A few years ago, Terry Gilliam, 64, packed his bags, sold his East Bay, California home, and moved to Florida.
After founding two Facebook groups for California movers, he realized thousands more were in the same boat.
His groups, Leaving California and Life After California, have nearly 300,000 members between them.
Gilliam moved to Winter Park, a city of 29,000 outside Orlando, to help care for his parents.
Van Edom, the Knoxville realtor, said Knoxville is a newly popular destination for California movers.
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