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Old 07-07-2013, 10:20 PM
 
Location: 'Bout a mile off Old Mill Road
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You're from Arizona and came to a California forum to tell us you like Arizona more than California? Really? Guess I better mosey on over to the North Dakota forum for some postin'.
Well, Arizona received an honorable mention in the title of this thread, so I responded and, in so doing, provided y'all with my honest opinion.

Check yourself before you wreck yourself.
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Old 07-08-2013, 04:40 AM
 
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Porterville:
My home town. I live here because the foothills and mountains are beautiful and they're not overrun with people. The weather sucks in the summer, but is pretty nice the rest of the year.

Damn, that is nice. I spent a couple nights in Tulare in 2010.....I loved the area....NO Traffic!
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Old 07-08-2013, 04:53 AM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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Nevada and Arizona do not have a better economy. Perhaps more minimum wage jobs.
But they do have a lower cost of living, which off sets the min wage situation. There is more to living someplace based on economy than just the salary one can or does make.

Now to the OP: I probably would not choose the IE if I had the choices you mention, but remember there are a lot of people that are die in the wool Californians they wouldn't leave come Hell or High water. Of course if a person was raised in Calif. has family there and a job they enjoy I can understand not wanting to move. If they move to IE when they could be living in some similar area with a lower cost of living, I don't understand it either.
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Old 07-08-2013, 04:55 AM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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Maybe they don't want to live where it snows. As proven in the last couple of weeks, the heat doesn't seem to be a deciding factor.
My, I bet a lot of people would like to know how much snow they get in most of Texas, most of AZ and most of southern NV?
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Old 07-08-2013, 07:20 AM
 
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But they do have a lower cost of living, which off sets the min wage situation. There is more to living someplace based on economy than just the salary one can or does make.

Now to the OP: I probably would not choose the IE if I had the choices you mention, but remember there are a lot of people that are die in the wool Californians they wouldn't leave come Hell or High water. Of course if a person was raised in Calif. has family there and a job they enjoy I can understand not wanting to move. If they move to IE when they could be living in some similar area with a lower cost of living, I don't understand it either.
Interesting. If a lower COL offsets a minimum wage situation for someone comparing locations -- they are pretty much just, well, "offsetting" ... which is not "improving" one over the other.

I certainly couldn't agree more with your observation, however, that there is more to living than just the salary one can make ... or wait, that isn't quite how you put it ...

Gotta admit I am scratching my head over this one though:
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If they move to IE when they could be living in some similar area with a lower cost of living, I don't understand it either.
Beside the fact that the COL in the IE is pretty low, didn't you just contradict yourself about there being more to life than just comparative economics?
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Old 07-08-2013, 09:16 AM
 
Location: Betsyville
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Stuck how? They haven't removed your free will, have they?
No, but my job is here and I don't have any money saved to move. Once I have enough money saved then I'll consider where I might go and make a move.
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Old 07-08-2013, 03:14 PM
 
Location: in a galaxy far far away
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My, I bet a lot of people would like to know how much snow they get in most of Texas, most of AZ and most of southern NV?
They should find out before moving there. Like those who move to the pnw only to discover they can't handle the heavy rain or gray days nine months out of the year.
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Old 08-07-2013, 06:09 AM
 
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Inland empire rocks... Rancho Cucamonga.. It is expensive but you can still have white picket fences and horses, great place for kids. Everything is around family but commute is terrible and no jobs close by.
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Old 08-07-2013, 02:07 PM
 
Location: Cushing OK
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I moved out of Riverside because it was getting too crowded, traffic was insane, and most of all it had lost the 'feel' of being laid back it had when we moved there twenty years before. And the smog.... I walked a block and was gasping. Here we get mild pollution, mainly lately a high mold count, but the sky is BLUE and there isn't any grey smudge at all. If there were mountains, I could see them. I moved to Oklahoma because I visited a friend and felt like home. And it is much cheaper to live here and 'traffic' only happens when there is a slow polk going down the two lane highway.

We find what we want. This is what I wanted. I loved Riverside when we first came but didn't recognize it when I left.

We had wanted to move to norcal but the money wasn't there to buy, and that was what mattered.

If any of you like the IE then I'm glad for you. We all deserve to find a place we want to be.

I mention Oklahoma since California is providing the largest inflow of new population to this state, and it has been rising. Wouldn't touch Texas....
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Old 08-08-2013, 02:54 PM
 
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They do get snow....But PA is a good choice to live cheap and there is work if you are able bodied
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