California Diaspora

The outflow of residents from California — part of a broader pattern of movement from high cost-of-living to low cost-of-living places.

Key observations

(From a tweet thread by Priya Rose, April 25, 2020, tagged #Prosperable — archived at The Californian Diaspora… (tweet))

• The California Diaspora is part of a larger diaspora from high-COL to low-COL places.
• A notable side effect: blue-state residents are moving to red states, turning them into swing states.
• Probable drivers of the asymmetry: highly educated people move to California while young, lower-income people leave; other states have lower incomes relative to California, so the broader U.S. population can’t afford to move there.

Connections

• City Building — housing costs and city affordability are a central driver of diaspora flows.
• Migration — the broader concept of population movement tied to economic opportunity.
• The Californian Diaspora… (tweet) — the source tweet, archived verbatim with the five article screenshots Kyle saved alongside it.

Evidence Kyle saved with the capture

Archived tweets

• The Californian Diaspora… (tweet)