it's a shame Sacramento, San Francisco and LA politics have made it what it's become.
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Gotta love Big Sur!
Posted on 03/12/2017 8:23:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Only 16?
Completely agree. I’m in Santa Barbara and live in complete and utter perpetual heaven. Reagan Ranch Center is up here. So although I don’t attend as many events as I’d like, I do give money and they have some great conservative connections here.
Lots of good points. However, the author jumps the shark
with #15. If the NORKS launch nukes on California they
would be committing suicide. The US would make toast
of them, China be damned. And, this would be just as
true if California had seceded from the US by the time
of the North Korean attack. The ‘nation of California’
would, at the least, be just as important to the US
as either Australia or Japan.
“Better than Hawaii?”
Oh there’s no comparison. In Hawaii, for much of the year it can be miserable because of the humidity. If the trades stop, it’s awful. You are sweating most of the time, even small things like doing housework can leave you drenched. Ninety degrees in Hawaii is like 110 degrees in California because of the humidity. A lot of the time, the weather is such where it will rain 10 or 15 minutes then the sun will come out, then it will rain, then the sun, etc. It turns the air into a sauna.
Then in the winter it’s cooler, but because of the humidity you start seeing mold and mildew growing on your walls and other places. The heat, rain and humidity take a huge toll on your house, as well as the roads which are something out of a third-world country with all the holes, cracks and bumps.
And did I mention the vog? If the tradewinds stop, within a day the state is not only a sauna, it is covered with ugly brown volcanic haze which gets worse and worse the longer the winds don’t blow, and which leaves most people coughing and sneezing, with itchy or teary eyes. It’s worse than L.A. used to be on a bad day.
I’ve lived in either Hawaii or California my whole life, and I would take California weather in a heartbeat. That being said, even though Hawaii suffers with a lot of the same problems as California (and the homeless situation is unbelievable), I don’t think it is as messed up as California is now. California once was doing a lot better than Hawaii, but once Pete Wilson left office it’s been straight downhill ever since.
California of the Dark Ages
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3391415/posts
Yes, Santa Barbara is also a wonderful area. I really like it up there. Sounds like you are quite content.
21st Century California Reverts Back to the Wild West
https://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/california-21st-century-wild-west/
it's a shame Sacramento, San Francisco and LA politics have made it what it's become.
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Gotta love Big Sur!
I had to spend 6 months TDY, May-Oct, in SoCal while working on a DoD contract for my company in early ‘80s.
Weather was hot and miserable every day; no change until late in the evening when it got cool and everyone hit the heated Jacuzzi pool in the courtyard at our motel about 10-11pm, after spending a few hours at the bars. Breakfast for us at outdoor restaurant tables had space heaters every few feet. ...Having to wear suits and ties in the daytime was miserable.
I’ll take DFW area weather over that, even though the Northers that blow in do make it cold for a spell.
Dreaming of life without the GOP? Welcome to California - where things are far from perfect
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3531145/posts
There are some nice islands of good neighborhoods in Cali and if one can live in one of those, handle the extreme cost of living, the Marxist political climate that’s only getting worse, and handle the Hispanic invasion even if your island neighborhood is relatively unaffected then it’s probably a pretty good place to live.
I like to say I like it geographically but politically and demographically it sucks. It has always been expensive to rent or buy a house there but it’s ridiculous now unless you own a home outright or bought it when the prices were comparatively low and so is the payment and property tax.
The traffic and how people drive there is equally insane. I used to like to go back and visit friends and family but I don’t even do that anymore. Of all places I feel a need to be armed; it’s CA. I may lose but at least I’d take a few down with me.
It all depends on your criteria for judging.
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Good posting of common sense, Dil.
I’ll take So. Cal summer weather over DFW scorchers. Although it does rain in summer just a little bit vs zilch in So. Cal.
“They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot”
It’s all Detroit’s fault.
Save me a spot in Arizona!
Okay I see your 16 reasons and raise you 2.4 million reasons and on top of that add 7.9 million more reasons for a total raise of 10.3 million reasons of why not to live in Californ-I-A.
While in college, I spent 2 summers with my sister in Dallas. It was a nice & had a lot of fun, but very hot & humid. You go from an air conditioned house to your air conditioned car, to your air conditioned destination. Used to play golf with a friend and many times the club would fly out of my hand because it was so sweaty.
I lived in Houston for a year, and it was even more humid than Dallas.
I have lived in my house in Huntington Beach for 20 years and have never turned on the A/C or heater. For a few weeks during the summer we use the overhead fans.
I wear shorts & t-shirts pretty much 365 days a year. I put a sweatshirt in my car & put it on as necessary, but that is about all.
If you can get past the crazy politicians, it is a beautiful state & those pictures show it.
thank you.
I appreciate what people are saying. California does have some serious problems. But I question whether it is all bad enough to pick up and move, when some other place you could move to will also have issues.
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