Philip Wiseman and his wife moved to Idaho because they were fed up with California's politics.
AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Philip Wiseman, a 70-year-old retiree who moved from California to Idaho with his wife in 2021.
Data compiled by Idaho officials showed 78% of voters who moved from California to Idaho registered as Republicans between 2020 and 2023.
We miss our California and what California used to be.
I used to love California but things changed as I got olderI moved to California when I was around 30.
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