Danica McKeller explains why stars are fleeing Los Angeles for different cities

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Danica McKellar, who moved to Tennessee three years in the past, is noting that increasingly more folks within the leisure trade are leaving Los Angeles.

The previous "Marvel Years" star stated when her stepson graduated from highschool, she and her husband determined they needed to get out of California , the place she had lived for 40 years.

"I don’t know, California and Los Angeles didn’t really feel prefer it used to for us, and I needed to be nearer to Draco so he didn’t need to be flying to this point, and so I favored Tennessee," she informed Christine Taylor and David Lascher on their " Hey Dude… The 90s Called! " podcast.

McKellar’s 15-year-old son, Draco, had been flying between Los Angeles and Florida the place his father, McKellar’s ex-husband Mike Verta, lives.

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Danica McKellar moved to Tennessee three years in the past. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Photos)

She stated she and her husband, legal professional Scott Sveslosky, didn’t wish to transfer to Florida, however they needed to be nearer so it wouldn’t be such a protracted distance for her son to journey.

"We got here to Tennessee and liked it, discovered this nice home and, yeah, had been prepared for a change. I lived in Los Angeles for 40 years," McKellar defined.

She added that they "needed extra nature. We needed to be surrounded by extra inexperienced."

Lascher stated that he typically thinks about the place he and his spouse would transfer as soon as his son graduates from highschool.

"I've a variety of associates that moved, , Melissa [Joan Hart] has been in Tennessee for a very long time, my good pal [screenwriter and director] Doug Ellin simply rapidly up and moved to Nashville, I imply, lots of people from L.A.," he stated.

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Danica McKellar famous that Jason Priestley is one other actor who's moved to Tennessee in recent times. (Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis through Getty Photos)

McKellar pointed to former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Jason Priestley as one other well-known pal who now lives in Tennessee.

"Lots of people dwell out right here now," she stated, "‘trigger we additionally realized throughout COVID that you simply don’t actually need to be in a single explicit place for jobs."

Priestley informed E! Information final yr that he and his household "love it" in Nashville , the place life is "a lot simpler to navigate."

McKellar stated that her husband nonetheless has a legislation agency primarily based out of Los Angeles, however he solely flies to the West Coast a few instances a month as a result of he can do the remainder of his work remotely.

Lascher added that he met up with Scott Wolf final week in Park Metropolis, Utah, the place the previous "Occasion of 5" star is elevating his youngsters.

Scott Wolf resides and elevating his youngsters in Utah. (Michael Kovac/Getty Photos for Sony Photos Tv)

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"He flies to Toronto to do his present," he stated. "I used to be like, ‘Oh my god, you reside right here? Why don’t I dwell right here?’"

He added that it "takes that braveness to say, ‘Oh, I don’t need to dwell in L.A.," after McKellar interjected, "You begin realizing, I’m a grownup, I can select [where to live]."

Taylor famous that folks make choices on the place to dwell typically primarily based on their kids.

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Danica McKellar with Melissa Joan Hart in Nashville in 2023. (Jason Davis/Getty Photos for Alzheimer's Affiliation)

"We moved out of L.A. when our children had been actually younger and that was a deliberate alternative as a result of we type of felt the older they get, the extra we’re not going to wish to pull them from their associates," Taylor, who shares two grown kids with Ben Stiller , stated. The couple lives in New York.

"It was nonetheless difficult once they had been 8 and 5 to do it. But it surely was the best determination for our household," she added.

Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor have been married since 2000. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage)

Lascher additionally defined that no person meets in particular person within the leisure enterprise anymore.

"Each different enterprise is again within the workplace, however all my conferences, whether or not it’s writing or producing and even studying for stuff, it’s all on Zoom or video," he revealed.

Taylor referred to as it a "casualty of COVID."

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"However it's handy," McKellar added.

Different celebrities like Mark Wahlberg , Sylvester Stallone, Jessica Simpson, Dean Cain and Ali Larter have additionally talked about leaving Los Angeles behind as they proceed their careers.

"We're like, ‘Let's give it a go,’ and we had been actually, actually fortunate to seek out an incredible neighborhood there," Larter, who stars on "Landman," informed Fox News Digital last year about her household's transfer to Idaho. "And we actually, actually responded to the ethos of that city. It is a less complicated life with actually beneficiant folks, and there is an accountability while you dwell in a small city that we actually liked elevating our youngsters in."

Cain told "Fox & Friends" in 2023 that he loves "California, probably the most stunning state – the whole lot's great about it apart from the insurance policies." He now lives in Henderson, Nevada.