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2017-09-20 Economy

Poll finds California voters consider moving due to sky-high housing costs

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Posted by Fred 2017-09-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 And promptly turn their new homes into the same kind of shithole they left behind.

This ain't the Calexit I was looking for.

Posted by charger 2017-09-20 00:15|| 2017-09-20 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Unless they are willing to abandon the crap policies which got them there, they can rot.

Fortunately I know a lot of mid-state Californians that are more than willing.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-09-20 00:33|| 2017-09-20 00:33|| Front Page Top

#3 60 percent of the electorate supports rent control,

Boy Howdy!! That deserves the Gomer Pyle picture all by itself. Stupid is as stupid does.

Posted by AlanC 2017-09-20 09:21|| 2017-09-20 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 60 percent of the electorate supports rent control
and then they'll be a shortage of places to rent...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-09-20 09:26|| 2017-09-20 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 1 in 4 said they’d relocate out of state if they did.

Let's hope not. Better Kahlifornia keeps its worker bees home and not spread them around the rest of the country.

Posted by jpal 2017-09-20 09:53|| 2017-09-20 09:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Mrs. Warthog and I left Kali for Idaho 4 years ago. We were strangers in a strange land. We have never looked back. Housing costs were only a part of the problem. The permeation of auto-destruct liberal policies was the major reason.

Posted by Warthog 2017-09-20 10:14|| 2017-09-20 10:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Heading to Idaho tomorrow for a house hunting visit.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2017-09-20 15:01|| 2017-09-20 15:01|| Front Page Top

#8 If the housing prices don't get you there are always the taxes and the traffic.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-09-20 16:22|| 2017-09-20 16:22|| Front Page Top

#9 I know people who pay more for their property tax per month than most of you would even consider paying on a monthly basis for a mortgage. They don't consider themselves wealthy either...well, you wouldn't if you were getting fleeced like that.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-09-20 16:26|| 2017-09-20 16:26|| Front Page Top

#10 If you are anywhere immediately south of Atlanta with a home valued at $750k to $1.5m, better figure on an average of $1500. (or more) per month in property taxes.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-20 16:30|| 2017-09-20 16:30|| Front Page Top

#11 You want to see the market collapse? Remove the tax deduction for the interest portion of the mortgage.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-09-20 20:14|| 2017-09-20 20:14|| Front Page Top

#12 My guess is the bulk of those willing to move (such as myself) come from red counties and thus have two reasons to move. A number are trapped because they are unwilling to uproot kids until school is done.

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