When former Bay Area resident Terry Gilliam, 62, started the Facebook group “Leaving California” in 2018, the group attracted 200 members within six months. Four years later, the group has over 50,000 members, and the number continues to climb every week. “In the last 30 days, we’ve added 11,000 members, which is darn close to a record,” Gilliam told The Epoch Times. “And it all started on January 1st … I think there is an absolute mad rush of people who are going to get out of California this year.” Although he formed the group a few years ago, Gilliam didn’t take the plunge and move out of state to Florida until last year. Issues like homelessness, crime, politics, cost of housing, traffic, and exorbitant taxes pushed Gilliam away—and he’s not the only one. When the group first began, Gilliam said Idaho and Texas were the most popular destinations for …