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What do you mean saying "This is why people in nice but cheap places are so afraid of Californians."?

• seanmcdirmid 10y ago
  In much of the west coast, and near western state, local housing prices are often driven up by Californians leaving the state with either lots of savings and/or equity cashed out from the house they just sold. So there has historically been a lot of anti-Californian backlash in places like Seattle and Portland, whose house markets haven't always been hot in their own right. Imagine you live in a place where the average salary is $50k, but it's a nice place, and often people will move to your place from somewhere where the average salary was $200k. Economically, it is difficult to compete with those people for things that are already scarce (housing).
  • budman1 10y ago
    Grand Jct Colorado. Full of California retirees.