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4/11/2025, 12:34:12 AM
>>2776449
The thing about California is there's just so much variation.
Obviously there are huge swaths of the state that used to be nice but aren't anymore due to crime, mass immigration, etc. California was indisputably a much nicer place 20 years ago.
But some places like south OC, Marin, and north SD County are still paradise.
The problem is the price. Sure these areas were always expensive relative to the rest of the country, but the cost of living has gone truly insane in the past 10-15 years. Back in the 90s, if you had a decent white collar job, you could buy a house in Aliso Viejo or Huntington Beach no problem. Now you need to be pulling in $300k+ to even consider it.
The thing about California is there's just so much variation.
Obviously there are huge swaths of the state that used to be nice but aren't anymore due to crime, mass immigration, etc. California was indisputably a much nicer place 20 years ago.
But some places like south OC, Marin, and north SD County are still paradise.
The problem is the price. Sure these areas were always expensive relative to the rest of the country, but the cost of living has gone truly insane in the past 10-15 years. Back in the 90s, if you had a decent white collar job, you could buy a house in Aliso Viejo or Huntington Beach no problem. Now you need to be pulling in $300k+ to even consider it.
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