Sylvester Stallone is the latest addition to a fleet of celebrities packing up and leaving their homes in California.
The iconic American actor and filmmaker announced his decision to leave the Golden State on an episode of his family’s real estate TV show.
Stallone, 77, decided it was time to move after decades of living in California with his wife, Jennifer Flavin Stallone, and their three daughters.
The couple, who nearly divorced in 2022 after 25 years of marriage, have chosen Florida as the location for their new home.
All 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 packing up and moving from their California homes in light of rising crime rates
The iconic American actor and filmmaker announced his decision to leave the Golden State on an episode of his family’s real estate TV show
Stallone, 77, decided it was time to move after decades of living in California with his wife, Jennifer Flavin Stallone, and their three daughters
All their daughters have moved away, making the couple empty nesters and allowing them to start over
‘It’s an empty nest. I have to change it,” Jennifer Flavin Stallone, 55, explained on Wednesday during the season two premiere of The Family Stallone.
“We have a lot of roots in California, so it’s not an easy transition to Florida,” says Sylvester Stallone, 77. ‘But Jennifer really had her mind set on it. I gave in.’
Stallone recently tHe takes the title of overprotective father to the next level by hiring Navy SEALs to give his eldest daughters self-defense training before they move to crime-ridden 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
“Sophia and I got beat up by these guys. They were the real deal,” 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 arranging a class in “military-style self-defense training” for them.
‘It was the hardest. It was about six o’clock that we were in those woods,” Sistine told the New York Post ahead of the season two premiere of “The Family Stallone.”
Their move comes amid widespread migration from the West Coast state, as Californians ditch their LA mansions and flock to states where you can get more bang for your buck and avoid excessive taxes, rampant crime and America’s homelessness crisis. can avoid the Golden State.
Casey DeSantis, wife of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, extended a warm welcome to the state’s newest 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 CVS guard unlocking it for you.”
Casey DeSantis, wife of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, welcomed the state’s newest 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 unlocking it for you.”
Among those who choose more secluded mansions is Hilary Swankwho put her $10.5 million Pacific Palisades home on the market in 2021 and moved to Colorado with her family.
She was among a large group of people who hit the road during the pandemic, looking for more space and privacy.
Mark Wahlberg revealed in 2022, that would join the exodus from California by leaving its longtime 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 said goodbye to the Golden State in hopes of giving his children a “better life” in income tax-free Nevada.
Wahlberg wasn’t shy about admitting that his move from California was about taxes, though he focused on how it would affect his businesses.
Comedian, MMA commentator and podcast icon Joe Rogan moved his Spotify-supported 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 ex-Fear Factor host and his Texas-born wife, Jessica Ditzel, now live in a lakeside mansion in Austin after moving to the Lone Star State last year.
The podcaster sold his massive 7,573-square-foot home outside LA in the gated community of Bell Canyon for $3.45 million.
Scott Baio announced his plans Unpleasant escape of California in May 2023 and placed his $3.85 million home on the market, citing the state’s disastrous homelessness and crime problems.
On Twitter, the conservative-leaning sitcom star said he simply doesn’t feel safe in the Golden State anymore, given the various issues under Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.
People fleeing California cite the homelessness epidemic as one of the reasons for their move
Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis has soared in recent years, reaching a total of more than 46,000 people living on the streets, a problem Mayor Karen Bass promised herself to tackle as soon as she took office last year.
The number of homeless people in LA has more than doubled in the past decade.
There was a 9 percent increase in homelessness in Los Angeles County between 2022 and 2023, with the unhoused population now totaling 75,518 people, according to the latest data from the LAHSA.
The city of Los Angeles saw an estimated 10 percent increase to a total of 46,260 residents.
Elon Musk first publicly mentioned his plan to leave California for Texas in a series of furious tweets in May 2020, after a California county health official said the factory could not reopen due to the coronavirus shutdown .
He then put seven of his California homes up for sale, worth a total of $137 million.
In December 2020, the Tesla CEO and now ‘Chief Twit’ confirmed he had moved to Texas after living in California for 20 years.
The 52-year-old South African claimed the state had become “complacent” when it came to innovation.