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What’s behind the number of people leaving California in U-Haul trucks? And where are they moving?

January 8, 2026
What’s behind the number of people leaving California in U-Haul trucks? And where are they moving?

Sixty years ago this month, the song “California Dreamin’” was rising on the Billboard charts, thanks in large part to listeners of a Boston radio station who related to lyrics about longing for warmth on a winter’s day.

The song became part of the lore and mystique of California that drove Americans westward for decades.

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