Looks like L.A. Times blogger Peter Viles didn't expect the heated response he received when he posted this question, inspired by news that 89,000 people left California last year:
Why are people moving out of L.A. and California?
Get a load of some of the comments:
People can sugar coat it any way they want! We left California in October simply for the fact that it is in third world status and I don't understand the language!
Posted by: Janice Gammill | December 20, 2007 at 09:38 AM
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why at least once a week I think about leaving California:
--the cost of housing (obviously)
--the fact that all the good jobs are clustered in areas we can't afford to live in
--high taxes
--obscene property taxes
--the knowledge that the state is just going to waste all your tax money anyway
--high utility costs
--the price of gas
--congestion that makes even a short trip through the suburbs at least half an hour
--corrupt state politicians
--free health care for illegals while native borns just go without
--the steady march toward "Mexifornia"
--some of the worst schools in the nation (see "Mexifornia" above)
--the fact that even CSU and the UC are moving out of reach for the middle class....
Posted by: do I have to draw you a diagram? | December 20, 2007 at 10:19 AM
With so much anti-L.A. vitriol (not to mention those offensive remarks), Viles now admits he goofed on the post:
I asked, "why are people moving out of L.A. and California," which was a fair question but also leading -- an invitation for L.A.-bashing. I could have asked a more balanced question, something along the lines of, "how do you rate the quality of life in L.A.? Is living here worth the price?"
As a result, the new post is now mostly filled with L.A. boosters. No surprise I'm in the booster category. Of course L.A. and California (especially California) have problems -- but what place doesn't?
I remember back in Hawai'i, the cost of living was so high, and jobs so scarce, that there was a lot of talk back then of a "brain drain" -- as locals hunting for top-tier jobs wound up having to move to the Mainland for a decent job. Could that ever happen here?
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