Why Haven’t All Of The CA and Transplants From Other States That Moved To WY,MT,ID Stayed After Many Winters And Not Moved Back?

[IdahoBeav]

. . . millions of people from other states moved to Ca and changed it drastically from the place I knew as a kid, so I just don’t have that much sympathy. People move. Not much anyone can do about it.

*from other countries

 

[JFK]

*from other countries

Yeah that too.

I work with guys from Florida, Idaho, Texas, New York, Missouri, Virginia, and some other states I can’t think of right now. It’s not a one way street.

 

[IdahoBeav]

Yeah that too.

I work with guys from Florida, Idaho, Texas, New York, Missouri, Virginia, and some other states I can’t think of right now. It’s not a one way street.

Domestic migration to California has been happening since the 19th century, but it’s not what made California different during your or my lifetime, and the state hasn’t had a steady net positive on domestic migration in 35 years.

My grandparents were among several hundred thousand that migrated from Oklahoma to California in the 1920s, back when it was apparent why Orange County had its name. Inter-state migration in the first half of the 20th century is largely responsible for making California into the paradise it was in the mid 20th century.