With all this talk of “Californication”...

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January 20, 2021, 07:43 PM

hudr

With all this talk of “Californication”...

When will we be able to move back in?
I mean, there has to come a point (years, decades, millennia) when everyone has moved out of California, and the folks left just breed themselves out or become extinct or something.
How long will it take before that state become “The West” again and we can repopulate it?
I assume it’ll take more than new carpet and a fresh coat of paint.

January 20, 2021, 08:40 PM

TMats

Wait!

What?!?

January 20, 2021, 08:57 PM

iron chef

Sorry Hud, that's not how viruses work.

January 20, 2021, 09:09 PM

Il Cattivo

I'm afraid we're waiting for a sustained economic downturn the likes of which California hasn't seen since the Depression. Even then, enough solid people would have to move (back) in to counterbalance the leaches and airheads who'd slime back in as prosperity returned.

January 20, 2021, 09:12 PM

Fredward

I'm waiting for my country to become America again. Not in my lifetime, I think.

January 20, 2021, 09:14 PM

TXJIM

This is funny as I casually said to the wife just the other day, “I think we should retire to California when the kids are gone”. She looked at me like I had two heads and we both laughed as I told her my plan. With all of the Californians moving out with the tech exodus we just slide in with a bunch of other conservatives and take over.

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January 20, 2021, 09:51 PM

Bassamatic

It just ain't gonna happen. Nope.

January 20, 2021, 10:46 PM

TomV

The problem is none of the welfare recipients, illegal aliens or politicians are leaving, just everyone in between.

January 20, 2021, 11:52 PM

scratchy

Yes, the leeches stay, the taxpayers leave. Have to wait the leeches out.

January 21, 2021, 06:45 AM

cne32507

quote:
Originally posted by scratchy:
Yes, the leeches stay, the taxpayers leave. Have to wait the leeches out.

Well, she's 80 years old. Can't go on too much longer, I hope.

January 21, 2021, 06:53 AM

Beancooker

Just watch Venezuela as the parallel model.

When Venezuela becomes a first world country, and people are immigrating there, and they have border control issues and can’t stop the influx of people.... Then California will follow.

This won’t happen in our lifetimes. Not even in your great grandchildren’s lifetimes.

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January 21, 2021, 07:29 AM

joel9507

quote:
Originally posted by TXJIM:
This is funny as I casually said to the wife just the other day, “I think we should retire to California when the kids are gone”. She looked at me like I had two heads and we both laughed as I told her my plan. With all of the Californians moving out with the tech exodus we just slide in with a bunch of other conservatives and take over.

They'd like that. Someone has to pay for the unfunded pension liabilities and the state bond debt.

The liberals aren't going anywhere till the party's over, the hangover arrives and their bills come due. That's when they'll move to another state and let the suckers pay for their party.

January 21, 2021, 08:05 AM

sigspecops

I'm still waiting for that earthquake that makes California an island. Hopefully their state mandated electric vehicles won't have the range to escape and they'll all be stranded there forever.

January 21, 2021, 08:28 AM

urbanwarrior238

quote:
Originally posted by TomV:
The problem is none of the welfare recipients, illegal aliens or politicians are leaving, just everyone in between.

^^^This..A better description cannot be said

January 21, 2021, 10:08 AM

az4783054

To many east coast and west coast people moving to AZ...with their embedded ideals. The only good thing about the migration is they're bringing cash.

We're hopefully going to leave the state: MT, WY, KY or TN. Someplace bright red and a sparse population.

January 21, 2021, 10:21 AM

corsair

California = great land, horrible people

Most parts of the US = ok land, great people

There's a number of counties that are solidly purple, wouldn't take much to tilt those political scales back to red.

January 21, 2021, 10:28 AM

Scoutmaster

quote:
Originally posted by sigspecops:
I'm still waiting for that earthquake that makes California an island. Hopefully their state mandated electric vehicles won't have the range to escape and they'll all be stranded there forever.

I don't know if the earthquake would make CA an island. It might be Nevada has beachfront property. Can Tesla's self drive under water?

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Originally posted by joel9507: . . They'd like that. Someone has to pay for the unfunded pension liabilities . . . .

Depending on the investment rate of return, the present value of the unfunded pension liabilities is between ~$400Billion and ~$1Trillion. You don't think the illegal's can cover that??

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January 21, 2021, 12:47 PM

az4783054

legalizing illegals who will probably not pay income taxes but will accept government freebies. great plan.

January 21, 2021, 12:57 PM

flashguy

quote:
Originally posted by az4783054:
legalizing illegals who will probably not pay income taxes but will accept government freebies. great plan.

They don't care about that--they expect them to vote Democrat.

flashguy

January 21, 2021, 04:02 PM

Expert308

quote:
Originally posted by hudr:
I assume it’ll take more than new carpet and a fresh coat of paint.

Carpet bombing, maybe.