BTW People are leaving the county without being laid off. My wife tells me there are a lot of job openings in her field and the company I work for cannot fill several positions because experienced engineers will not move here. We just lost another one to Indiana last week.
A few days back there was an article in the UT about how San Diego is now the least safe major city in the USA. The reason: policemen are leaving citing high costs of living. To the city economy, it is the same when an employee gets laid off vs. when an employer cannot find employees to hire.
