Over 500,000 Californians left the state in the two years after the pandemic began due to rising housing costs and crowded, crime-filled cities, according to a report.
Between April 2020 and July 2022 the number of those leaving California surpassed the number of people moving in by more than 700,000,According to The Times, unaffordable housing, long commute times, crowds, crime and pollution in urban areas —which have also been plagued by homelessness — were primary reasons people left.
Several social issues, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, led to hundreds of thousands of Californias moving elsewhere.Between July 2021 and July 2022, California lost roughly 211,000 people according to data from California’s Department of Finance.Los Angeles County — California’s largest county — lost around 160,000 in the last 12 months with most leaving for other states.AFP via Getty Images
Paul Ong, director of the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge at University of California Los Angeles, told The Times that a number of socio-economic factors are pushing people out of the state, but housing costs were the biggest impetus.
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