California Exit Interview: She doesn't want to leave. She may not have a choice
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California Exit Interview:
The story of why people leave California will dominate upcoming political campaigns, even as studies suggest the
Here’s the latest California Exit Interview, where we ask ex-Californians why they left or, as in this case, are thinking of leaving.
Pat Swan grew up in Elkhorn, Wis. (population 10,019), about 40 miles southwest of Milwaukee. After visiting family friends in Pasadena when she was 18, she dreamed of living in California.
She made it to the Bay Area in 1989, a few months before the big earthquake. But that didn’t dampen her love for the state or San Francisco.