While historically people have been willing to pay higher prices to live in California, recent migratory patterns showing net outflows suggest that some are choosing to move in search of more affordable options.
From housing to fuel, commodities, and services, Californians fork over more than the majority of the country for routine expenses, and according to residents, the downsides are adding up.
“The cost of living in the Bay Area is astronomical,” Luke Wang, owner of Vast Aquacaping—an aquarium consulting service operating in Northern California—told The Epoch Times. “It’s insane.”
Wang moved in 2021 from a 350-square-foot, two-bedroom apartment in Oakland that leased for $2,350 a month to a 1,800-square-foot home in Citrus Heights—situated outside of Sacramento, about 100 miles northeast of Oakland—for $1,800….