The best California I ever saw was when I first spent time in the state in 1968. Great and efficient highways, beautiful scenery, affordable, clean, not so crowded, super high education standards, great colleges and universities. After spending on and off 25 years in the state culminating in 2012, I saw a state overcrowded, unaffordable, worst roads in the country, lack of water due to lack of vision, nightmare commutes, horrible schools and colleges, hospitals and social services due to inundation of millions of illegals and much much worse. Other than climate and scenery, the Golden State is now in such disrepair, unmanageable, under a corrupt and incompetent government.
I was fortunate to be born in California in ‘49 and raised between there and Hawaii. Both were once a paradise.
Today, both places serve as a warning....