Ditto. We were natives and used to love our state. But these past 10 years, we don't even recognize it anymore. We vowed we'd never visit S.F. again after the last time. They've ruined it. We got tired of having no voice. So we packed up and left for good. Makes me sad, but it's not the place where we grew up anymore. Where we lived in rural Cali, 25% of our population was there illegally. Crime had skyrocketed because of the drug cartels being involved there, too. It once had an economy more vibrant than most countries. Sad to see the nutty libs drive it into the ground. Also sad because rural Cali is where most of the conservatives live. We noticed as we traveled through Northern Cali on the way out that the people there would still like to leave the state and start their own State of Jefferson. That dream for them hasn't died and it's mentioned everywhere.