Leaving Los Angeles For Arizona & Great Desert Southwest!

You got it Endre because you are "DA MAN"! The best agent in LA. The Rock! Jeff

Thank you Joyce Marsh and you are correct about California residents leaving to the 3 most popular exodus states of Arizona, Texas and Florida.

Further, per Realtor.com, "New York and California account for seven of the 10 fastest-contracting counties in the U.S. in 2023. And Cook County, IL—the heart of Chicago’s metro area—ranks No. 2.

Leaving LA (Photo: 378334+Pixabay)

The movement toward suburban and semirural counties highlights a realignment of what U.S. home shoppers are looking for: more space, affordability, and improved quality of life away from dense urban centers. This shift, amplified since the pandemic’s onset, shows up strong in the latest Census Bureau data, with significant contractions in major urban hubs.

Los Angeles County leads the exodus, shedding over 100,000 residents, with Chicago’s Cook County, IL, and some of New York City’s boroughs—Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens—also seeing notable declines."

Well here in Arizona we are ready for you folks that prefer sunshine and warmth. 

Excellent observation Wayne Martin. US Migration patterns are clearly showing Americans are moving in large numbers to the Southern most warm states of Arizona, Florida and Texas. 

This is seemingly strange with the apparent or supposed concern over global warming that one would think the warm state residents would be moving away from the equator to cooler states and not the migration pattern of people actually moving towards the equator and more warmth. 

We are seeing that here in Arizona as Americans as well as those from foreign countries are flocking to the Grand Canyon state that historically has the highest temperature average in the US. Arizona does have wide open spaces and sunshine. Americans love that.

Realtor.com reported by Evan Wyloge on March 25, 2024 that, "Part of the American dream is the promise that everyone can choose where they want to live. Whether that means a move across town or a continent-spanning relocation, we’re all free to pack up and head to where our hearts lead us.

And it might come as no surprise that recently, Americans have been drawn south—beckoned by warmer weather, bigger homes, and more space, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data that shows population trends in counties across the country from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023."