Half of Orange County’s Residents Hope to Move, Survey Finds

Half of residents in California’s third-most populated county say they are considering moving, a survey published Aug. 9 revealed. The survey—conducted by the University of California–Irvine, School of Social Ecology—questioned 1,100 current and former residents, and found that 51 percent of current residents said they hoped to move out of the county. More than one-third of them were actively considering a move. “These numbers are most concentrated among residents under 40, women, non-white residents, and those without a college education,” according to the survey. Most of the “potential leavers” cited the high cost of housing and living, taxes, and other factors such as crime and traffic as important reasons to leave....