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CALIFORNIA UPDATE: “The number of people leaving California for another state outstripped the numbe…
Instapundit —
... CALIFORNIA UPDATE: “The number of people leaving California for another state outstripped the number moving in from another state during the year ending on July 1, 2008. California lost a net total of 144,000 people during that period — more than any other state, according to census estimates. That is about equal to the population of Syracuse, N.Y. . . . With state government facing a $41.6 billion budget hole over 18 months, residents are bracing for higher taxes, cuts in education and postponed tax rebates. A multibillion-dollar plan to remake downtown Los Angeles has ...
Why California is No Longer a Paradise
Chicago Boyz —
People are leaving California and the once golden land has begun to decay. [h/t Intapundit] What happened?
“We’ve lived off the investments our parents made in the ’50s and ’60s for a long time,” says Tim Hodson, director of the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento. “We’re somewhat in the position of a Rust Belt state in the 1970s.”
California has followed the grim path of the Great Lakes states.
As I ...
Bailing on CA?
QandO —
Mike Riley’s list of grievences seems fairly typical of those I’ve heard from other ex-Californians: ...
Larwyn's Links: "Come on, Obama, what kind of Democrat are you?"
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... a Google search (much greener than the critics say) : GoogleBlog Global warming: What is the scientific truth? : Mainichi Daily News Obama Global Warming Czarina's socialist ties disappear : Jammie Wearing Fool Why Don’t I Care About the Palestinians? : National Review (John Derbyshire - 2002) Today I am a Jew : GM's Place The Peace Process is in Jeopardy? I wonder why! : Barry Rubin Cool Cat : The Atlantic (Christopher Hitchens) Californians look for the exits : Yahoo! News Obama intelligence adviser involved in ...
The disappearance of the real world
Classical Values —
... .) On top of that, I hear that back at home in Ann Arbor, the temperatures are now in the single digits or lower! What's a transplanted Californian to do? More and more of them seem to be retransplanting themselves : The number of people leaving California for another state outstripped the number moving in from another state during the year ending on July 1, 2008. California lost a net total of 144,000 people during that period -- more than any other state, according to census estimates. That is about equal to the population of Syracuse, N.Y. The state with the next-highest ...
This Is What Liberalism Run Amok Looks Like
California Conservative —
... According to this article, indicators are emerging that California’s irresponsible behavior is driving people away: ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/13/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Go East, Young Man — Californians Look for the Exit The number of people leaving California for another state outstripped the number moving in from another state during the year ending on July 1, 2008. California lost a net total of 144,000 people during that period — more than any other state, according to census estimates. That is about equal to the population of Syracuse, N.Y. The state with the next-highest net loss through migration between states was New York, which lost just over 126,000 ...
From Meccania to Atlantis - Part 9: Goodbye To All That
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe —
... In the year ending on July 1, 2008, California had lost 144,000 people due to outmigration exceeding the number moving in. New York lost over 126,000 residents, and other main Body Snatcher states experienced similar losses. ...
