the amount of wealth in southern california is mind-boggling

joedirt wrote:

You know what lasts forever? SoCal being nicer than whatever rat trap dump you call home. Hillbilly.

I am in CA a half a dozen times each year for work. Other than San Diego, I am not all that enamored with the place, and it is definitely better to be home. LA is pretty much a pit other than a few bright spots. The beauty of where I live is I can drive 15 minutes at any time of day and be on quality mountain trails with nobody around, in LA it takes 15 minutes to go 2 miles on the highway. And my house that cost $220k would run well north of a million in LA (closer to 2 million in the bay area). Enjoy the smog and traffic you hipster doofus.[/quote]

I’ve heard the walk to the mountains is even shorter in Afghanistan.

Here is the definitive lists of nice places to live where a decent house costs $220k:

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If someone doesn't believe in your fairy tale, that doesn't imply anything about whether they think how you treat others does matter;). Unrelated.

Your fairy tale originally came up because someone was hoping that all the horrible rich people would have their things destroyed and their lives upended or ended, like when God did that before in the fairy tale...wishing for that scenario to repeat seems to imply a little nastiness and unpleasantness.

The Few, The Proud wrote:

paisano wrote:

mile after mile of villas and mansions on hillsides. they're everywhere. malibu, santa barbara, beverly hills, bel air, palos verdes, pasadena and its environs, orange county, la jolla, the list goes on and on. it's humbling and a bit depressing to see so many people with more money than you.

Depressing? I think it's inspiring. I like to go door to door through the rich neighborhoods near me and thank everyone for being makers and not takers. If it weren't for them and their big mansions, none of us would have jobs. And if we give them even more money and even bigger mansions, our jobs will get even better and soon we'll all be rich! That's how the economy works! Thank you rich people!

I realize your response is in jest, but I will respond anyway. You mean the rich sports players? Or rich hollywood movie stars? Not sure they are hiring us middle-income people.

you're one messed up dude who is twisting the words of others. good luck with your sad pathetic life.

This thread has shown a clear division between those who value hard work and success, and those who feel the need to justify why they elected to be poor.

I live in SoCal (Ventura County) and love it hear. Best place I've lived and I've lived in some good places. Trail heads within a mile of my front door, year round nice weather, etc. Most of the people are genuine and nice. I had preconceived negative notions of what living here would be like, and it hasn't been like that at all.

SoCal and LA are not one in the same. There are plenty of places in LA or Orange County I would not want to live.

That said, the OP is right there is a ton of wealth here. I've never seen so many Bentleys, Ferraris, Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, etc on the roads. Multi-million dollar houses all over the place.

That tends to benefit everyone. For example, sometimes you hear about food deserts, where there are no good grocery stores. It's the opposite here, I've got 7 high quality grocery stores and several farmers markets within a few miles of my house.

paisano wrote:

lol, sorry sh!tkicker. there is no salvation, no doomsday redemption from your fairly tale god. those people are just better than you.

This has got to be the saddest and stupidest Post ever on let's run and that's saying a lot. Money does not make people better people. I have worked in the film industry and these people are the most god-awful, vulgar, vile excuses of people you'll ever meet. And, the great thing is it's making the news now. If you think Harvey Weinstein, Charlie Sheen and Kevin Spacey are bad, they are only the tip of the iceberg.

Only in Southern California could a woman for her daughter's out like the Kardashians do and then get the rest of the world to think that there's something and make them Mega wealthy.

Mate Monaco is way richer, parts of Lichtenstein and Singapore are really rich as well.

I'm 57 and have lived on SoCal most of my life (mostly San Diego). It's true that we have urban sprawl. So do most cities (outside of a few). We also have warehouses. I'm pretty sure they weren't invented and only exist here. A lot of people used to work in them (not as much now). None of that distracts from lots of the good things about SoCal - yes, weather being one of the big ones (if not the biggest one). None of the nice things about SoCal distract from the nice things about other areas of the country (or world). Every place has it's charms and it's repulsion's.

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So true. Nice post.

paisano wrote:

mile after mile of villas and mansions on hillsides. they're everywhere. malibu, santa barbara, beverly hills, bel air, palos verdes, pasadena and its environs, orange county, la jolla, the list goes on and on. it's humbling and a bit depressing to see so many people with more money than you.

The real money is on the east coast:

...or worse than we are. After all wealth can be attained by many different means

including inheritance.