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Between the fires, floods, mudslides, earthquakes, horrible traffic and high COL why would anybody want to continue living in California. I'm not being rude I'm just curious what makes California so desirable to so many people. Is it the weather? Proximity to the beaches? I'm curious.
Between the fires, floods, mudslides, earthquakes, horrible traffic and high COL why would anybody want to continue living in California. I'm not being rude I'm just curious what makes California so desirable to so many people. Is it the weather? Proximity to the beaches? I'm curious.
The only thing I've experienced on that list since moving here is the high COL. Assuming that's out of the way, its much nicer than you apparently realize.
Between the fires, floods, mudslides, earthquakes, horrible traffic and high COL why would anybody want to continue living in California. I'm not being rude I'm just curious what makes California so desirable to so many people. Is it the weather? Proximity to the beaches? I'm curious.
Family & weather. But I live two blocks from the beach & my house is paid for. But I agree the traffic is really bad, it's over-crowded, there's a brown/pink haze that hangs over the place most of the time, concrete jungle, political disaster, taxes are outrageous.
I've lived here since 1954, except for a temporary leave the last five years & I've never experienced a hurricane here. Maybe one or two twisters but they amounted to nothing. Floods? Yes. Fires? Yes. Earthquakes? Yes. Huge waves? Yes. No place is perfect. If my family were willing to leave California, I would be out of here. No offense to everyone else living here.
Beaches, culture, Hollywood, diversity of restaurants, historical significance of various neighborhoods, moderate climate year-round, diversity of jobs, etc..
Some of those things you can quantify with a $ value, but all of those combined, you can't narrowly put a $ value on but people are willing to pay $$$ to be there for that.
On the surface it's easy to put what you put in bold but think harder.
Put it this way, assume you have unlimited money and COL is not an issue for you, where would you want to live and why? A lot of people if asked this question would choose the expensive cities, SF, NYC, LA, etc... but WHY?, their answer why is exactly the same reason why demand is through the roof in those cities.
Well in part it makes sense. However if I had unlimited money I still don't think I would choose to live in a place that had so many natural disasters. I would become a snowbird, live half the year here in FL, not necessarily where I am now, and the other half of the year in NC or TN.
The only thing I've experienced on that list since moving here is the high COL. Assuming that's out of the way, its much nicer than you apparently realize.
I actually think from what I have seen of it that California is probably one of our most beautiful states. I would just be afraid to live there.
I actually think from what I have seen of it that California is probably one of our most beautiful states. I would just be afraid to live there.
All those terrible things you mention are much less likely to kill you than your car. If you're like most people you don't give driving a second thought, even though it's one of the most dangerous things you do. It doesn't really make sense to avoid an entire region because of infrequent and freak events. California is a great place if you can afford it and don't like four real seasons.
All those terrible things you mention are much less likely to kill you than your car. If you're like most people you don't give driving a second thought, even though it's one of the most dangerous things you do. It doesn't really make sense to avoid an entire region because of infrequent and freak events. California is a great place if you can afford it and don't like four real seasons.
That's key. It is a beautiful place, and it offers just about anything anybody could want. Mountains, beaches, shopping, one continuous sun season, low bug count in the cities, and financial opportunites. What's not to like? Reason I left: 3 hours in traffic to get to mountains, and when you get there, there is trash all over the place. Or you have to drive and drive to find an empty campsite. Or drive and drive to find no parking at the beach. And when you do park, and come back to your car, find the window was broken out of it and something is gone. Or lines everywhere you go; shopping, post office, dmv, you name it. Either bumper to bumper traffic, or trying to get on the freeway at 75mph. I've been gone 31 years now, and each time I come back to visit family, I realize why I left. Some people have a high tolerance for crowds, and I respect that. Unfortunately, I don't, and rather enjoy the quiet out in the sticks. YMMV.
I see some sort of rent control in Southern California future.
NYC has it
New York STATE has it and, while revamped a few rimes since, it began in 1920. At present about 40% of NYC rental units are not regulated, while 60% are regulated under a variety of control laws from different eras.
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