[Cieplak]

It’s tricky.

California will subpoena cellphone location records.

They’ll query records from license plate scanners around the state, searching for those new Nevada plates.

They’ll consider you a resident just for having assets in the state, leaving the burden of proof on the defendant.

It’s particularly hard for executives whose companies are headquartered in California.

That being said, the new reality of remote work could be a paradigm shift that enables a mass exodus of firms moving their headquarters out of state.

[ashtonkem]

Wealth is moveable, but often not very far. Closely packed states have a big issue of people moving across state lines to escape taxes; think of hedge fund managers moving to New Jersey.

California is big, and has a lot of stuff in it people find desirable. Moving from CA is to commit to moving hundreds of miles to get to another state, which is a pretty extreme ask comparatively.

Historically CA has managed to get away with high taxes and disastrous housing policy because it was desirable; good jobs, weather, etc. With remote work it’s yet to be seen exactly where the balance of desire and cost will settle back out to.