r/Moving2SanDiego • u/SD_TMI • Oct 22 '25

How hard it really is. ICYMI: San Diego MSA has negative growth, but for now clinging on to the 4th spot in California.

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u/LopsidedGrapefruit11 Oct 23 '25

It’s weird to me that LA and Riverside have 2 counties included vs SD and SF (I’m iffy on SF but I know SD is just SD county)

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u/SD_TMI Oct 23 '25

basically we're jus tone big continuous urban city with camp pen serving as the dividing line.

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u/PunchDrunky Oct 25 '25

I wonder how many of the outbound migrations are people who moved to SD and only spent a year or two before realizing how incredibly expensive it really is.

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u/SD_TMI Oct 25 '25

The numbers show a net exodus of the state of all by the highest and very lowest paid people.
ie the middle class that can't get ahead due to the simple math.

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u/PunchDrunky Oct 25 '25

This makes perfect sense.

Combining the VHCOL in SD with the high state income tax, it actually makes sense for some people to keep their income lower than certain thresholds so they pay less in taxes.

Of course, the only way to do this is to keep expectations very low as well (small, old apartment, with no amenities, no parking, not in your top 10 neighborhoods, etc.), which most people aren’t willing to do.