Everyone who lives in California: WHY?

Washington Born and Raised wrote:

It’s so freaking expensive, there are crazy liberals and potheads, and crime is sky-high. Don’t forget about the 25% income tax and the crappy healthcare.

So, all California residents of LetsRun, who forced you to move there? And why do you willingly live in one of the worst states?

I’m dumbfounded. Help me learn.

I never was an official resident of either state, but I have spent significant time in both CA and WA. There are specific reasons why people moved to CA. San Francisco is the banking hub in US for trading with Asian and Pacific Island nations. The movie industry employees many. Many earn secondary dollars from LA, CA movie industry. There are numerous well-paid MDs, attorneys and dentists to the stars. US movie industry is a significantly exported product. Before WW2, US was a net exporter of oil and natural gas. CA has always pulled their weight in oil and natural gas production. During WW2 era, San Diego, CA was huge in weapon manufacturing. WA is annoyingly cold and wet. CA, south of San Francisco is largely sunny. Do we need to discuss the per capita suicide rate in CA versus the per capita suicide rate in WA? One more sunny day a year may be the difference in someone's life.

Trump2020OP-the real one wrote:

Sometimes, you have to be in the belly of the beast not to get swallowed. Eventually the whale will get sick of you then spit you out. Just enjoy the weather while you can, but don't trust the homeless man with the sign saying he was a WWI veteran and was born in 1981. Meth with will mess with your head. Ask Jerry Brown if the train to nowhere will ever go somewhere. And who will pay for the hobos who can't afford to buy any Bitcoins for a ride.

M.A.G.A.

CA will collapse by 2025 at the outside. Probably sooner. The state now has 37% of the nation's welfare cases thanks to all the 'hard working immigrants' from South of the Border, still pouring in and still having kid after kid after kid to get that big welfare payout. After all, the kids are born here, so they're citizens, right? (They aren't, but who wants to enforce the laws as written?) Keep in mind states pay the welfare bill, the fedgov foots the bill for other handout programs. On top of that, CA is buried under the outrageous public employee pensions, which see people retire at 51, with their pensions starting at 90% of their highest year of earnings, and then increasing between 1% - 5% per year - a "cost of living allowance". The pension rolls grow every month.

Yeah, I'm in SoCal, but not for much longer. It's been ruined. Newcomers don't realize how dirty and rundown SoCal is comparison to what it was not all that long ago. Sure, the PC boneheads can spout all their platitudes about the wonders and vibrancy of you know what and who, but it's all b.s.. The third world is a mess because of the peoples who inhabit it. If you don't believe it, then why do the majority of those peoples create miniature versions of their homelands when they reach the West? Sure, a percentage of them do well. A small percentage. Wake up.

Funny, I live in Northern California and I see many more lazy white people who are feeding off the welfare system. I also see plenty of farmers gaining $Millions off farm subsidies (in essence welfare). I also see immigrants being the ONLY freaking people who will work the farms, as NONE of the white people will even consider doing work like that. I also see a lot of immigrants starting in the fields and working into being amazing citizens of our state and country. Take off your racist shades bro as Not all of our problems lie in the immigration issues.

I myself love living in California. Is it perfect? Definitely not. I enjoy the outdoors and riding my bicycle to work everyday (something I don't see much of when i travel to different states). I enjoy being around people who believe in science and not what they're political beliefs pull them toward believing. Getting back to the outdoors and recreation though, it's tough to beat California. Beautiful mountains everywhere to explore. The ocean is always nearby, and lots of culture. It's more expensive, but worth it in my humble opinion.

Gold rush

ChadBrad wrote:

I make a ton of money, can afford the real estate and taxes, like being within a few hours of the most beautiful coastline and mountains in the world, Hawaii is an easy weekend trip, weather is great, my healthcare at Stanford and UCSF is world class because world class docs like living here, pot has no discernible effect on anything, and crime is only bad in the bad neighborhoods like everywhere else.

The real question is why don't people live here? Answer: they aren't good enough to compete in the economic engine of America. Every state tries to recreate Silicon Valley every few years and they always fail. California is for winners. Losers slink off to Seattle to talk about how great the coffee is in the rain. Then Seattles losers go to Portland and do the same thing.

Chad Bradler? I've got stories about you, Man!

I never felt more creeped out by aggressive pan handling, weird homelessness and explicit cannabis use than when I was in Seattle with my family a couple of years ago. So, if posting about CA liberal pothead culture and using the handle of a guy from WA state was meant as irony......WELL DONE SIR!

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this, or perhaps are too nerdy to mention this... but as everyone keeps talking about Hollywood and all the money the movie industry makes for California, you've seem to over look the video game industry. Many of the biggest software companies are based in California, so that's a huge win for Cali! The video game industry crushes hollywood as far as yearly revenue goes.

Nice weather - beautiful scenery - lefties- people predicting imminent collapse due to social spending - sounds a lot like what people have been saying about France for decades.

Yet, strangely, both survive and continue to be wonderful places to live.

"The West Coast has the sunshine and the girls all get so tan."

The laws as written are that everyone born here is a citizen dumbo.

Washington Born and Raised wrote:

It’s so freaking expensive, there are crazy liberals and potheads, and crime is sky-high. Don’t forget about the 25% income tax and the crappy healthcare.

So, all California residents of LetsRun, who forced you to move there? And why do you willingly live in one of the worst states?

I’m dumbfounded. Help me learn.

1) The geography

2) The climate

3) The economic engine that is centered here

4) The level of education

5) The people - sounds like I should be happy you aren't one of them ;)

Washington Born and Raised wrote:

It’s so freaking expensive, there are crazy liberals and potheads, and crime is sky-high. Don’t forget about the 25% income tax and the crappy healthcare.

So, all California residents of LetsRun, who forced you to move there? And why do you willingly live in one of the worst states?

I’m dumbfounded. Help me learn.

Let us educate you. It's expensive, but we're also paid well. You can marry whoever you want to marry. It's an open and accepting society. Pot is legal. Almost all tech and internet innovation is born here. The greatest movies in the world are made it. It's America's #1 export. It's the gateway to all things Pacific. The beaches and mountains are beautiful. The old Spanish and Asian cultures are fascinating. The colleges are some of the best in the world. MFing sunshine.

Best of all, narrow-minded bigots don't fare so well.

Al Ghor wrote:

"The West Coast has the sunshine and the girls all get so tan."

Serious response here.

It’s probably because people are not necessarily religious, not a good thing.

Let’s see we have

Charles Manson

The many serial rapists and killers

Scott Peterson

Menendez Brothers

Harvey Weinstein

California torture family, in the News

These people are formed by the culture.

They wouldn’t fit in right here in Middle America.

TV proves them strange, a show on TV had a washed up 58 year old lady marrying a 24 year old guy, on the Beach with a earthy crunchy wedding Incantations and theme.

That young guys traditional Mexican Mom was pissed, it was hilarious.

Don't move to California. Don't even visit. It's terrible here, far worse than you can imagine.

California currently has a $6.1 billion surplus. We are taking the lead on green energy and will trade-deal directly with China and get a nice piece of that multi-trillion dollar field that Trump and the Republicans are punting on. California is the agricultural heartland of the country. California is the high tech hub of the country. California has four of the top ten universities in the world. California has the film and entertainment industry on lock. California has the oceans, the models, the mountains, the desert, the grasslands, and also several prominent nuclear weapon laboratories and facilities. California has the most cultural diversity of any state in America and we're proud to embrace everyone who is willing to be a positive contributor to society. California has the best running scene in America, particularly northern California for distance and southern California more for sprints. California has the most talented, the best educated, the wealthiest, and the prettiest people in America. California has the 6th largest GNP in the world among countries, and California pays more on the federal tax dollar than it receives, unlike the red state welfare queens. You suckle at the teat of California. You can resent it all you want, but you are dependent on us and would wither up and blow away without us. We're better than you and we know it

High of 80 today. End of thread?

Ca$hclay wrote:

High of 80 today. End of thread?

Mate, I’ve loved my time in middle America.

Mate, I found it.

RIP

Calif_stars wrote:

Serious response here.

They wouldn’t fit in right here in Middle America. Yeah, you're more of a John Wayne Gacey type.

There is potheads and liberals in Washington too lmao. At least it doesn't rain a lot in Cali.

Rape and mud wrote:

Too bad I can’t watch any Hollywood movie without thinking of rape, like “Home Alone”. Gay rape

And celebs are rooten role models like that family with a mentally ill trans father and a mom that pimped her daughter, Kim kardash.

But please stay there and away from middle America, we like our tranquility.

Sounds like more of a personal issue on your part. I grew up in a small town in Texas and there were/are lots of drug addicts, alcoholics, child molesters, rapists, etc. They just don't make the news because they aren't rich and famous.