SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled California for other states during the pandemic and it seems as though most of them have found a virtual home on one of Terry Gilliam’s Facebook pages. His groups – Leaving California and Life After California – have a combined membership of nearly 240,000, a number that has doubled in the past six months alone.
The groups have created an online community for California refugees. They seek advice on where and how to move: Has anyone used a storage hauler they like? How’s the weather in Tampa? How much does it cost to a buy a home in Boise?
Gilliam started Leaving California in 2018 and the other page about a year later. He has since left his home in the East Bay and moved to Orlando, Florida.
