California Fleeing: High Desert Residents Heading Out

Even in red sections of California, residents can't deal with the high taxes, fees, and regulations squeezing out the middle class and retirees.

This has been the Democratic Party's plan from the beginning. Create ethnic divisions, drive out businesses, diminish home ownership, create an ever-increasing dependence class of welfare recipients and foreign nationals, and entrench the power of public sector unions.

There you have California, a blue dystopia if there ever was one.

Packing up and moving out: People are leaving California in droves,including some High Desert residents

               

VICTORVILLE — Billy Joel’s classic tune “Movin’ Out” could be an appropriate theme song for the many individuals in the High Desert and California who have packed up and relocated to places like Oregon, Michigan, Arizona, Texas and Idaho.

Oregon might not be the best place to move. Texas, Idaho and Arizona are better places to go.

The Golden State continues to rank No. 1 as the state that has waved goodbye to more residents, about 143,000 last year, than welcomed those who have moved here, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report.

Even more than Illinois? I think those two states are tied for complete economic Armageddon.

And despite the state losing 3.5 million people to other states from 2010 to 2015, many demographic experts said there is no mass exodus from California.

But this story is not so much about the amount of Californians leaving, but about why so many longtime High Desert residents have moved out of the Victor Valley.

That means that Californians are leaving. I had cousins and an aunt who lived in the Barstow area, and they got fed up and left. One of my cousins lives in Oregon, another in Minnesota. My aunt lives in New Mexico, and another aunt lives in Texas.

No one wants to live in California. I am the last member of my immediate family still in California. What a tragedy, what a disaster the Golden State has turned into.

Mike and Velvet Ambuski from Hesperia are among those who have relocated because they wanted to live in an area with less crime, better jobs, friendlier people, improved services, less traffic and a more politically conservative atmosphere.

Hesperia has turned into another third world ghetto, complete with Section 8 Housing and plummeting property tax values and thus property taxes. It's a downward spiral if there ever was one.

The Ambuskis began their relocation road trip two weeks ago when they drove from California to Velvet’s home state of Michigan, a move Mike Ambuski calls, “One of the best things we’ve ever done.”

Californians who would rather live in Michigan! What is the world coming to?!

A former employee at Rancho Motor Company in Victorville, Ambuski, 40, began his new job Monday as parts manager at a Chevy dealership in Ithaca, just a few miles from the home of Velvet’s mother.

“California is just getting too expensive and the crime in the High Desert is getting worse by the day,” He said. “I think the last straw for us is when (Gov.) Jerry Brown came out with his new fuel taxes and car registration fees.”

WOW! Unbelievable. Charging hard-working Californians more just for driving has been too much for them to tolerate. What can we do to reverse this terrible trend? Is there anything that can be done?

A California native who is experiencing his first winter in Michigan, Ambuski said he’s amazed by the culture of Michigan, where “people are nice,” “no one looks at you weird when you wave to them” and everyone is quick to help their neighbor.

“The weather hasn’t been that bad,” he said Thursday, while the high temperature of the day hovered near 20 degrees. “As long as the wind doesn’t blow, we’re good.”

I stayed in Oregon for a week during the Christmas Season. It's cold, windy, and very grey outside. Not that much fun. Not only that, but residents are telling me that the state is getting bluer by the minute even though the cost of living is lower in Oregon compared to the United States.

As for Michigan, I am not sure if I could stand the rough winters there. 20° is cold!

Realtor Karen Sanchez, whose parents recently moved to Texas because the political climate in California “infringed on their personal rights,” said there is a “steady flow” of people moving out and moving into the High Desert and California.

California is a statist dystopia with all these Demo-rats turning the state into a playground for illegal aliens.

“Prop. 46 made a huge impact in our area and people are feeling uncomfortable and unsafe because crime is going up,” Sanchez said. “It’s unsettling to hear that someone was murdered last night, but in reality, this is still a very safe area compared to many places in California.”

San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said in 2017 that violent crime had risen over 20 percent in the High Desert since just a year earlier, the Daily Press reported.

That fast!

With 33 murders last year in the High Desert, the area’s homicide rate jumped by 11 from the previous year, with Victorville seeing nearly half the homicides, with 15 reported. The city’s total equaled the combined number of homicides reported in the city in 2015 and 2016.

McKenzie and Christine Weisman of Victorville decided to move back to their home state of Oregon after living in the High Desert for years.

Now that is really sad. Oregon expatriates would rather live in ... Oregon than California. I wonder what they will do when the crime rates skyrocket in the Beaver State because of the rising number of illegal aliens there.

“I came back to be with my mother, who is not doing well, just about the same time McKenzie’s company had an opening for him here,” Christine Weisman said. “Kenzie is working at the new Winco that is located between both our parents. We also live in Beaverton, where we had our son, Luke, buried.”

Before leaving, Christine Weisman said the couple had multiple conversations about moving because of the “worsening crime” in the Victor Valley, adding that, “You can only tell your scared kids so many times that gunshots are fireworks. ”

Children are in danger in the High Desert, too. The parents and the families that invested in the region are surrounded by military brass, both active and retired. The region still has a sizeable military presence, and yet the crimes rates are skyrocketing. This is truly sad.

“It seemed like the Sheriff’s helicopter was always flying over our house, with the bullhorn blaring some kind of announcement,” Weisman said. “I think the only things I miss are my friends and the sun.”

The weather keeps me California home-grown, too. I refuse to leave my home because of Democratic Party Brown Supremacists and their bigoted enablers.

Weisman’s said she was “surprised and blessed” when she received a call from a fellow mother who asked her about the “760 area code” on a birthday party invitation her daughter had received.

“I called her back and found out her and her husband both attended Hesperia Christian School,” Weisman said. “We go to the same church with them, our kids go to the same school and we hang out all the time. Crazy how they knew exactly why we wanted to leave the High Desert.”

A retired Sheriff’s deputy, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Daily Press “the increase in crime” in the Victor Valley was one of the main reasons he and his wife moved out of the High Desert.

“My wife couldn’t even go shopping at Winco without being accosted,” he said. “Something has to change when you don’t feel safe in public.”

WHAT?!

Another “major trend” are parents moving out of the High Desert to be with their adult children and grandchildren, said Sanchez, who listed several couples who have left their own empty nests.

Parents are joining with their children. OK, but let's keep in mind that all the children are living in every state but California.

After 47 years of living in Apple Valley, David Rinne, 55, said he decided to move to Salem, Oregon, the land of streams, pine trees, canyons, wildlife and 10-minute wait times at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Despite revealing that his heart will “always be in the High Desert,” Rinne said he’s heartbroken by the “growing news reports” of shootings, vandalism, theft and crime in the Victor Valley.

“It’s much safer here and people are more respectful and not so wound up,” Rinne said. “People give you a break in traffic, seeing a doctor doesn’t require a lot of waiting, the scenery is beautiful and car registration for any vehicle is set at $86 for two years. It really is a blessing to be here.”

My Dad tells me all about it in Oregon.

A retired contractor who painted “thousands of homes and businesses” over the decades, Rinne said he hung up his sprayer and brushes when he became disabled. This allowed him and his wife, Mary, the “freedom” to move north when their son Dustin, 29, and his fiance, Brittany moved to Oregon and had their daughter, Kaidynce.

“Dustin is a certified welder and he moved to his fiance’s home state about three years ago because there weren’t any good paying jobs in the High Desert,” Rinne said. “There was nothing holding Mary and I back back so we decided to make the move too. My wife was also determined to be with the new grandbaby.”

Rinne is one of several former residents who said they saved money in their move by selling most of their belongings and purchasing a large storage trailer for under $3,000.

So much to be saved by moving somewhere else.

“We took what we needed, loaded our cars onto to the trailer and headed out,” Rinne said. “I think we saved about $1,000 even after we bought new furnishings.”

Rinne said his son, David Jr., 35, and his family are eyeing a move from the High Desert to Idaho for work in the aeronautics industry, adding that his son is “just plain tired of the High Desert.”

“I miss the rock climbing, the weather, our dirt bikes, the proximity to the mountains, the beach and down the hill, but the High Desert just isn’t what it used to be and I don’t believe it was designed to hold so many people,” David Rinne said. “I’m just glad Dustin, his fiance, our granddaughter and the Lord paved the way for all us to move out of California.”

The state of California could house millions of Americans, but central planning from Sacramento has ruined the state completely, and was designed to ensure that fewer people would stay.

Several people told Sanchez the passing of Prop. 64, the state’s acceptance of cannabis business and California’s liberal leanings are forcing people to pack up and “vote with their feet."

“I’ve had dozens of people tell me they’d leave if they could,” Sanchez said. “We still have people moving here, but the High Desert is experiencing a huge cultural shift.”

Next week, the Daily Press will examine the cultural and economic impact that occurs when longtime residents leave the High Desert.

Final Reflection

The High Desert was a high point for conservatives, and yet it's facing the same cultural currents which had turned the rest of the state blue over the last thirty years. The city of Victorville has an arrogant, incompetent Latina named Blanca Gomez on the city council. She is a routine disgrace, not interested in doing what is best for the city, but only interested in pushing a racist agenda.

I can't wait for the voters in that city to throw her out of office. She is a true embarrassment, and I submit that she is a big part of the Democratic takeover ruining that state. It is so sad that there is an influx of dependents, criminals, and illegal aliens in some of the reddest parts of California.

I can't wait for Trump and Sessions to bust down the doors and demand full enforcement of all immigration laws. They cannot show up fast enough.