{"id":3917,"date":"2026-05-29T06:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kirk-cameron-praises-nashvilles-good-values-after-ditching-california-over-cost-of-living-politics\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T06:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:17:15","slug":"kirk-cameron-praises-nashvilles-good-values-after-ditching-california-over-cost-of-living-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/kirk-cameron-praises-nashvilles-good-values-after-ditching-california-over-cost-of-living-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Cameron praises Nashville&#8217;s &#8216;good values&#8217; after ditching California over cost of living, politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F05%2F129047452.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kirk Cameron says he left his native California for\u00a0Tennessee\u00a0two years ago because of its liberal policies and high cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re a kid in California it\u2019s great because your parents are paying for everything,\u201d the \u201cGrowing Pains\u201d star explained to Adam Carolla on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BIieoBIqVug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his podcast<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, you go to the beach, you\u2019re hanging out, you\u2019re going snow skiing, you get to eat an In-N-Out burger, you get to get some, you know, hot dogs downtown in Hollywood. It\u2019s great. You\u2019re having a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But he said once his kids got out on their own, they realized how expensive it is in the Golden State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey realize how terrible the\u00a0politics\u00a0are and all of the other things that make it difficult to raise a family there,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kirk Cameron praises Nashville\u2019s \u2018good values\u2019 after he ditched his life in California over the cost of living and politics. <span class=\"credit\">Kirk Cameron \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd so all of a sudden it\u2019s like, \u2018Oh my gosh, we gotta move. We gotta go someplace where we can actually thrive and maybe even just survive.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After having mentioned earlier that he was missing California\u2019s weather, Cameron said he hoped to return someday, \u201cbecause pound-for-pound, I think California has just so much to offer. Although Tennessee is getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that people are \u201ccoming from New York and California\u00a0like crazy to Tennessee, especially this middle Tennessee Nashville area. It\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actor said once his kids got out on their own, they realized how expensive it is in the Golden State. <span class=\"credit\">Adam Carolla \/ YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Homeless people are seen at Skid Row on May 20, 2026 in Los Angeles.  <span class=\"credit\">Ringo Chiu<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s\u00a0so many creatives here\u00a0that have good values. They love their family,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re proud of their country \u2014 and the whiskey is great. So, if you like whiskey and hot chicken, Nashville is the place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old grew up in\u00a0Los Angeles\u00a0before rising to fame as a teenager on \u201cGrowing Pains.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/entertainment\/kirk-cameron-praises-nashvilles-good-values-after-ditching-california-over-cost-of-living-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirk Cameron says he left his native California for\u00a0Tennessee\u00a0two years ago because of its liberal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/129047452.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}