With hopes fading of homeownership, a Zillow study released this month shows Generation Zers are choosing to instead rent in states with near endless summers, such as California.
Despite 215,000 people leaving California in 2022, the state gained nearly 44,000 adults ages 18–27 (born 1997–2012) that same year, according to a report based on U.S. Census Bureau data and tracked in the last few years by the Seattle-based real estate marketer.
Among those in the age group, Shannon Stalker, 25, and Austin Menard, 26, who have been a couple for six years, made the transcontinental move to Rohnert Park for good jobs and a preferable lifestyle.
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