California’s tax and regulatory policies have made the cost of doing business more expensive than other states and prompted about 10,000 companies over the last eight years to leave the state or shift or curtail operations to reduce costs, according to a report from Spectrum Location Solutions.
The out-of-state metropolitan areas that benefited included:
1. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
3. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale
4. Reno-Sparks
5. Las Vegas-Paradise
6. (tie) Denver-Aurora-Lakewood
6. (tie) Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro
8. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue
9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta
10. Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield
