The fact that greedy rich folks would rather move than use their fortune (meaning luck) to help the lives of unfortunate Americans is not the unique story you think it is.

Great idea, where in CA, is helping unfortunate lives happening?

Lumpers always whine about the poor, but the objective truth in CA is the money is going to lawyers, corporations and friends of the Democrat machine.
Which is why CA is looking at $148Billion dollars in Medicare fraud.

Could you help unfortunate lives with $148Billion? No you can't. Democrats fucked the duck in CA, it could be a progressive dream instead, its all been grifted and grafted.

"moving out of high-tax states into areas where taxes, and often overall living costs, are lower."

Has nothing to do with that.

People here started moving when they realized every dollar sent to Sacramento was going to some boondoggle to support their friends in the Government.
Then the SEIU throws out the "lets tax billionaires unearned income" ... well people can see the writing on the wall, eventually it will come for them.

Its a beautiful State, living off the fumes of the 50-80s, Hollywood's is now distributed, Silicon Valley is distributed. If this is the progressive dream of a state, then why hire a PR firm to fix its image? What I have a hard time understanding is, Hollywood is doing terrible, why would the State hire a PR firm in NYC? Seems sort of looney.

Not to mention their generally lower quality of life and health and education outcomes.

CA is competing with Alabama for educational outcomes.

Here's

California's population grew 0.4% in the last decade.

The number of state employees grew 24.5%.

Total state spending grew 48%, inflation adjusted.

You have to ask - where did all the money go?

Metrics?
#14 | POSTED BY DOC_SARVIS

Surprised you're so out of touch with America's education system, not that facts will change your mind.

There are pockets of high quality education, housing, and healthcare in those red states. Folks will find them.
#16 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Just like in CA, parents with means will send their kids to Catholic or private schools.

The article points more to affordability than taxes as the primary driver of the decision to move.

It makes no sense that people with homes would leave. That is the largest affordability issue. Sure prices for groceries and gas have gone up and for lots of people they have made cutbacks. I just think people are sick of seeing the tax money not going to good use.

But the State/County collects taxes for just about everything. County parks, State parks, Boats, Planes, Gas, Bridge tolls.

My business license that my daughter uses to sell used toys/books from home has a "work from home fee" of $256, $800 just to have a corporation. But these aren't new.