Why is California so worshipped by people? (Los Angeles, San Diego: crime rate, homes)

[18Montclair]

Ideally, California is the best state.

Realistically, we've got a lot of issues to deal with.

[Greenchili]

Originally Posted by Foreverking

Cause its the only place you can go where they dont HATE Californians.

This is so true and funny! When we were in the military, we would meet
people from Texas,and whoo boy, what an interesting conversation that
was. Once they got to know us, they realized we werent all that different.
I guess we might be different because we are conservatives living
in the Golden State!

Greenchili

[j760]

Originally Posted by MimzyMusic

The Hollywood mindset really annoys me too.

Not every Californian shares that mindset. I'm a California native and couldn't care less about the so called "stars".

[Jude1948]

I grew up in Sothern Cal. Loved it as a kid. That is because I didn't know any better. Left in '78 and moved all around the country.I visited often while my parents were alive. I found the weather to be too smoggy, hot and crowded. You could not pay me enough to go back there to live.

[treedonkey]

Originally Posted by Jude1948

I grew up in Sothern Cal. Loved it as a kid. That is because I didn't know any better. Left in '78 and moved all around the country.I visited often while my parents were alive. I found the weather to be too smoggy, hot and crowded. You could not pay me enough to go back there to live.

Smoggy, hot and crowded... you were from LA, right? LA folks always refer to it as SoCal, or, even worse, 'the southland' not realizing that San Diego, lies further to the south, and is a whole different scene.

[ferretkona]

Originally Posted by treedonkey

Smoggy, hot and crowded... you were from LA, right? LA folks always refer to it as SoCal, or, even worse, 'the southland' not realizing that San Diego, lies further to the south, and is a whole different scene.

Funny. I had to work in San Diego for 6 months, my wife and I had the "so Cal" plan with At&T. Phone to phone was supposed to be free. Get our bill and they charged me $500 for one months use. I was politely informed that San Diego was not southern Ca.

[ArizonaBear]

Note to those folks who have lived nowhere else than California: try living back east for a couple of years and your perceptions of the Golden State may improve greatly.

The above coming from a Wash DC native who left there.over 30 years ago and never went back------------even for a visit.

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by ferretkona

Funny. I had to work in San Diego for 6 months, my wife and I had the "so Cal" plan with At&T. Phone to phone was supposed to be free. Get our bill and they charged me $500 for one months use. I was politely informed that San Diego was not southern Ca.

Odd: on both my house phone as well as my cell; I have 'unlimited' calling anywhere in the continental USA.

5,000 LD minutes a month for the landline and unlimited talk time 7 AM-7 PM as well as all weekend on my cell phone.

[Gidget]

6 years ago my husband and I drove across the US to Connecticut and back in our VW Eurovan. Every state we drove through, somewhere around 26 or so, had something great about it and there wasn't a state we regretted going through. But after seeing all those other states, we realized that one of the things that makes California so particularly appealing is that there are SO MANY wonderful things packed into ONE state, and CA has so much variety. The other draw has to be the weather. The further east we got, the more miserable the humidity was. For that alone, I would move to CA. Oh wait, I already live here...phew!

[adysmom]

Originally Posted by MimzyMusic

I'm a California native, so I'm not speaking as a jealous Midwesterner or bitter Mountain Stater, I just don't see what's so GREAT about California.

The weather is too hot, crime high, expenses even higher, and while the scenery is great, you can do better up in Oregon and Washington.

I love California, but I just don't think it's that great. The Hollywood mindset really annoys me too.

You are right, Their is nothing great about california. It's a good place too move out of.