What in the World is Happening to California?

June 14, 2023

by Michael Snyder End of the American Dream

It has often been said that “as California goes, so goes the nation”. If that is actually true, we are all in very big trouble. Once upon a time, California was a spectacularly beautiful state with a booming economy. In fact, decades ago I very seriously considered moving there. But now “the California dream” has become “the California nightmare”, and there is no turning back. The state is relentlessly plagued by crime, homelessness, drugs and other extremely severe social problems. In recent years, the number of people moving out of the state has greatly exceeded the number of people moving into the state, and many of those that are leaving are relocating to red states such as Florida…

California lost 117,552 people between Jan. 1, 2021 and Jan. 1, 2022, according to the state’s Department of Finance, bringing its population back to where it was in 2016.