Written by Martha Williams, Dailymail.Com
20:42 February 24, 2024, updated 20:53 February 24, 2024
- Sylvester Stallone, the latest celebrity to flee crime-ridden California
- The 77-year-old actor announced his plans to move to Florida with wife Jennifer Flavin on his family’s reality show, “The Family Stallone.”
- Casey DeSantis welcomes newlyweds to Florida, says ‘free state’ doesn’t need ‘armed guards’ to unlock toothpaste
Sylvester Stallone is the latest celebrity to pack up and move out of his California mansion in light of rising crime rates.
The iconic American actor and director announced his decision to leave the Golden State on an episode of his family’s real estate show.
Stallone, 77, had lived in California for decades with his wife, Jennifer Flavin Stallone, and their three daughters, but decided it was time to move.
The couple, who were on the verge of divorcing in 2022 after 25 years of marriage, chose Florida as their new home.
All the daughters moved out, leaving the couple with an “empty nest” and a fresh start.
“It’s an empty nest. That needs to change,” Jennifer Flavin Stallone, 55, explained on Wednesday’s Season 2 premiere of The Family Stallone.
“We have a lot of roots in California, so the transition to Florida is not easy,” said Sylvester Stallone, 77. “But Jennifer really had her heart set on it. I gave in.”
Stallone was recently photographedHe takes his overprotective father title to the next level by hiring a Navy SEAL to provide his eldest daughters with self-defense training before moving to crime-ridden New York City.
“Sofia and I were treated badly by these guys. They were real,” she continued, adding that the workout was filmed for the family’s reality show.
Concerned for the safety of his daughters Sofia, 27, and Sistine, 25, the movie star had to take the extra step of arranging for them to take “military-style self-defense training” lessons.
“That was the hardest part. We were in the woods for about six hours,” Sistine told the New York Post ahead of the Season 2 premiere of The Family Stallones.
Their move comes as Californians are ditching their LA mansions and flocking to states where they can earn higher incomes and avoid exorbitant taxes, rampant crime and the Golden State’s homelessness crisis. This was carried out at a time when immigration from Japan was expanding.
Casey DeSantis, wife of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, warmly welcomed newcomers to the state.
“Welcome to the Free State of Florida!” the first lady said on social media.
“In addition to respecting and protecting your God-given constitutional right to be free, you can also buy toothpaste without having to have an armed guard at CVS unlock your door.”
Some people choose more remote residences; Hilary Swank$10.5 million Pacific Palisades home for sale in 2021; moved to colorado with her family.
She was one of the many people who left in search of more space and privacy during the pandemic.
mark wahlberg revealed In 2022, he planned to leave his longtime home of Los Angeles and eventually move to Nevada to build “Hollywood 2.0” in Sin City, joining the exodus from California.
The 52-year-old actor said he said goodbye to the Golden State because he wanted to give his children a “better life” in Nevada, which has no income tax.
Wahlberg was not shy in admitting that his move from California was a tax issue, but he focused on how taxes would affect his business.
Comedian, MMA commentator, and podcasting icon Joe Rogan has moved his Spotify-backed show and the rest of his life to Texas.
Logan said she moved to Austin, Texas, in 2020 to “gain a little more freedom.”
The former Fear Factor host and his Texas-born wife Jessica Ditzel moved to the Lone Star State last year and currently live in a lakefront mansion in Austin.
The podcaster has sold his sprawling 7,573-square-foot mansion in the guard-gated community of Bell Canyon outside LA for $3.45 million.
Scott Baio announced his plan to run away He moved from California in May 2023 and put his $3.85 million home on the market, citing the state’s dire homelessness and crime problems.
The conservative sitcom star said on Twitter that he no longer feels safe in the Golden State given the problems going on under Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis has skyrocketed in recent years, with more than 46,000 people living on the streets, but Mayor Karen Bass vowed to tackle the problem early in her tenure last year.
The number of homeless people in LA has more than doubled in the past decade.
Los Angeles County will see a 9% increase in homelessness from 2022 to 2023, with the number of unhoused people now totaling 75,518, according to LAHSA’s latest data.
Los Angeles’ population increased by an estimated 10% to a total of 46,260 people.
In May 2020, Elon Musk first publicly announced plans to leave California for Texas in a series of angry tweets after state health officials said factories could not reopen due to coronavirus shutdowns. Mentioned.
He has since put his seven California homes on the market, worth a total of $137 million.
In December 2020, Tesla’s CEO and now “Chief Twit” confirmed that he moved to Texas after living in California for 20 years.
The 52-year-old South African claimed the nation was “complacent” when it came to innovation.
