The weather forecast for December 25, 2007 in LA is typical for this time of year: sunny and 67 degrees (19 degrees Centigrade). (The mild winter temperatures are not purchased at the expense of cruel summers, either: the average high on the Fourth of July in downtown LA, 18 miles from the beach, is only 83 degrees.)
But fewer and fewer Americans are enjoying Los Angeles's routinely amazing weather. The LA Times reports:
Population is up thanks to births and foreign immigrants, but rest of U.S. isn't California dreamin' like it was.
... In Los Angeles County alone [in fiscal 2007], nearly 115,000 fewer residents came from other states and California counties than moved to other states and counties. The county ended up with a total increase in population thanks to 91,000 births and an influx of 70,000 residents from foreign countries. (The county now has roughly 10,294,000 residents).
Since 2000, about 500,000 more people have left Los Angeles County than have moved here from other parts of the U.S. and California, the figures show.
Of course, a huge fraction of the births are to immigrants.
Why exactly is America following a policy of driving American citizens out of mainland America's most pleasant climatic zone?
By the way, have the strategic business geniuses at the LA Times ever noticed that their plummeting sales figures are linked to the replacement of English-literate Angelenos by foreigners who can't read English, and often can read at all? (According to a recent United Way study, 53% of adults in LA are functionally illiterate.)
