Sylvester Stallone is the latest in a fleet of celebrities who are packing up and moving out of their California mansions.
The iconic American actor and filmmaker announced his decision to leave the Golden State on an episode of his family’s real estate television show.
Stallone, 77, decided that after decades of living in California with his wife, Jennifer Flavin Stallone, and their three daughters, it was time to move.
The couple, who nearly divorced in 2022 after 25 years of marriage, chose Florida as the location for their new home.
All of their daughters have moved away, making the couple “empty nesters” and allowing them to start over.
Sylvester Stallone is the latest in a fleet of celebrities who are packing up and moving out of their California mansions in light of rising crime rates.
The iconic American actor and filmmaker announced his decision to leave the Golden State in an episode of his family’s reality TV show.
Stallone, 77, decided that after decades of living in California with his wife, Jennifer Flavin Stallone, and their three daughters, it was time to move.
All of their daughters have moved away, making the couple “empty nesters” and allowing them to start over.
‘It’s an empty nest. I need to change it,’ Jennifer Flavin Stallone, 55, explained during the season two premiere of The Family Stallone on Wednesday.
“We have a lot of roots in California, so it’s not an easy transition to Florida,” said Sylvester Stallone, 77. ‘But Jennifer really had her heart in it. I gave in.’
Stallone recently took ttook the overprotective dad title to the next level by hiring Navy SEALs to provide self-defense training to his eldest daughters before they moved to crime-plagued New York City.
The couple, who almost divorced in 2022 after 25 years of marriage, have chosen Florida as the location for their new home.
These guys beat up Sophia and me. “They were authentic,” she continued, adding that the workout was filmed for the family’s reality show.
Concerned for the safety of his daughters, Sophia, 27, and Sistine, 25, the movie star had to take extra measures by organizing a “military-style self-defense training” lesson for them.
‘It was the most difficult. We were in that forest for about six hours,” Sistine told the New York Post before the premiere of the second season of ‘The Family Stallone.’
His move comes amid widespread migration out of the West Coast state as Californians are abandoning their Los Angeles mansions and flocking to states where they can get more bang for their buck and avoid exorbitant taxes, crime rampant violence and the homelessness crisis in the Golden State.
Casey DeSantis, wife of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, warmly welcomed the state’s new residents.
‘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 an armed guard at CVS opening it for you.”
Casey DeSantis, wife of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, warmly welcomed the state’s new residents.
‘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 an armed guard at CVS opening it for you.”
Among those who opt for more remote mansions is Hilary Swankwho put his $10.5 million Pacific Palisades home up for sale in 2021 and moved to colorado with his family.
She was part of a large group of people who took off during the pandemic in search of more space and privacy.
Mark Wahlberg revealed In 2022, he would join the California exodus by leaving his former home of Los Angeles in favor of Nevada in a quest to eventually build ‘Hollywood 2.0’ in Sin City.
The 52-year-old actor said he had said goodbye to the Golden State in hopes of giving his children a “better life” in tax-free Nevada.
Wahlberg wasn’t shy about admitting that his move out of California had to do with taxes, although he focused on how they would affect his businesses.
Comedian, MMA commentator and podcasting icon Joe Rogan moved his Spotify-backed show, as well as the rest of his life, to Texas.
Rogan said he moved to Austin, Texas in 2020 to “have a little more freedom.”
The former Fear Factor host and his Texas-born wife, Jessica Ditzel, now live in a lakefront mansion in Austin after moving to the Lone Star state last year.
The podcaster sold his massive 7,573-square-foot residence outside Los Angeles in the guard-gated community of Bell Canyon for $3.45 million.
Scott Baio announced his plans to escape of California in May 2023 and put his $3.85 million home up for sale, citing the state’s disastrous homelessness and crime problems.
On Twitter, the conservative-leaning comedy star said he no longer feels safe in the Golden State due to various problems under Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
People fleeing California cite homelessness epidemic as one reason for their move
The homeless crisis in Los Angeles has skyrocketed in recent years to a total of more than 46,000 people living on the streets, a problem that Mayor Karen Bass pledged to address upon taking office this year. past.
The number of homeless people in Los Angeles has more than doubled in the last decade.
There was a 9 percent increase in homelessness in Los Angeles County between 2022 and 2023, and the homeless population now stands at 75,518 people, according to the latest data from LAHSA.
The city of Los Angeles saw an estimated 10 percent increase to a total of 46,260 people.
Elon Musk first publicly mentioned his plan to leave California for Texas in a series of angry tweets in May 2020 after a California county health official said the plant could not reopen amid coronavirus shutdowns. .
He then put seven of his homes in California up for sale, for a total value of $137 million.
In December 2020, the Tesla CEO and now ‘Chief Twit’ confirmed that he had moved to Texas after living in California for two decades.
The 52-year-old South African said the state has become “complacent” when it comes to innovation.