just go. Why linger wasting your time yammering about it. Sounds like the old sour grapes Aesop fable.

Exactly. Not to mention the constant "I've got mine, Jack" remarks.

[kttam186290]

Originally Posted by rerere

I think he meant Denver. I'm seriously laughing at the text jobs in Phoenix comment.

They always tend to confuse Call Centers with tech jobs? ...Strange isn't it?

[Finper]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

Been reading through some of this thread and your remarks. What I don’t get is why you care if people want to leave the Bay Area. You want to leave. So go. End of story. Why is it important to you to make a case for others?

Personally, I care about people wanting to leave ... because I WANT people to leave. I hope millions leave ... in droves. Problem is: the place keeps gaining population even though so many say they want to leave.

I hope you go to Phoenix or wherever and find everything you dream of in a new home. Just go. Why linger wasting your time yammering about it. Sounds like the old sour grapes Aesop fable.

Maybe he's commentating about leaving because that's what the topic of the thread is about


Why is it so painful for you to read about people happy in other states??

[kttam186290]

Originally Posted by silverkris

Exactly. Not to mention the constant "I've got mine, Jack" remarks.

They wouldn't be Republicans if they weren't self-centered hypocrites.

[kttam186290]

Originally Posted by Finper

Maybe he's commentating about leaving because that's what the topic of the thread is about

Why is it so painful for you to read about people happy in other states??

Why is it so painful for you to say something positive about the state you live in?

Here you are...still here in California, still sucking up our oxygen.

So how much is the state paying you as an in-home service aid to your parent?

[Finper]

Originally Posted by kttam186290

Why is it so painful for you to say something positive about the state you live in?

Here you are...still here in California, still sucking up our oxygen.

So how much is the state paying you as an in-home service aid to your parent?

I don't even know what a in home service aid is. My dad doesn't live with me. Most of the reason I'm still here is to run the family business he started. It's hard to for me to say positive things because I know what it's like to run and try to survive here with a business. I wish I was getting aid from the state but me being middle class all my money's going out to pay for everybody else's great life including Burkmere so hope he appreciates it and buys me lunch when I get to AZ.

[MuscleCar]

Originally Posted by kttam186290

They wouldn't be Republicans if they weren't self-centered hypocrites.

We are self centered because we are self made. Hardy. We dont mooch like lazy libs.

[MuscleCar]

Why is it so painful for you to read about people happy in other states??

Californians cant possibly fathom others happiness because it threatens and invalidates their illusion of elitism