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Bravo! I wholeheartedly agree!
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"Last year [2004], a half million people left California for other parts of the United States, while fewer than 400,000 Americans moved there. The net outflow has risen fivefold, to more than 100,000, since 2001, an analysis by Economy.com, a research company, shows, although immigration from other countries and births have kept the state's population growing." From Saying Goodbye California Sun, Hello Midwest - New York Times |
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I think until who speaks ill of illegal immigrants is one themself they should not judge i feel anyway. living in l.a i totally agree with most of these problems ive lived here 4 years [ too long] and ive found l.a is too money minded, a room or or an apartment appears to go the higgest bidder. so im stuck in this shabby motel since last august becuase no-one would rent to me plus i have a pet that outlaws any chances of finding somewhere. people seem very anti pets here. also the prentiuous ,snobbery, self seeking of these people around me is awful. everyone comes accross as very rude, i try to stop people in the street to maybe ask the time, they carry on walking like you dont exist, the traffic is horendous. i can only afford weekly rent now unfortunatly i did have amonths rent and deposit but it was wasted on motels becuase it has taken us a very long to find somewhere, also theres like 20-30 other people going for the same room!!!Im wanting to live somewhere nice without overly greedy landlords.im curently stuck in this shabby motel with a nasty manager and i have nowehere else to go..
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Are you including Chicago in that statement?
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It really is so comical to hear everyone complain about LA. I am originally from Southern CA and have lived in MA for about 4 1/2 years. I am moving out of here in 2 weeks and I can't wait!!! The only reason I am not retunring to CA is my extreme fear of earthquakes. If you complain about LA then come to MA. In the few years I have been here I have been run off the road and in car accidents 5 times...I was never hit once in LA in 24 years!!! The people here are rude, self centered, closed minded, the state is filthy and littered everywere you go. The road conditions are so bad that cars spin out on highways and blow tires do to foot deep pot holes...EVERYWHERE!!! The big dig collapsed and killed an innocent person last year...MA knew that the tunnel was a threat!!! Our electric company has a HUGE problem with live wires EVERYWHERE and as people walk their dogs, they are electricuted and killled on the side walks. This summer a child suffered serious burns on his legs and now needs extensive surgery and skin grafts when he was burned but hot steam that poured from a man hole cover. There are thousands...yes thousands...of natural gas leaks everywhere and houses suddenly explode. The police and state troopers are rude and unhelpful. The medical care is so out dated it is scary! I spent 7 months in the hospital in CA for cancer and recieved the BEST medical care possible. Out here I recieved the WORST care anhyone could get. The doctors here were not even sure what medications I was taking. The helath insurance is simply UNAFFORDABLE...I had Blue Cross of CA PPO and it was very reasonably priced and a GREAT plan! In MA you pay excise tax on your car......their reason for this is that it is your privelage to drive in MA....that's a joke!!! I know people's kids misbehave everywhere however in MA the kids are so wild, rude, out of control, and filthy mouthed...even in elementary school it is sick! The homes are still heated with oil that is expensive and leaks into the basement all the time. Or you can always heat your home with forced hot water which gets your temp your temp up to 55 degrees...great when it's -35 and snowing!!! Rent is extreme and unlke the great state of CA there is NO rent control.....and I can't tell how bad the slum lords out here are!!! Boston has a huge infestation with rats and mice. That's just to name a few....so it's true what they say...the grass is not always greener on the other side!!!
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I will make this short and sweet. I use to like living in California until I woke up and came to my senses. If you like "hopes and dreams" of someday owning an "average" 500k home, traffic everywhere you go, rude people, smoggy days and nights, then you are in the best place to be! As for me, my wife and kid we are leaving next month to TN. I am almost certain within 2 years I will own a NEW home for about 180k, same home here 600k. GET OUT NOW, unless you are rich.
Last edited by SandyCo; 08-12-2007 at 10:21 PM. Reason: language; please keep it clean. |
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The above post originates from someone who lives in San Diego. San Diego more resembles the Los Angeles of fifty years ago, with far less of the toxic/social problems we in L.A. actually experience today. If I could afford your life in San Diego, I might wax enthusiastic as well.
But as a moderate income person in Los Angeles, I concur with ness, Charles, and leavincalifornia. This place presents a terrible struggle for those who are not wealthy. Middle class here means borderline slum conditions. Many of us who've lived here for, say in my case, five decades, also do not covet the tiny abode/Manhattan/highest density way of life so antithetical to the whole of residential Los Angeles. The nanosecond my husband retires, we will be voting with our feet, outta here like rockets. |
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