I recently moved to California. Before i moved, people asked me “why are you moving there, its so bad?”. Now that I’m here, i understand it less. The state is beautiful. There is so much to do.
I know the cost of living is high, and people think the gun control laws are ridiculous (I actually think they are reasonable, for the most part). There is a guy I work with here that says “the policies are dumb” but can’t give me a solid answer on what is so bad about it.
So, what is it that California does (policy-wise) that people hate so much?
As a mortgage lender that helps clients relocate out of California, you cannot blanket statement the entire state this way.
You can live in the slums, rampant homelessness or live in paradise. You can live in suburban desert hellscape or on an absolutely gorgeous vineyard.
People relocate out of there all the time but some do move back, realizing they hated the area of California but not the entire state.
People forget that California all by itself is larger, more populated, and has a wider variety of biomes than many countries.