Escape from CA Part 2 FS: 100% off gear!

I say again. Noooooooooooo!! But if it will make you happy I’m glad you’re doing it and you have my blessing (yes you do need my blessing ) even though it means I’ll probably never see ya again you bastard.

 

Let us know where you are moving to TX (or whatever you decide on), plenty of directs to most of the Southern states from Jax Airport here in FL (but the Orlando one is sooo much bigger than Jax). I need to get out of my apartment and escape from the GF for a few days.

 

Move to a controversial southeast Asian country where education is significantly cheaper, possibly at the expense of quality and opportunity, and your dollars go a long way (never mind salaries here are often laughable)

Kidding aside: Godspeed, and hope it's far more an adventure than anything else. Le petit mort* leaves the door open for loads of new opportunities without the past being a burden.

*LMAO

 

The second comment on this video is

“1970: Going to California
2020: Leaving California”

 

No joke this was a year where I was going to try to go to the US, for the first time, and meet a good part of u guys.

Good luck with your moving and I hope that your new job will provide what you, and need, for you and your family.


PS: 2020 is a freaking POS.

 

I think there's a lot of truth here. Recently stumbled upon this data visualization on reddit that shows which state most people born out-of-state came from originally, and thought it'd be interesting to share here because it kinda shows the pattern you mentioned of people moving out from cali to other states:

 

Wishing you all the best Marv. I have had good fortune when faced by crossroads, hope your travels fare similarly well..dB

 

Good luck, Marv.

And f'ing LOL at mini-Jude in the pic. Totally forgot about that one.

 

Best of luck in your endeavors!
Hey, maybe we can meet in Rennes if you stil work for T**********

Cheers!

 

Sorta looks like everyone flees Illinois to the nearest neighboring state just to GTFO... I live in IL... make sense... haha

 

Kinda. But doesn't it really just show that California, Texas, New York, and Illinois are approximately the top 4 most populous states? There are more transplants from those states for the same reason that there are more Led Zeppelin fans from those states: Because there are more people in those states. Corrected for population, the map might show very different trends.

What's most interesting to me about the map is what's happening in the lower-right corner. Florida's population is in or very near the top 5, yet there's hardly any diffusion out of that state. Apparently, Floridians can check out any time they like, but they can never leave.

 

I'm reminded of this in The Onion a few years back (worth scrolling to the last line): "8.4 Million New Yorkers Suddenly Realize New York City A Horrible Place To Live"

 

San Diego?

 

How tall is Jude? He looks so short in this pic.

 

vvvvv Merv IRL. get out while you can!

 

Ohio?

 

FL is the third most populated state after NY now, thanks to the Escape from New York the Movie in real life. I would know, I escaped from NYC via my family.

There is also plenty of reasons why not too many NY'ers are leaving FL (and in general why most don't leave).

• Good chunk of NY'ers moving to FL are retirees.
  • Nothing new, this has been the stereotypical NY life for decades.
  • Retiring in NY sucks due to state tax your SSI and other benefits. FL doesn't have any of that shit.
  • This has been increasing due to baby boombers.
• Thanks to the Work From Home movement, why be cold and look at gray skies in NY all the time while you can drive to the beach and be hot and sweaty all the time in FL. NY'ers are buying up homes like their parking ticket collection.
• With the two points above, if you are loaded with money made in NY and want to have your family well off after you past away, move to FL because NY has a trash Estate tax. FL doesn't have it.
• Tons of NY communities in FL.
  • NY'ers regardless if Left/Right don't really want to be with Southern Conservatives types, since they don't look at themselves as Rednecks or good ole boys.

With these factors above, almost all NY'ers who move to FL don't leave. The few who leave later reallize that they don't like FL due to how hot it is most of the year.

Also the states that were showing in @pure5152 post where NY make the majority of move ins are also not too surprising. NY'ers prefer moderate social issues states in the South and not true pure Southern State states like MS, AL, LA, etc. As stated in my last bulletpoint, I know plenty of NY'ers (including my family) who don't want to be in a "Redneck" area or state. It is what it is.