Everyone who lives in California: WHY?

Point Grey , BC wrote:

Bad Wigins wrote:

California is a drought-plagued, overpopulated dump whose residents are fleeing north by the millions.

Maybe you could convince those "winners" to go the F back where they came from, but I doubt it.

Look at people in Toronto, it gets so cold there that you cannot go outside at times in the winter. Why would people want to spend many hundreds of dollars a month to heat the house . It is hard to understand people in Ontario that worry about "wind Chill" factor , because the skin on their face can actually freeze solid in the winter!

It doesn't cost many hundreds per month lol, and the windchill factor is just to let you know how to dress because absolute temp doesn't tell you how cold it is on open skin. I'm not saying it's ideal being in the cold but your thoughts are exaggerated. I mean toronto is a sh*thole for many other reasons but living where there is winter is really not that bad in general.

The only reason CA. is still afloat is because it has summer all year, but not too hot, big mountains and beautiful beaches...Beautiful, fit Women, high paying jobs....Just a few minor things.

I live in Boulder Colorado and I love California. I want to have homes in both places and go back and forth

lllll wrote:

Point Grey , BC wrote:

Look at people in Toronto, it gets so cold there that you cannot go outside at times in the winter. Why would people want to spend many hundreds of dollars a month to heat the house . It is hard to understand people in Ontario that worry about "wind Chill" factor , because the skin on their face can actually freeze solid in the winter!

It doesn't cost many hundreds per month lol, and the windchill factor is just to let you know how to dress because absolute temp doesn't tell you how cold it is on open skin. I'm not saying it's ideal being in the cold but your thoughts are exaggerated. I mean toronto is a sh*thole for many other reasons but living where there is winter is really not that bad in general.

I based this on my friend, who lives in a semi detached house on Indian Rd , near High Park. December Electric $182 , Gas (Heating ) $267 , proper tax 1 month $375 .

72 and sun today near LA. We had the windows open a little last night. I bailed on the Superbowl with the stupid TD review and sat on my deck with a beer, wearing a T-shirt and shorts.

I took the dogs out for a walk, and heard people who were cheering about the game, smelled that someone was grilling chicken, a few people were smoking weed, and I saw an attractive woman at a painting easel in her garage. I never noticed that before, I'll make sure to take that route again. Next time I might wear shoes.

The only thing I regret about living in California is that I wore a long sleeve shirt with my shorts for early morning workout when I should have worn a short sleeve shirt. The college girls were all in jog bras and shorts. Winter is hell here in CA.

Four seasons bring depth and meaning. California, especially SoCal, is a dull, monotonous, shallow brownscape. Lived there for years, never again. Re the sun and pleasant temps, it is absolutely true that there can be too much of a good thing in life.

Some more unfortunate things about CA XC:

I heard that it’s not allowed to wear spikes for high school XC meets in California.

It’s also very difficult for teams to make it to NXN from CA. There are teams in CA that don’t make it to NXN but would qualify from most other regions.

And the teams that go to NXN are determined from the state meet merge, which can sometimes screw teams over. For example. in 2014, Great Oak boys won the D1 race and got 4th in the merge due to temperature differences, and they ended up not getting an at-large.

72 and hazy today. Zero traffic with the purge ongoing.

Crazy low virus numbers for a population of 40 million. Wouldn't trade it for (nearly) anything.

Beautiful Day wrote:

72 and hazy today. Zero traffic with the purge ongoing.

Crazy low virus numbers for a population of 40 million. Wouldn't trade it for (nearly) anything.

Likewise. Haven't hit traffic driving to work or my running spots in weeks. Beautiful all the time. Didn't have to wear long sleeves or gloves once all winter. No winter storms screwing up my running. Hills and beach on my running routes. Pretty good to me.

No one bothers me while I hobby jog thru red and blue neighborhoods while wearing a singlet and 4 in shorts.

Kvothe wrote:

Beautiful Day wrote:

72 and hazy today. Zero traffic with the purge ongoing.

Crazy low virus numbers for a population of 40 million. Wouldn't trade it for (nearly) anything.

Likewise. Haven't hit traffic driving to work or my running spots in weeks. Beautiful all the time. Didn't have to wear long sleeves or gloves once all winter. No winter storms screwing up my running. Hills and beach on my running routes. Pretty good to me.

Aren't you the one who just recently started a thread about how hard it is to run in San Diego?

I don't agree, but please make your mind.

It's a beautiful state, but is inhabited by a bunch of Neanderthals.

truthseakr wrote:

The only reason CA. is still afloat is because it has summer all year, but not too hot, big mountains and beautiful beaches...Beautiful, fit Women, high paying jobs....Just a few minor things.

I'm guessing you live in Fresno.

Grew up in the Bay Area and loved it. Would go back in a heartbeat if it didnt cost a million dollars for a 1200 sq ft house.

I’ve lived in and travelled throughout the US extensively.

California is my favorite state - the weather, the beaches, the running. You can’t beat it.

Nation State.

Just watch.

I moved from Central Washington to California many years ago.

I do not miss the subzero weather one bit.