California saw a net gain of only 21,200 residents in the year that ended July 1, a paltry 0.05% growth rate not seen since 1900, a new report reveals.
Rubio has lived all over the world, growing up in the Salvadoran countryside before fleeing the violence there for New York’s Long Island. The Army took him to Virginia, Iraq and Kuwait. Back in New York, he met Scott.In 2012, they moved to L.A. for Scott’s job at an equity firm and fell in love with the beaches, the culture and the diverse cuisine. But the negatives were wearing on them.
“I’m a gay, brown man. I didn’t think I would feel this way in a red state,” he said. “I’ve been through a lot of social justice circles, and to be living in an area where you are still accepted regardless of your politics or identity has been refreshing. They do accept me, and they don’t care.” Kindler, 68, is retired after a career as an aerospace engineer. Jo Anne has retired from Pacific Bell. He is originally from New York City; she from Chicago. Their daughter was in graduate school at NYU. Nothing was tying them to L.A. If they bought a bigger home in Southern California, their property taxes would shoot up.And there were politics. Kindler, a Democrat in his youth, evolved into conservatism after graduate school.
She once battled traffic for three hours to get to the airport from Studio City. She was tired of the high taxes and the worn look of older buildings in L.A. So she set her sights on Vegas, where she had performed with a Cirque du Soleil show and at many corporate events. Both applied for unemployment, but their work had been mostly under the table, so they received nothing.
Hopefully it's a lot of blue votes going back to their red states
If everyone is leaving, why is California housing still in short supply and unaffordably expensive?
In the fiscal year that ended in July, L.A. County had by far the greatest net loss due to migration of any California county — more than 74,000 people. Some moved to nearby areas with lower costs of living; others left the state altogether.