Always intended on working in the Bay. Dallas was the only city where I had a job offer in. In the light of COVID-19, I'm anxious at best about my relocation to DFW, but apartments have been reaching out to me with price cuts in rent and multi-hundred dollar gift cards to incentive me to move into their building. I plan on being in Texas within the next 3 weeks.

The company I work for, a veterinary product manufacturer, ran out of affordable space for both manufacturing and warehousing in Chino, CA. We embarked on a country-wide search for a better city to relocate to, and after narrowing it down over about 1.5 years, we chose McKinney, TX(just north of Dallas). We took into account as many different pieces of data as we could to narrow down where the best place would be for both the company and the employees. Business climate, taxes(both corporate and personal), cost of living, school ratings, etc. all played a role in making the decision. Making the move on a personal level is great for my wife and I, she got a higher-paying job as an architect in Dallas, we can move into a luxury apartment while looking for homes and take our time with it(while paying much less than we did to live in LA).

Inept state and local government. I see a new business was going under everyday. Violence is in the rise, and those who talk about chance have been the ones in power decades . I encourage the reader(s) of this to look into the “weak mayor” system of MSP and look how hive minded those in power are.

Los Angeles and California in general is in a downward spiral. It is expensive here - back when oil crashed to less than zero at the onset of the Corona lockdown, our gas was still $2 a gallon, which must have been primary taxes. We get taxed to death here and have nothing to show for it. The city and states leadership are prioritizing the homeless and the illegal immigrants (free healthcare anyone?). You can’t take three steps in any direction without some vagrant accosting you. Our public schools are garbage (I have young children), traffic is terrible and the politician’s response to that is to take the roads away from the drivers via their road diets. The middle class is being squeezed into oblivion. It will get to the point where the people who have the means to leave will do just that (and take their potential tax revenue with them). Soon, there will be no one left in this state besides the politicians and the people with their hands out. I want to get out before that happens - before the shit really hits the fan.

To take my terrible liberal policies and ruin another state with my demands of high taxes, defunded police and absolute total disregard for established law regarding immigration. Turn Texas into California now! I’ll move to Wyoming next!

I was born and raised here in Colorado but with the legalization of MJ the city has deteriorated ever since, we now have tons of transient and homeless ppl and crime has sky rocketed. It's no longer safe to go downtown at night. Additionally, the cost of living has increased so much that I can get a much better home in TX for a lot less $$.

To be fair, I already moved in May... but it was 100% for this reason. I moved to NYC from Texas right after college for my dream job. The issue? I'm a down home country boy and hate "big city" life. But I went with an open mind and searching for adventure. Unfortunately, I never found it. NYC is an amazing place to visit, but never to live. I was trying to find a way to move back to Texas since I got there. Once the pandemic started, and we went to 100% WFH, I got the first U-Haul out of there. I moved in the middle of May back home to my parents and after a month or 2 I bought a house in Dallas. I went from a 700 sqft 1 bedroom apartment in the city for $1,600 a month, to a 1700 sqft 3 bedroom house by the lake in Dallas for a $1,500 mortgage. I still work at my dream job and now live in my dream house! Oh, and I'm only 25!

Non Yuppie here, one near retirement, other retired, 53-69 yrs old and yes, we can still read...The Hustle included, does that mean we are?! Moving for 1. retirement planning & trying to preserve what we've earned over lifetime| avoiding state income tax, and onerous state and local regulations penalizing even single rental income households like ours with decreasing caps on rent increases, while mandating $4500 tenant moving assistance for 3-bed when not renewing a year lease, & high property taxes, lax accountability on bonds and taxes to decrease homelessness yet numbers increase YOY. Any wonder since prime real estate purchased to provide more services downtown attracting even more needing those services to camp out on the streets, destroying the vibrant and welcoming city we once were with squalid camps on sidewalks, and a $3.6 million+ budget for biohazard, fecal & needle housekeeping. City has responsibility to provide affordable housing and incentives for developers to build them, not a tax paying homeowner and especially not those owning 1-4 units to supplement their own ability to pay bills; 2. a new adventure & sunnier weather | discover the south and eastern seaboard; 3. awful traffic, comparisons drawn to LA commutes, despite Portland's 2.1 mil population, a fraction compared to LA's 12.4 mil.

I've moved out of my apartment in Dallas to stay with my parents, who are also in Dallas. I'm not sure when I'll move back into an apartment, however. Rent prices are still high, and the coronavirus remains rampant. It's safer on my waller and for my health to remain with my parents under one roof.

We are moving from a suburb into the city as our son just graduated from high school and is going to college this Fall. I briefly considered not moving when the pandemic hit but then figured that once the pandemic is over, city life will resume so it will be worth it. Even though Dallas has a recent uptick in cases, I believe we will see this through and all will be well, eventually. The city will bounce back.

Cost of living is so much cheaper! Plus, no state taxes

Grew up in Chicago, it WAS an incredible city that I used to boast about when I traveled anywhere else in the world. Decades of corruption, incompetence, and a leadership vacuum have turned it to a dangerous place of extreme haves and have-nots. No one I vote for ever wins. I'm leaving before I get shot.

I’m originally from Texas. I went to college in upstate New York and got my first job in South Carolina. When the pandemic hit, we were allowed to work remotely and continue to be remote. My work is now going to be exclusively from home so I decided it was time to return to my home state. Plus the not having state income tax is great for my pocket, along with the lower living cost.

California politics are beyond insane and the state is rapidly headed towards socialist/marxist fed collapse. Texas still the real America for now with strong leadership and a business conducive climate and an actual democracy with law and order, free speech and the 2nd amendment

Moving to a bigger home that we started building 2 years ago and selling our current home because it is truly a seller’s real estate market and one can fetch top dollar notwithstanding Covid fears. There just isn’t sufficient supply in Dallas and many people are moving here because of the lower cost of living, thriving economy and amazing private school system (the public school system can be amazing too but you have to live in the right areas).

I don't feel safe in/around Portland anymore. The mayor & city leadership won't protect the citizens & our property - they actually encourage rioting. Historical data shows that this kind of unrest devastates the urban community for decades - Detroit, east LA, Harlem - businesses fail or move out, & poverty ensues for year to come. Statistics show that low income, typically minority communities, are hit hardest & longest. Once loved this city but now I'm out.

Job transfer within the same organization

I relocated home (Houston) after COVID came and my job disappeared, I would move back to the city where I was before (Dallas). However, I believe that if I were living in LA, SF, SEA, or NYC I would find a cheaper place to live if my job never expected me to come to the office or to only come in sparingly.

To be closer to family and to live in a lower cost of living area.

Closer to friends and family, and I can work remotely full time as a result of the pandemic. Plus, Dallas is a mid-sized city more conducive to the community I want to be a part of long term.

Buying a house double the size of my current rental, slightly deeper in the suburbs.

Taxes, cost of living, politics, better schools, better family friendly environment, and my ability to work from home gives me freedom. Entire family is moving on both my side and wife’s (8 different families total, with likely more to follow)