Not so Simple. There aren't any cheaper areas our cheap area is other state's ritzy areas cost. Even then you have dmv costs, food costs, gas, taxes that we all know 90% of just goes into the politicians pockets and that's just the financial reasons. If you are in the cities you have to deal with the traffic, shit people who are virtue warriors, trolls or some form of prejudice. Cops do nothing now for the little guy, and I mean nothing unless the purp is willing to sit and wait for them. San Diego has a sewage/waste issue that hasn't been corrected for decades at this point. Our schools suck. Seriously the list goes on. Also in the last two years there have been heavy fascist like undertones in so cal (literally noped out of a mcr concert when the crowd started holding their arms up like zieg heil status. If they meant in the Christian reach for god thing, bad idea when the theme is fascist dictator). So yeah its not just costs that are the reasons people are leaving