I left California. I've considered going back and found I've no reason. Going other places, I don't work to change them for the worse amd support the reasons I went there. I'm not going to live rural and fight ag, I'm not going to move to Texas and work to shut down BBQ because they can't cook a pig or demand something not sugar for the meat.
What would make you consider it if you have 'no reason' ? That is kind of unlikely, isn't it? Wouldn't considering it be caused by 'reasons to move'? People don't typically move for 'no reason' nor consider moving for 'no reason'.
Nobody says, 'hey honey, lets sell the ranch and move to X just because.'
Every place I ever left, I went TO a place that offered an opportunity for me or my family that I thought was greater than what I thought was available where I was: I moved to Virginia for graduate school, fellowship, scholarship, free ride AND the adventure of living in a place foreign to me.
Then Kentucky, where the job and opportunity I wanted were. My gf was also going to get her PHD at UK. I went to TN because my wife got a job that tripled her salary, we left because the opportunities for what we both wanted to do were limited there. We went to Colorado, she again doubled her salary and I had the chance to get my phd and I could advance and make more dough and we wanted to be out west.
We moved back to California because I had developed some things that were better to work on in silicon valley than anywhere else and my family (very large) had expressed many times the wish that we be closer.
Each time big financial reasons and some desire and family reasons. When I moved to other places, I fit in. I think that if I asked the people (or if you did) if they would want me to return, I think they'd all say yes.
What made you leave california (not narratives, the REAL ACTUAL reason) and what invited you to the next place?
I worked construction to save money for grad school, and then after applying, I found out that I needn't have saved the money, they would PAY for me to to go! I picked Virginia because it was the best school (William and Mary) with the best offer of money and opportunity (vs Dartmouth, Univ of South Carolina, UVA) Hey, I'm not someone who necessarily is interested in cockfighting, but, when I lived in Kentucky, I went with friends because it was a big deal to them... it isn't something I would be a fan of, but I didn't say a fucking thing because they love it, it is part of their world and I get why because I listen to them when they told me about it. Not everyone goes to places and tries to recreate where they were. I certainly didn't, I'd guess you didn't...
Now, if you think about the anti smoking movement that began in California, it is true that that movement moved across the country (slowly but surely) to the ire of a lot of people who didn't want that change.... But, most states saw the advantages and followed suit. They chose it because they saw the advantage.
California got hugely popular after WWII. Why? Tons of guys from all over trained there and thought the weather was great! Then, after the war, Defense contractors and manufacturers set up shop all over California. The state, at the time, was flush with oil money and invested heavily in infrastructure: roads, water, education.
During the depression, California had a large influx of people fleeing dust storms and economic distress. They were largely uneducated and unskilled and fell into work in the millions of acres of fields working for large ag outfits. In many ways, this work force created JG Boswell and mega ag. Over the years, as California continued to grow (the entertainment business, the tech business) and be marketed as the place to be, people kept coming. And for generations, it worked. There was always work. There was always more opportunity. Sure the nice rancher in Redondo Beach was now a tract house in Anaheim, then Corona, then even farther out, but there was still opportunity.
It isn't even that it died out, but other states figured it out too and like the anti smoking stuff, they built incubators and fostered the kinds of industries that California had developed (with people from all over.)
To be from California means a lot of different kinds of people... some first generation, some second, some mulitiple...
So, you left Ca for reasons, what were the real reasons? was it simply ideological, you didn't like the political views of the different governors? or was it the laws that interfered with your business? Or did you get a better opportunity somewhere else?
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the laws interfered with my life, so i found a better opportunity else where. Took me a few years to fully settle on not going back to CA.
