LAS VEGAS — After five years of living in sunny California, Billy Mitchell decided to leave the Golden State for the Nevada desert, where he could get more bang for his buck.
“It’s ridiculous. The house I was living in, I was in Orange County in Fullerton, and it was maybe 1,300 square feet, one bathroom – it was a nice place and all but it was about $150,000 more than this place,” Mitchell said as he gave a tour of his newly purchased, 2,100-square-foot home in Henderson, Nev.
For $150,000 less, Mitchell’s new home sits on nearly a third of an acre and also has a pool. He, along with roughly 660,000 other people, decided to move out of California to avoid high taxes and find a cheaper cost of living in neighboring states like Nevada and Arizona, according to Census data.
California had the highest out-migration than any other state in the country, followed by Texas, with 467,338 out movers, and New York, with 452,580, according to 2017 US Census data. Los Angeles County alone had 312,000 people moving to a different area within the past year.
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Absolutely right, the rent is ridiculous, I moved from Long Beach California 6 years ago, a 1 bedroom, 1000.00, small 1 bedroom, no parking only on the street, and if you didnt find any, you parked around the corner, no washer or dryer, it’s just getting more expensive smh
I am not surprised at all. The Liberals have taken over California and that’s why we don’t live there anymore either