Downtown Los Angeles is bustling with new residents. Not so much with office workers, though.

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Downtown Los Angeles.

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Meet the typical Midwest mover, a Gen Zer from California who's paying under $1,500 a month in rent

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Aerial view of Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.
Aerial view of Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.

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How the candidates running for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat say they'll solve California's housing crisis

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Construction workers help build a mixed-use apartment complex which will hold over 700 units of apartment housing and 95,000 square feet of commercial space on January 25, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Construction workers help build a mixed-use apartment complex which will hold over 700 units of apartment housing and 95,000 square feet of commercial space on January 25, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

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A millennial left California when rent and cost of living spiked. But she still worries about affording a home.

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Couple walking barefoot on beach with coffee in hand in San Diego, California.
Couple walking barefoot on beach with coffee in hand in San Diego, California.

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Meet a millennial who moved from California to New Mexico after cycling through 35 roommates and a tiny home in the Bay Area

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The median value of an owner-occupied home in New Mexico is $243,100, compared to $715,900 in California, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

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The state that left millennials behind

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millennial couple in California

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In Los Angeles, a 49-unit apartment complex is taking 17 years to complete, the result of complex laws that exacerbated California's affordable housing crisis

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Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles.

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Bye California: 7 people who fled the state share the culture shocks they've experienced and why they have no regrets

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Calfornians who have moved.

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The paradox of the American West: plenty of open land, but nowhere to build new homes

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A conveyer belt full of houses crashes into a mountain in the West.
The cost of housing in Western states is soaring. But the simple solution — build more houses — is proving difficult.

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Western states have plenty of wide open land. So why can't they build more homes?

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