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Scott Baio and his wife are living in a condo while their new home is being built in Florida after ditching California for being overrun with homeless people and out-of-control crime.
Baio spent 45 years on the West Coast in Los Angeles before finally 'exiting stage right.'
He announced the move earlier this month, pointing to statistics that estimated around 70,000 homeless people live in Los Angeles County, with roughly 41,000 in the city alone.
Baio uprooted for Bradenton, Florida and is currently living in a condo with his wife Renee while they wait for their new home to be built.
Renee revealed the couple choose Bradenton for many reasons, including its proximity to Anna Maria Island and Siesta Key.
Scott Baio and his wife are living in a condo while their new home is being built in Florida
'I love the small town feel and values of Manatee County and I support mom-and-pop businesses and would like to keep them thriving,' she told the Herald-Tribune.
The Happy Days star said he has been 'forced out' of southern California after decades, saying that the state has become 'unlivable,' citing the homeless doing drugs on the sidewalk in the middle of the day, crime being 'out of control,' and 'graffiti on everything.'
The sitcom star, 62, said he has now moved to the west coast of Florida with his wife Renee Sloan and their daughter Bailey because they no longer felt safe in California.
Baio is the latest celebrity to escape from California due to the disastrous rise in homelessness and crime, with the star putting his $3.85million home in Woodland Hills, LA, on the market last month.
The conservative-leaning star told Fox News he has watched Southern California descend into a 'third-world country' in the last 45 years.
'Between the homeless defecating on the sidewalk, doing drugs on the sidewalk in the middle of the day, illegal aliens all over the place, law means nothing, crime is out of control, graffiti on everything... all of my tax dollars, I don't know what they go for,' Baio said last night.
He added: 'I'm afraid to go to the mall, my wife and kid are afraid to go to the mall. It's become an unlivable situation.
'I've been in California a very, very long time, and it's so sad to me. I've got family and I've got friends there, and I didn't want to leave, but I've been pretty much forced out.'
Scott Baio and his wife are living in a condo while their new home is being built in Florida
Baoi confirmed that he had moved to the west coast of Florida after he posted a photo of himself by a beach on Instagram with the caption: 'Living our best life in Florida.'
The actor lives in a gated community called Westchester County Estates in California, according to Realtor.com.
A 6,300-square foot property containing five bedrooms and 4.5 baths, it also contains a big ceiling, stone floors, a curved staircase, a great room, dining room and home office.
The outside includes a pool, spa, and loads of plantings
