California Tops U-Haul’s Exit List Yet Again
Blue state residents flee for red states filled with freedom.
For the fifth year running, California ranks dead last in the U-Haul Growth Index, solidifying its title as the least attractive state for one-way movers.
While South Carolina, Texas, and Florida lead the pack as top destinations, California is stuck waving goodbye to its residents—many of whom seem to be trading blue-state policies for red-state realities.
From the press release:
“State-to-state transactions from the past year reaffirm customer tendencies that have been pronounced for some time,” stated John “J.T.” Taylor, U-Haul International president. “Migration to the Southeast and Southwest continues as families gauge their cost of living, job opportunities, quality of life and other factors that go into relocating to a new state. Out-migration remains prevalent for a number of markets across the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast — and particularly California.”
In states like Texas and Florida, newcomers are finding booming economies, lower taxes, and a government that (gasp!) values personal freedom. Meanwhile, California continues to chase residents away with skyrocketing costs, high taxes, and a regulatory environment that makes even setting up a lemonade stand feel like an uphill battle.
Red states are winning the battle for movers, proving that barbecue, freedom, and no state income tax are a tough combo to beat. Governor Newsom might want to borrow a page from their playbook—before he runs out of people to wave goodbye to.
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“Blue state residents flee for red states”
Of course we’re talking about legal residents—they’re the ones who are fleeing.
On the other hand, illegals are going to every place in the country where there’s a vacant parking spot—then they park double….and on the grass and in front of the neighbor’s house and up and down both sides of the street and behind the house and around the corner. And that’s just in the day time.
They flee California to ruin a nice red state.
They already did that to Colorado. When I lived there 35 years ago, it was a free and open state. Now, it votes and takes away freedoms just like CA.
When you meet newcomers from California, tell them you[re from the local Democratic Committee, and you’re concerned that they are “colonizers.”
CO used to be purple state 25 years ago. Now CO is deep blue state and branch office of tren de aragua.
Hasn’t happened in FL.
Not for the vile Dhimmi-crats’ lack of trying, though. Recall that Governor De Santis’s margin of victory over the drug-addled idiot that the Dhimmi-crats elevated to run against him, in 2018, was a paltry 0.4%.
Sure, De Santis was re-elected by a comfortable margin, and, Florida seems reliably “red,” today, but, conservatives should never become complacent. The Dhimmi-crats never rest in their cancerous machinations and scheming.
True. Eternal vigilance required.
Even the south Florida counties turned red!!
CO, VA, NC, GA, NV and AZ being the most prominent examples. #47 won the latter four states in the last election, but, by margins that were too close for comfort, and, that would have been in the double digits, just a couple of decades ago.
I agree mostly but FL may be the exception. Historically Democrat counties in FL turned red for the first time in 2024. Harris did not flip one single red county and Trump turned many blue counties red.
This is so not true.
TN votes even REDDER with the incoming fugees.
I know more former californians and new yorkers than I do natives. They are all hard core conservatives.
It has everything to do with the abortion laws (and now the anti child mutilation laws) and the foot holds of various liberal enclaves.
Houston / Nashville are red state pockets leftists think they can tolerate because they are run by idiots. Otherwise- they will cling to the baby killing blue states. This is why Washington and Oregon are staying neutral in terms of population- because they are importing the same number of liberals are they are purging for conservatives.
Oh and bet your butt they are importing illegals like crazy. This how they will maintain their house seats.
Importing illegals ‘…how they will maintain their House Seats’. Maybe. On the other hand the census is supposed to reflect the current permanent population of each State. Citizens who travel domestically, foreign tourists, and other non permanent folks should not be counted precisely b/c their presence is transitory. Congress has control of the process of the ‘enumeration’ and the CTs have consistently upheld the Power of Congress to run the Census or as now delegate that power to the Executive.
Currently a 26’ U-Haul truck for tomorrow January 6th to move from:
Los Angeles to Dallas = $4283
Dallas to Los Angeles = $2164
During the summer months you can expect the rates to almost double to leave California. While the rates to move to California remains the same or perhaps be slightly cheaper.
They will be cheaper by quite a bit due to severe equipment shortages. When I bailed in 2005, I had my 5×12 cargo trailer reserved five weeks in advance and I still had to chase one down in Paso Robles, and I was in Camarillo. Even with THAT, the U-Haul franchisee in Paso Robles had to go up to some other franchise to get it, then repair the clearance light wiring to make it road-legal.
Newton should sue UHaul for like a billion dollars for aiding and abetting California’s not to pay their taxes.
Sue for even more because the trucks are not electric.
/Gads…! What will the electric truck mandates mean for Budget, U-Haul, Penske and others that offer rental trucks nationwide?
Nah, he’ll just quite the price differential between in and out trips, and uhaul them in for price gouging.
QUOTE the price differential…
I’d a lot rather they stayed there and fixed California rather than bringing their failed politics to me.
A lot of these people move to buy up cheap real estate then vote to destroy what made the place viable for our way of life that kept costs in check.
Massachusetts is number 2! That state needs an enema.
Tax paying workers moving out, illegal aliens and homeless junkies moving in. What could go wrong there?
As long as Limousine Libs have somebody to pick the crop, and clean the poop off the sidewalk.
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