California, on the other hand, would continue to be a terrific place to live.
Preliminarily I would consider supporting #Calexit
But really, this is ill-advised. It's the same thing in Alaska when they don't like the winner -they whine. People don't realize that as LatAm immigrants assimilate into the fabric and Americanize, they tend to drift conservative, so be careful what you wish for.
Also, remember, once California's electoral college is disbanded, goodbye democrats for what, 40, 50 years in the rest of the states? For this reason democrats in the other states would be against it --they'd lose their California democratic bank (monetarily, electorally and congressionally)
Worst case scenario - either de-salt the water in the ocean, or buy it. If the United States can sell electricity with Mexico given our contentious at times relationship, I'm sure we could figure it out.
Totally agree with you - in principle it would be difficult, messy, and would very much be a disruptive conversation to have with America.
Then again, even the Trump campaign expected they would be unsuccessful in the end.