I have several customers in the construction business in Idaho. Almost every person moving into their state are from California or Seattle. The ratio is about 5/1 Ca/Wa.
Many are retiring to a place where the cost of living is so much cheaper. They are all cashing in on the difference in real estate values. Sell your place in Ca or Seattle for $1million and bank a $500+ profit or more. Then they buy a home in Idaho and have no mortgage.
We continue to see the same thing here in NH to some extent. People retire to their vacation home and sell their house in Mass, RI, CT, NY & PA. The problem is that it has changed NH from a RED state to PURPLE and leaning BLUE.
The same thing will happen to Idaho, AZ, NV, UT as more California people move into their states.
Conservatives are also on the move. Where do you think they’re moving to?