8% Sales Tax in Orange County where I live. Highest Gas Tax in the Nation.
We do have the best weather though. Taking care of the old folks and my Job keep me here for the time being.
The Family moved here when I was six years old. Back then it was truly The Golden State, land of Nixon and Reagan.
Might as well have been a thousand years ago.
Even though we live in the Sacramento Valley (where it was 110 degrees or higher every day last week!), we are only two hours from the Pacific, 90 minutes from Lake Tahoe, a couple hours from Mt. Lassen.
I guess an argument can be made that it's a good thing for the rest of the country that we're so messed up here in California.
Otherwise, EVERYONE would live here.