Northern California vs Southern California (San Diego, San Francisco: sales, skateboarding, high crime)

[SFBayBoomer]

Originally Posted by moonsky

I used to live in Socal(Los Angeles and Irvine). Housing price is double for the same house you can get in Sacramento. The weather is very nice in the area closed to the beach.

You aren't exactly comparing apples to apples, though. Although the house my be comparable, other factors may not be. What part of Irvine, what part of Los Angeles are you comparing to what part of Sacramento?

[SFBayBoomer]

Originally Posted by LuLuBleen

I was born and raised in Sacramento and moved to Southern California right after college. There isn't enough money in the world to bribe me to even visit Sacramento ever again. I absolutely loathed living there.

In order to understand your comparison better, what part of Southern California do you reside?

[Oceanic1]

Originally Posted by ccm123

Southern California is very Hollywood, celebrity driven, which is usually superficial. Northern California is more education and career driven.

San Diego is not Hollywood driven. it has it's own unique character and the people are very laid back and friendlier than most Southern Californian's. We have always been our own region in the South and never associated with the rest of the LA/OC/IE Southland triangle.

[Oceanic1]

So cal pros
Nice beaches where you can swim in
Better amusement park
Cheaper houses and apartments
Better looking people ( more sexy athletic looking to be frank - I still prefer the city preppy look/artsy hipster look of the Bay Area )
* sunny all year round
* don't need a coat for the winter
* even temperature throughout the day
* close to Mexico
* city is more alive
* much more crowds and people
* Hollywood , rodeo drive , entertainment business
* better clubs and night life
* celebrities
* Disney land , universal studio
* street food
Cons
* traffic ( somewhere 15 miles away can take up to 45-50 minutes to get to a location )
* any place with good food or drink will have a long wait if you go on weekends or lunch/dinner hours)
* pollution
* water isn't clean or good
* horrible public transportation
*people can be quite fake
* depending on which area you're in racism occurs
* not clean
* more materially driven
*much bigger crime rate ( unless you decide to live in Oakland / Richmond )
* never experiencing autumn
* louder /larger crowd/longer lines
* grocery and meat isn't as fresh


You forgot the world famous San Diego Zoo, Sea World, The San Diego Wild Animal Park and Legoland and you do need a coat for winter. It drops down in the 20's and 30's at night in many inland area's here during winter

[Juventas]

Is it cheaper to live in Sacramento than Los Angeles?

[49erfan916]

Originally Posted by Juventas

Is it cheaper to live in Sacramento than Los Angeles?

yes! So much so.

[sacite]

I am not seeing the "better looking people" view in Socal V Norcal, at all. I am a bay area native and still visit SF frequently, and I've seen some of the best looking women there that I've ever seen anywhere, period. It's an extremely competitive international city with moderate weather year round and a high COL, and with that you are going to get good looking people who are health conscious, out exercising, competing to move up in their careers. Quite frankly that claim is complete bull****. I've been to San Diego a gazillion times now and plenty of times to LA on business, and have not seen any tangible difference in this respect.

[WizardOfRadical]

Originally Posted by sacite

I am not seeing the "better looking people" view in Socal V Norcal, at all. I am a bay area native and still visit SF frequently, and I've seen some of the best looking women there that I've ever seen anywhere, period. It's an extremely competitive international city with moderate weather year round and a high COL, and with that you are going to get good looking people who are health conscious, out exercising, competing to move up in their careers. Quite frankly that claim is complete bull****. I've been to San Diego a gazillion times now and plenty of times to LA on business, and have not seen any tangible difference in this respect.

that's because like all Bay area native, you are delusional. My mom was a model by profession and later an agent for models who is now retired. The number of good-looking people in SoCal vs. NorCal is not even remotely comparable. Southern California is one of the main areas for the modeling, fashion, and entertainment industries, which requires people to look good.

These industries are virtually non existent in norcal,, save the amatuer no bodies. Just because you eat healthy, exercise, and work hard at your career does not mean you look good. That is just normal stuff you do to live your life well. Looking good is having superior genes.

Why do you think SF has more plastic surgeons per capita than LA? DUH, because people in SF are FUGLY.

[49erfan916]

Originally Posted by WizardOfRadical

that's because like all Bay area native, you are delusional. My mom was a model by profession and later an agent for models who is now retired. The number of good-looking people in SoCal vs. NorCal is not even remotely comparable. Southern California is one of the main areas for the modeling, fashion, and entertainment industries, which requires people to look good.

These industries are virtually non existent in norcal,, save the amatuer no bodies. Just because you eat healthy, exercise, and work hard at your career does not mean you look good. That is just normal stuff you do to live your life well. Looking good is having superior genes.

Why do you think SF has more plastic surgeons per capita than LA? DUH, because people in SF are FUGLY.

Even though I'm a bay native and I love SF, this dude is right. Im not going to say that SF women are FUGLY but Sacramento have waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better looking women than the Bay Area. Sacramento is criminally underrated when it comes to good looking women. But LA is a whole different animal. I went to LA a few times and there's so many hot women out there it's redic.

[webdev]

So cal has the ocean, vastly more things to do, far more variety in retail and entertainment, nice weather but expensive. It has its bad areas too.

Northern Cal has the rivers and skiing, has the ocean, a bit country bumpkin and backwards thinking in some areas, not always as much to do unless you are in the bay area, more affordable outside the bay area.