STREET BEAT: ‘Will the cost of living cause you to leave California?’

Deirdra McAlpin

Los Angeles

“I can’t say that it would never cause me to leave the state, … but I would say no, because my loved ones are here.”

Jennifer Blannon

Inglewood

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“If the costs were too exorbitant … I would have to move, but I would exhaust every means possible not to move.”

Daria Clever

Los Angeles

“As much as I love California, I could see myself moving some day. Especially to the South, where you can live in a mansion for what we pay to live in a studio apartment.”

Lilly Fuller

Hawthorne

“I came here from Detroit. The thing that brings folks here is the weather. It would be hard to leave, but the quality of life is equal or better. …” 

Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in South Los Angeles.

       
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