Moving in and out of Southern California

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It would seem that still-high prices and hard-to-get loans would keep people away from Southern California’s pricier areas. But they’re still coming. According to a recent NorthStar Moving Corp. survey of their customers’ moving requests from June ’07 through May ‘08, nearly 2,000 of them transplanted to Los Angeles and Orange counties. And that’s just one moving company.

The top L.A. County destinations:
1) Los Angeles (city of)
2) Pasadena
3) Santa Monica
4) Marina del Rey and Woodland Hills (tied)
5) Long Beach

The top Orange County destinations:
1) Irvine
2) Huntington Beach
3) Newport Beach
4) Costa Mesa
5) Aliso Viejo

Californians moved away too. The most popular destinations:
1) Las Vegas
2) Austin, Texas
3) New York City
4) Chicago
5) Houston

-- Diane Wedner

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