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11-21-2008, 02:12 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Yucaipa,ca
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Ca Is A Ripoff State
Ca is well known as a total ripoff state.If those girly girls in sacramento incl arnold ziffle have their way its only going to get worse.The high taxes,dmv fees,food,utilities,road congestion,rude people,etc...in ca tells me its time to move to a better state.Im considering colo.Anyone considering or planning to move out of the not so golden state of california ?
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11-21-2008, 04:35 AM
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Cantankerous
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Los Angeles Area
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I just made a similar post. Yes, I'm thinking about. The areas we are thinking about are:
Denver, CO
Austin, TX
Portland, OR
Raleigh, NC,
Philly Suburbs
Pittsburgh, PA (if we get really desperate).
We plan on taking a few road trips the beginning of next year to investigate.
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11-21-2008, 08:26 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: Yucaipa,ca
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Humanoid
I just made a similar post. Yes, I'm thinking about. The areas we are thinking about are:
Denver, CO
Austin, TX
Portland, OR
Raleigh, NC,
Philly Suburbs
Pittsburgh, PA (if we get really desperate).
We plan on taking a few road trips the beginning of next year to investigate.
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Out of all those cities i would choose Denver.My 2nd choice would be Portland. |
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11-21-2008, 09:09 AM
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Cantankerous
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Los Angeles Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle7
Out of all those cities i would choose Denver.My 2nd choice would be Portland.
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Portland is one of my favorites, but unfortunately it has fairly high taxes and isn't as cheap as some of the others.
Denver seems nice, we drive through it on our way back to California (wish I never came back!). I haven't looked at the details as far as cost of living goes though. |
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11-21-2008, 10:02 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: university city
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Humanoid
I just made a similar post. Yes, I'm thinking about. The areas we are thinking about are:
Denver, CO
Austin, TX
Portland, OR
Raleigh, NC,
Philly Suburbs
Pittsburgh, PA (if we get really desperate).
We plan on taking a few road trips the beginning of next year to investigate.
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by all means, dont "get really sesperate" 
which philly burbs were you considering?
i have recently taken roadtrips through the more distant ones (40+ mins away north) that no one talks about, although i was born here...most ppl dont know anything about them unless they are from them....they tend to be boring ones, but i figured i'd give them a shot. maybe i can be of help |
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11-21-2008, 10:32 AM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Elfin Forest
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The next move I'll make is to move back to Germany. I've been to the majority of the states in the US and California is the only place I want to be  We grow a lot of our own food, and participate in a co-op, have 5 people living in a house and haven't ever gone over $200 a month for utilities (including water, gas and electric), the road congestion is only bad in the big cities. There are plenty of ways to do well in Ca... if you're willing to look around and try. |
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11-21-2008, 11:15 AM
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Real Estate Broker
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Mountain Ranch, CA The heart of Calaveras County
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Have fun! I left CA shortly after prop 13 passed in 1978. Worst mistake I ever made. I love CA warts and all. |
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11-21-2008, 05:23 PM
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Cantankerous
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Los Angeles Area
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Originally Posted by serpent_of_old
by all means, dont "get really sesperate"
which philly burbs were you considering? |
I said that about Pittsburgh, because we have already lived there for 6 years. We want something new, but if we can't think of anything better we could always move back there. It would be a relatively easy move.
I'm not sure which suburbs exactly. We visited the area briefly a couple of times when we were in the state and seemed to like the northern suburbs, but I'm really not sure what was what. If we moved to this area we'd most likely do a temp move to Pittsburgh for a few months (live with others, or temp apartment) while we look at the details of the Philly area.
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Originally Posted by DMenscha
Have fun! I left CA shortly after prop 13 passed in 1978. Worst mistake I ever made. I love CA warts and all. |
Prop 13 has contributed to the states problems. Lovely for people that owned before or purchased property soon after it passed though. |
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11-21-2008, 06:05 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Yucaipa,ca
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Pittsburgh is a nice city.I lived in penn hills yrs back.The weather in the pittsburgh area is abit too gloomy for me but so is portland.Can you really have your cake & eat it too ?
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11-21-2008, 06:13 PM
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Member
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: McCloud, CA "The Boonies"
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Ya know California is a big state. It's not that bad in all parts. |
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