[Army Air Corps]

I was born in this state. Its potential is amazing.

I have visited California a few times, and I will say here what I have said for years: It is a beautiful state governed by outright lunatics. I really do feel sorry for the remaining normal folk who still live in the state - I pray for y'all.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. That’s about it.

[SamAdams76]

I was stationed in Southern California back in the early 1980s - mostly Camp Pendleton and 29 Palms bases. I was amazed at how gigantic that area was and how geologically diverse, where one could go surfing in the ocean, skiing in the mountains, and camping out in the desert, all in one day.

Did I say it was a huge state? One time I decided to drive to San Francisco from San Diego with some buddies and it was similar in distance to driving from NYC to Florida and we were still only about halfway up the state.

It's a crime how leftist politicians have ruined it.

I had a great experience out there but already could see the seeds of decline.

[Noumenon]

I lived in the Bay Area from ‘71 to ‘89. It was a pleasant place to live and work up to the late 70s, early 80s. But the on-going disintegration was becoming more apparent by the day.