Most Californians Think The State Is Headed In The Wrong Direction

[SkyChief]

UC-Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies found that 54% of California voters feel that California is headed in the wrong direction. (36% are happy with it, and 10% were undecided)
source: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6ft4h17c

Today, California has:
the highest level of homelessness, the highest level of poverty, and the highest (aggregate) Taxes of any state in the US.

California has extreme economic disparity,
a massive housing crisis,
a worsening water supply crisis, (mandatory water-rationing in some areas)
an epidemic of wildfires,
a crime spike which has recently been spreading to suburbs,
an extremely high cost of living.

The list goes on and on. No wonder so many Californians are pulling up stakes and moving to states like Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, et. al.

As more and more people leave California, the Tax Base gets smaller and smaller, so Sacramento must raise taxes even higher on those of us who remain., which in turn causes even more people to flee.

 

[mike2810]

UC-Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies found that 54% of California voters feel that California is headed in the wrong direction. (36% are happy with it, and 10% were undecided)
source: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6ft4h17c

Today, California has:
the highest level of homelessness, the highest level of poverty, and the highest (aggregate) Taxes of any state in the US.

California has extreme economic disparity,
a massive housing crisis,
a worsening water supply crisis, (mandatory water-rationing in some areas)
an epidemic of wildfires,
a crime spike which has recently been spreading to suburbs,
an extremely high cost of living.

The list goes on and on. No wonder so many Californians are pulling up stakes and moving to states like Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, et. al.

As more and more people leave California, the Tax Base gets smaller and smaller, so Sacramento must raise taxes even higher on those of us who remain., which in turn causes even more people to flee.

And when people get to Arizona they will find it is not much better.
= massive housing crisis.
- worsening water supply
- wildfires
- crime

While CA has its far left politics, AZ has its far right politics.
Been in AZ over +30 years. It is not going in the right direction.

 

[SkyChief]

And when people get to Arizona they will find it is not much better.
= massive housing crisis.
- worsening water supply
- wildfires
- crime

While CA has its far left politics, AZ has its far right politics.
Been in AZ over +30 years. It is not going in the right direction.

Is Arizona experiencing a mass-exodus like California?

Our friends of 33 years fled California a little over a year ago and bought a beautiful 22 acre ranch in the outskirts of Prescott.

They have horses, goats, LOTS of chickens, and a loopy one-eyed dog. Their "next-door neighbor" is about a quarter mile away.

We were surprised at how kind and polite Arizonans are when we visited. I hope to be a fellow Arizonan in the near future.

 

[mike2810]

Is Arizona experiencing a mass-exodus like California?

Our friends of 33 years fled California a little over a year ago and bought a beautiful 22 acre ranch in the outskirts of Prescott.

They have horses, goats, LOTS of chickens, and a loopy one-eyed dog. Their "next-door neighbor" is about a quarter mile away.

We were surprised at how kind and polite Arizonans are when we visited. I hope to be a fellow Arizonan in the near future.

I was responding to your comment of "The list goes on and on. No wonder so many Californians are pulling up stakes and moving to states like Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, et. al."

Was pointing out Arizona has some of the same issues people are leaving California to run away from.

I would not move to California. Despite Arizona issues, I don't plan to move from AZ anytime soon.