The Exodus Of
People Moving Away From California Is Becoming An Avalanche
By Michael Snyder, on
April 4th, 2016
Over
the past ten years, approximately
five million people have moved away from the state of
California, and as you will see in this article this mass exodus appears to be
accelerating.
So
exactly why is this happening?
Once upon a time, it seemed like almost
everyone wanted to live in California. The nearly endless sunshine, the
incredible weather, the pristine beaches and a booming economy motivated
millions of young Americans to move out there to pursue “the California
Dream”.
In
fact, in the early nineties I actually explored the idea of moving out there
myself. But now the California Dream has become a nightmare.
Californians are being taxed to death, traffic in the major cities is
absolutely horrific, violent crime and gang activity are on the rise, millions
of illegal immigrants are putting an incredible strain on social support
systems, and the ultra-liberal government in Sacramento seems to have gone
completely insane.
In
addition, the state faces constant threats from earthquakes, wildfires,
droughts and mudslides, so it is quite understandable why so many people feel
motivated to leave and never come back.
The
number one destination for people leaving the state of California in recent
years has been the state of Texas. And according to Ali Meyer of
the Washington Free Beacon, the number of people leaving California
for Texas has reached “its highest level in nearly a decade”…
The
number of Californians leaving the state and moving to Texas is at its highest
level in nearly a decade, according to data from the Internal Revenue Service.
According
to IRS migration data, which uses individual income tax returns to record
year-to-year address changes, over 250,000 California residents moved out of
the state between 2013 and 2014, the latest period for which data was
available. The tax returns reported more than $21 billion in adjusted gross income
to the IRS.
Of
the returns, 33,626 reported address changes from California to Texas, which
has been the top destination for individuals leaving California since 2007.
Certainly
much of this exodus can be attributed to the absolutely suffocating tax rates
in the state. California has a 13.3 percent income tax, and that is in
addition to a whole host of other ways that they have come up with to extract
as much money out of the population as possible.
But
if you really love living somewhere, most people will put up with high taxes.
To
me, there are much greater concerns for those living in the state, including
the fact that “the Big One” could literally strike at any moment.
According
to a study that was discussed in the Los
Angeles Times, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake along the Cascadia fault
could potentially produce a tsunami so large that it would “wash away coastal
towns”…
If
a 9.0 earthquake were to strike along California’s sparsely populated North
Coast, it would have a catastrophic ripple effect.
A giant
tsunami created by the quake would wash away coastal towns, destroy
U.S. 101 and cause $70 billion in damage over a large swath of the Pacific
coast. More than 100 bridges would be lost, power lines toppled and coastal
towns isolated. Residents would have as few as 15 minutes notice to flee to
higher ground, and as many as 10,000 would perish.
Scientists
last year published this grim scenario for a massive rupture along the Cascadia
fault system, which runs 700 miles off shore from Northern California to
Vancouver Island.
That
is very bad news for all of those million dollar homes along the northern
California coast. Once upon a time I dreamed of a home overlooking the
Pacific Ocean, but not anymore. In fact, today I would not even dream of
owning such a home.
And
of course southern California is very much in danger as well. The San
Andreas fault gets most of the press, but there is actually a fault line that
is far more dangerous. According to one seismologist, the Puente Hills
fault line could someday “eat L.A.” and cause
hundreds of billions of dollars in economic damage…
Video
simulations of a rupture on the Puente Hills fault system show
how energy from a quake could erupt and be funneled toward L.A.’s densest
neighborhoods, with the strongest waves rippling to the west and south across
the Los Angeles Basin.
According
to estimates by the USGS and Southern California Earthquake Center, a massive
quake on the Puente Hills fault could kill from 3,000 to 18,000 people and
cause up to $250 billion in damage. Under this worst-case scenario, people in
as many as three-quarters of a million households would be left homeless.
The
entire California coastline lies along “the Ring of Fire” which
has become much more active in recent years. Scientists assure us that it
is only a matter of time before the state experiences absolutely horrific
natural disasters, but most Californians have been lulled into a false sense of
security.
In
the end, I believe that the great shaking that will come to the state of
California will be just part of the great shaking that is coming to the United
States as a whole. This great shaking is something that I discuss in my new
book entitled “The Rapture Verdict” which is all about Bible
prophecy and the last days.
I
am fully convinced that the judgment of God is coming to America, and that
everything that can be shaken will be shaken.
There
are many people out there that are concerned that the state of California will
fall into the ocean someday, but scientists tell us that is probably not likely
to happen. However, the U.S. Geological Service does
admit that one day the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco will be right
next to each other…
Will
California eventually fall into the ocean?
No.
The San Andreas Fault System, which crosses California from the Salton Sea in
the south to Cape Mendocino in the north, is the boundary between the Pacific
Plate and North American Plate. The Pacific Plate is moving northwest with
respect to the North American Plate at approximately 46 millimeters per year
(the rate your fingernails grow).
The
strike-slip earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault are a result of this plate
motion. The plates are moving horizontally past one another, so California is
not going to fall into the ocean. However, Los Angeles and San Francisco will
one day be adjacent to one another!
And
of course it is true that small parts of California are already falling into the ocean as this current El
Nino weather pattern causes stunning erosion along the coast.
Yes,
there are good things about the state of California, and I hope to get the
chance to visit again at least one more time before it is too late.
But
there is no way that I would want to live there, and if anyone that does live
there asks me, I always encourage them to think about moving.
So
what do you think about the future of the state?
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*About the author: Michael Snyder is the founder and publisher of
End Of The American Dream. Michael’s controversial new book about Bible
prophecy entitled “The Rapture Verdict” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.*
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