too many ilegal aliens
too many ilegal aliens
consider that california's two senators and the minority leader of the house are all women and all from san francisco. that should tell you something about northern california. if california were a country, we'd probably have a female president. hillary should push for california secession from the union--that's the closest she may get to being president of a country.
Doodie wrote:
too many ilegal aliens
I'd call them "New Settlers" or "Returning Settlers" since California was stolen from Mexico.
cell phone taxes are very high over 20%
Frisco has the 2 attractive Jewish liberal senators.
La La Land cranks out them Olympic athletes and medals, the most in the world.
If your'e gay, Frisco has the Castro, La La Land has West Hollywood, Dago has the U.S. Navy. (The rest of America has Texas).
I live in Nevada. Drive a truck. Can't afford to be a Cali.
I'm origionally from the Midwest, but I've lived in CA for the past 3 years. All I have to say is, over-rated. The bluffed beaches are cool, but the water is cold. The only city with beaches that you don't need a wet suit is San Diego. The traffic is probably the worst part, 2 hours to drive 30 miles are you kidding me? And for the most part, the people are very impersonal. That being said, there are some awesome places to run. And almost every medium sized city has some sort of trail system or park for running/hiking. Also, I would have to agree that the diversity in scenery is unbelievable. Cali has some beauty, but I just don't think it's everything people build it up to be.
I would say it's all about the In & Out Burger. This is by far one of the greatest fast food burger shops I have ever had the pleasure of eating at. Mmm that special sauce. Mmm... just slide down my throat.
WATTS .
NOT A Cynical Person wrote:
Doodie wrote:too many ilegal aliens
I'd call them "New Settlers" or "Returning Settlers" since California was stolen from Mexico.
Just because somebody speaks Spanish doesn't mean that they automatically have the right to move anywhere where the semi-original inhabitants spoke Spanish.
Spanish speaking Californians were not exiled to Babylon when the US took California. Those people's descendants are US citizens.
Vex wrote:
Here's a breakdown:
Mammoth Lakes and the Eastern Sierra: Awesome. Great for hiking, running, skiing, climbing. Incredibly beautiful with spectacular mountains..
Northern California: Big Trees and lots of Weed. Weirdos by the bushel.
San Francisco: A city with alot of character. A must see before the big one hits.
Santa Cruz: Surf, Toke, and Freak Out !!!
Big Sur: In my opinion one of the finest coastal drives anywhere..
LA and So. Cal: Who do You Know ? What can you do for Me ? Let me tell you how great I am !
Joshua Tree: Great climbing... Cool Place
Death Valley: Pretty damn wide open and interesting but damn hot at 130 degrees in the summer.
Lake Tahoe:... Beautiful
Yosemite:.. A must see. A place like no other.. Really busy in the summer....
for a bunch of one-liners, this is an excellent summary. i might be a little less harsh with LA/SoCal, otherwise, i'm in agreement.
Spanish speaking Californians were not exiled to Babylon when the US took California. Those people's descendants are US citizens.
Correctamente. And Mexico 'owned' Calif for only a few years. About the only thing the glorious Mexican rule ever did there was dispossess the friars and divvy up the mission lands among General Santa Ana's thugs and cronies. (Guess who officially gave the missions back in the 1860s...it was the American President, Abraham Lincoln!)
The reason Mexico lost California is that the Californios--the settlers and ranchers, some of them of old Spanish background, many others of American background, with names like O'Neill and Warner--couldn't stand the criminal dictatorship of Santa Ana, and they rebelled and set up the California Republic.
The mestizos and indios who have been invading Alta California are NOT the original inhabitants.
monica lewinsky wrote:
consider that california's two senators and the minority leader of the house are all women and all from san francisco. that should tell you something about northern california. if california were a country, we'd probably have a female president. hillary should push for california secession from the union--that's the closest she may get to being president of a country.
Hillary is too conservative for California liberals
San Diego - Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they called it 'San Diago' which means 'a whale's vagina'.
hansen wrote:
Vex wrote:San Francisco: A city with alot of character. A must see before the big one hits.
man. never heard anyone put it quite like that, but you've probably got a point. sad... since i live there. whatever... it'll rebuild. again.
When the big one hits you won't rebuild. It will be a sign from God. It will be his punishment for tolerating the wicked lifestyle of the homo crowd. Move away now or suffer.
seeing the light wrote:
Natural disasters are rare (except for maybe earthquakes)
Earthquakes? Maybe?
What about wildfires and mudslides? A tsunami will never hit there either right?
Well, at least you don't have to worry about volcanos.
native americans lived in california for thousands of years. then the spanish came, took over the land (mostly by setting up outposts along the coast) and it was part of New Spain. After the Mexican Revolution, California was part of Mexico. It wasn't until the Mexican-American War (which began when Texans illegally crossed into Mexico to better utilitze their slaves) that Mexico, which had previously looked up the US as anti-imperialist power, was defeated and in the treaty process lost nearly have its territory. Under the condtions of the treaty, all persons (including Mexicans) in territories were to be automatically made citizens, though they were often treated as though they were not.
In 1929 or 1930, some farm workers went on strike because their bosses reduced their wages from 16c per bucket of strawberries to 11c. The local authorities jailed the stricking farm workers and attempted to expell them to Mexico -- even though nearly all had either been born in the US or had been resident in California at the time of the treaty.
For a all the California bashers out there consider this fact....
This state pays more in taxes etc. to the Federal government then any other state. An in proportion to our population and what we pay in...we get back in Federal funds less then say a state like Alabama which gets back more then they pay.
So you can do all the bashing you want, but without California's economy, this country would be in worse shape then it already is.
With regards to running, lots of great places in Northern and southern cal.
mexicano2 wrote:
native americans lived in california for thousands of years. then the spanish came, took over the land (mostly by setting up outposts along the coast) and it was part of New Spain. After the Mexican Revolution, California was part of Mexico. It wasn't until the Mexican-American War (which began when Texans illegally crossed into Mexico to better utilitze their slaves) ....
Whoa! Whoa! When in the mid-1840s did the Texans drag their slaves into Mexico?
You're confusing two things: the Texas Republic of 1836 (slavery then being an issue), and Texas's admission to the Union as the State of Texas ten years later.
Mexico used this latter event as a pretext for war, but a more compelling reason was the 1846 rebellion in Californy.
NFW wrote:
I'm origionally from the Midwest, but I've lived in CA for the past 3 years. All I have to say is, over-rated. The bluffed beaches are cool, but the water is cold. The only city with beaches that you don't need a wet suit is San Diego. The traffic is probably the worst part, 2 hours to drive 30 miles are you kidding me? And for the most part, the people are very impersonal. That being said, there are some awesome places to run. And almost every medium sized city has some sort of trail system or park for running/hiking. Also, I would have to agree that the diversity in scenery is unbelievable. Cali has some beauty, but I just don't think it's everything people build it up to be.
I'm in your boat - grew up in the midwest, moved to California 4 years ago. I've lived in Palo Alto & LA, been in San Fran, Santa Cruz, Santa Barabara, San Diego, Tahoe, Yosemite, Big Sur, pretty much all of the main coastal cities and vacation sites in the mountains. I could not imagine living in any other state. Anywhere else I've been pails in comparison. Yes, traffic can be a pain and homes are expensive, but that should tell you something about how desired an area it is to live. For me, it's actually turned out to more than people have built it up to be.
me too... grew up in pennsylvania, went to college in ny then moved to california, lived in san francisco first then moved to berkeley...
california has been everything i wanted and more. the natural beauty is astounding... many, but not all of the people, i meet are forward thinking and progressive and take advantage of the beauty surrounding them
to those who said california should secede -
sure where do we sign up! we certainly wouldn't have had to deal with bush for the last 6 years if california was it's own country. oregon and washington can come along too
but in all seriousness, to the person who said about us being so liberal because of two women senators, etc. - well i sort of agree BUT remember we have a republican as our governor for the time being