Texas is the new California? (San Diego, Fresno: taxes, living, prices)

[LQQKOUT]

Originally Posted by Cupcake77

I think you need to check yourself..... girlfriend. You stalk me and then go look up my stats and post them. How normal is that? Go back to your heavenly Texas forum.

Sorry I am not stalking you- your status are public....moving on....

[CarawayDJ]

Originally Posted by wellyouknow

Great, another defensive, meaningless, and ultimatley useless one liner from the sidelines. And folks - it's true - CA is full of stuck up simpletons like this...

The weather and scenery will always keep enough people in CA to be relevant. The weather along the coastal areas, beautiful coastline (Big Sur), Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe, national parks...

That's the only reason most people moved here to begin with. If both CA and TX shared the exact same weather and topography, there would be an exodus out of CA of epic proportions. The mayor of SF would be standing amongst his progressive buddies wondering where everyone went. He'd be thinking to himself "but I thought everyone was here because of progressive supremacy?"..."you mean to tell me they were only here for the drop dead gorgeous scenery and weather?"

[orbius]

Texas has no social conscience and the politicians have sold the population here a certain kind of political fanaticism to justify this mind set.
Institutionalized cruelty.

The best thing that could happen to Texas is about 5 more years of really hard times. Its the only way that attitudes and politics in the State will change.

[Cupcake77]

Originally Posted by LQQKOUT

Sorry I am not stalking you- your status are public....moving on....

Please do!

Thanks for posting my stats, I used to lay in bed at night wondering what they were. Now I can sleep well.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by ringwise

I just moved here, and the thing that struck me is how green it is here. I was expecting a more desert environment, but there are hills, green grass, lots of trees, lakes and rivers.

Yup, it'll be hot in the summer. But in CA where I lived, it was really hot too.

ringwise, I don't know where you live in Texas, but yes, you are right, it is very green. The only truely non green area is the west part like Odessa, El Paso and yes, up in the pan handle.

And yes, you are right, Ca can get ungodly hot, depending on where you live. If you live in the central valley or the inland empire for starters.

Most people who talk about the heat in Texas or hot flat it is either have never been there or only driven though. Anyone who is fair and has lived there knows, like any state its size there are lots of regions.

Nita

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Cupcake77

I think you need to check yourself..... girlfriend. You stalk me and then go look up my stats and post them. How normal is that? Go back to your heavenly Texas forum.

No one would bother you if you were not on the Texas forum posting negatives. I for one, think you need to forget this, get on with your life and post informative information, not just blasting threads, that really are your opinion but not fact, like Texas is stupid. You have yet to answer why you think they are stupid and give examples of why Ca is so much more intelligent. Certainly your sarcasm doesn't seem to indicate how much brighter people in Ca are than those in Texas.
Nita

[CarawayDJ]

Originally Posted by orbius

Texas has no social conscience and the politicians have sold the population here a certain kind of political fanaticism to justify this mind set.
Institutionalized cruelty.

The best thing that could happen to Texas is about 5 more years of really hard times. Its the only way that attitudes and politics in the State will change.

I hear similar things often. Please list the things CA provides for its citizens in the name of social conscience that someone living in TX lacks? I'd seriously like to know myself. I often wonder why it costs me more to live in CA. I'm still trying to figure out what I'm getting extra. Best I can tell, mother nature is responsible for all of the benefits of living here.

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by CarawayDJ

Please list the things CA provides for its citizens in the name of social conscience that someone living in TX lacks? I'd seriously like to know myself. I often wonder why it costs me more to live in CA. I'm still trying to figure out what I'm getting extra. Best I can tell, mother nature is responsible for all of the benefits of living here.

Well, I can tell you one thing. I have an adult family member who is severely disabled (physically and mentally) and when we investigated moving her from California to Texas, the woman from social services in Texas said, "Don't do that. Texas ranks 49th in the country for services to disabled persons."

[ocean2026]

Cupcake is enjoying all the attention even if everyone is making fun of her.

By the way I live in Texas but I am NOT saying Texas is better because I lived in Cal too.
Each place has its advantages. Each place is diverse.

Cal has better education but on the k-12 level the difference is minute. I've already mentioned how having the University of California is something to really be proud of.

Texas is cheaper to live but Cal has more interesting cities.

I think I've been to every county in California maybe not the northeastern ones and I've been all over Texas.

What people in both states don't realize about the other is that there are remote beautiful areas in both places that few know about. California has some nice northern coastal towns and Texas has some near where I am -- Rockport. If you haven't seen most of each state - you shouldn't compare.

Texas is cheaper to live. If I wanted to recreate my house on the Cal coast instead of the Texas Coast it would cost millions more- I couldn't afford it.

[Cupcake77]

Originally Posted by ocean2026

Cupcake is enjoying all the attention even if everyone is making fun of her.


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lol you and the rest of the texans are so bitter just because I think your state is a pos. Go back to your spank sock and chill.