Jodi Wright moved from Sacramento, California, to Caldwell, Idaho, in 2020 after growing tired of California's cost-of-living and pandemic policies.

While the California housing market remains competitive—with homes for sale spending an average 31 days on the market before ...

We moved to Idaho from Northern California three years ago this December. My wife is a fourth-generation Californian, and I moved there in 1985. We loved the state.

This story has been edited for length and clarity. We moved to Idaho from Northern California three years ago this December. My wife is a fourth-generation Californian, and I moved there in 1985.

California public pension money is the lifeblood of the economy in the small-government, Republican boomtown of Eagle, Idaho, which is popular with retired police officers and firefighters.