Your anecdotes are not data. This research paper is, and I expect it's a lot more representative than your anecdotes are.

These are my real life experiences and real life observations.

You can swallow whatever illusion you being fed by your local politician, close your eyes and assume it's a reality. You're intended audience.

Tens of thousands of former californians ain't buying more of their taxes and neither more of their BS any more.

Where voting with hands doesn't help - people are voting with their feet.

I'm not arguing that your real-life experiences aren't real, just that they may not be representative.

My lived experience is somewhere in the middle: I've seen some high earners leave, but more high earners stay. Based on this study, it seems my experience might be more representative of the whole.

Also not sure why you're taking this combative, condescending tone. Seems like you have an axe to grind and are emotionally attached to your position for some reason. But it does seem like you weren't happy in CA, so I'm glad you've found a place to live where you're happier.

>"A plane crashed in California" This nonsense is clearly peddled by local politicians trying to save their faces. I flew yesterday and the plane didn't crash, a lots people I know flew the past weeks and didn't crash either.

Ever thought that you maybe in the peer group that moves out of California for whatever reason but your group is just a statistically irrelevant minority?

We're not talking about plane crashes.

We're talking about the significant demographic trend that is clearly there and it signifies the utter failure of CA politicians to keep productive and creative people as well as businesses.

The trend is there whether you like it or not.

>The trend is there whether you like it or not.

By your anecdotal experience or do you hard facts? If not your claim is as valid as mine about plane crashes