Vacationed twice in CA--one in southern CA and one in middle of CA. Glad it was just a vacation. Don't want to ever live there.
hey.... we do have certain pocket that are nice. I've lived in Southern Orange County all my life (nice conservative area). If it weren't for the illegals we'd consider staying, we are seriously thinking of moving out of California - any suggestions. Everyone is invading our nice area.
I vacationed in CA more than twice & totally agree with you. I enjoyed the vacations, but live there, never!
Hey, it sounds like you hung out in South Central and then went to Bakersfield. We have beautiful places out here.
The drive on the coast from Santa Barbara to Monterey is absolutely breathtaking.
If you want to talk about natural beauty we have this little National Park called Yosemite! Seriously, I have been to 22 countries and 40 States and Yosemite is by far the most beautiful place I have ever been. No joke.
If you are in fairly good shape you can travel up north and climb Mount Shasta. It is part of the Cascade range and it is an isolated mountain with a 14,162 feet summit. The view from there inspires mystical, magical, and even God-like musings.
I will agree with you that the politics here "sucks" beyond belief but that is why the Internet was invented. Just remember, we have beautiful majestic mountains that soar beyond 14,000 feet, we have deserts that reach 130 degrees, we have beautiful beaches, we have world class wineries in the Napa-Sonoma-Mendocino Wine country, we have fabulous skiing, metropolitan cities etc, a cornucopia of farmlands that produce over 200 food and fiber products, world class universities etc. etc. And amazingly all of these things are within 3 hours drive. Fabulous.
I agree the politics and a lot of the people are hopelessly misguided but you can find conservatives out here.