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Unfortunate reality of CA is that or every resident that's moving out there are two people going to take their place.

dragonwriter 9y ago
> Unfortunate reality of CA is that or every resident that's moving out there are two people going to take their place. Actually, for every 6 moving out, 5 are going to take their place, per the article. But I suspect that a lot of the out migration isn't from the urban economic powerhouses and most of the in migration goes to them, so that for urban California, your statement may be closer to true, though exaggerated.
- tomkarlo 9y ago
  The article seems to ignore a big group: California nets about 100K or more immigrants from outside the US each year, which would cover the gap in recent year. http://www.ppic.org/publication/immigrants-in-california/ http://www.ppic.org/publication/immigrants-in-california/
  - dragonwriter 9y ago
    > The article seems to ignore a big group: California nets about 100K or more immigrants from outside the US each year, which would cover the gap in recent year. Yes, the article specifically about internal migration doesn't address external migration. > California nets about 100K or more immigrants from outside the US each year, which would cover the gap in recent year. Sure, but it doesn't change it from near balance to anything but even nearer balance; it's nothing like 2 in for 1 out on a statewide basis.
    - tomkarlo 9y ago
      The article's clear, but the headline is misleading, since it's not actually true that "California is losing residents" as an broad statement - it's more narrowly true that CA is seeing more people move to other US states than from other states, but I guess that's less compelling as a headline. California's population has grown every year since at least 1960, but the headline and article would make you think otherwise.
vasilipupkin 9y ago
This comment cracked me up, given that California is losing population, according to this article
- wetpaws 9y ago
  As a lot of people mentioned above, the article is mostly misleading/and/or/incorrect

> Unfortunate reality of CA is that or every resident that's moving out there are two people going to take their place. Actually, for every 6 moving out, 5 are going to take their place, per the article. But I suspect that a lot of the out migration isn't from the urban economic powerhouses and most of the in migration goes to them, so that for urban California, your statement may be closer to true, though exaggerated.

tomkarlo 9y ago
The article seems to ignore a big group: California nets about 100K or more immigrants from outside the US each year, which would cover the gap in recent year. http://www.ppic.org/publication/immigrants-in-california/ http://www.ppic.org/publication/immigrants-in-california/
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  > The article seems to ignore a big group: California nets about 100K or more immigrants from outside the US each year, which would cover the gap in recent year. Yes, the article specifically about internal migration doesn't address external migration. > California nets about 100K or more immigrants from outside the US each year, which would cover the gap in recent year. Sure, but it doesn't change it from near balance to anything but even nearer balance; it's nothing like 2 in for 1 out on a statewide basis.
  - tomkarlo 9y ago
    The article's clear, but the headline is misleading, since it's not actually true that "California is losing residents" as an broad statement - it's more narrowly true that CA is seeing more people move to other US states than from other states, but I guess that's less compelling as a headline. California's population has grown every year since at least 1960, but the headline and article would make you think otherwise.

vasilipupkin 9y ago

This comment cracked me up, given that California is losing population, according to this article

wetpaws 9y ago
As a lot of people mentioned above, the article is mostly misleading/and/or/incorrect