Are you packing up and leaving California because you can’t get a burger without having your car stolen?

Just remember to not insult California after the U-Haul hits the Nevada, Arizona or Oregon borders.

That’s the message that was published Saturday by Los Angeles Times’ (which laid off 20% of its workforce on Tuesday) letters editor Paul Thornton.

“To the people leaving California: May the road rise to meet you as you seek better lives in new places. Now, can you please extend some goodwill to those of us who remain?” Thornton wrote in Saturday’s column titled, “Commentary: If you want to leave, fine. But don’t insult California on the way out.”