More Californians in WA than CA?: Is the influx of Californians beneficial to the state? (Seattle: condo, homes)

[dogmom]

Not all native Californians are wanting to bring the CA lifestyle, not all of us are rude and nasty...it's such a diverse state you are bound to find all types of people, which makes it a good place and a bad place.

We are retired and on limited income..We left California 3 years ago for southern Utah....miss our kids back home, don't care for the desert or the summer heat, we are selling and moving....We have had a small mobile home in Grays Harbor County for a couple years, as a summer place to escape the heat. My mom is a native Washingtonian, born and raised in Montesano...my aunt and uncle and gobs of cousins are all still there, so for us it is a family place. We love it there, it's family. We love the trees, the green, the cool, the rain, not so much, but tolerable.

What I am saying is we are heading back to WA for a while, we might find a bigger home at some point, we might decide to head back to CA. We plan to get WA driver licenses and plates, we plan to fit into Washington, not bring our California uniqueness to you. We WANT to be there and embrace all it has to offer.

Just my two cents, hope you call me neighbor

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by fizbin

nullgeo,

You obviously have California confused with Los Angeles! The folks in the rest of the state are much better . . .

No. I am not confused. Just a crotchety old bastard. I still go to California a couple times a year; camping and visiting. By my description of California Lifestyle I mean the WHOLE coast, south of Humbolt County. Love the State. HATE the new culture as it has evolved. But then, I know I am a living anachronism. I live in a small, solid timber cabin with a living roof that I built on 3 acres of isolated, forested, island waterfront. Building dept. requires I have plumbing and electricity ... literally illegal to live on my own property without ... but I would live without either if I could. Not necessary. Doesn't contribute to my happiness in the slightest.

So just ignore me.

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by dogmom

Not all native Californians are wanting to bring the CA lifestyle ...
... we plan to fit into Washington ...
... We WANT to be there and embrace all it has to offer.

Just my two cents, hope you call me neighbor

Sure

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by fizbin

nullgeo,

You obviously have California confused with Los Angeles! The folks in the rest of the state are much better . . .

By the way, one more comment and I'll shut up (Not Likely!) ... the population of Los Angeles County is 9,948,081 ... half again greater than the entire State of Washington ... so right there you have enough aggravating people to keep me spouting off

[dogmom]

Thanks! Actually, your lifestyle sounds heavenly...as a nation, we have too much STUFF. Just stuff...other cultures don't have nearly as much stuff and stress as we do....why is that..

I am getting rid of a lot of my STUFF, because that's all it is...

[rkcarguy]

In a way I have to blame it all on the current administration, the inflated cost of living combined with the exporting of jobs has all had a perpetual inflation effect on our dollar. People that can't make ends meet are the first ones to take the easy-out and move somewhere else where the money goes further. The bad thing though, eventually things balance out. This has left washington with now high living costs, too many people, too few jobs. The state just recently topped unemployment levels qualifying it for emergency federal aid for extending benefits. Old people keep coming and families keep leaving, schools are closing and teachers are loosing their jobs. The only jobs remaining are those worthless ones that don't pay the bills anyway. For many of the "immigrants" who crapped their nest full and moved here to escape it, it has once again filled up quickly. Those who couldn't cut it in their home town find they don't cut it here anymore either, thanks in general to their own herds moving here. Then it's time to move to another area, like a disease......

[nullgeo]

Originally Posted by rkcarguy

In a way I have to blame it all on the current administration, the inflated cost of living combined with the exporting of jobs has all had a perpetual inflation effect on our dollar. People that can't make ends meet are the first ones to take the easy-out and move somewhere else where the money goes further. The bad thing though, eventually things balance out. ... time to move to another area, like a disease......

Well, you said a mouthful there ... basically correct. But, much as I LOVE to blame EVERYTHING bad on the current administration, this is really just another example of human nature and our lack of common sense and vision. So busy tooting our own horns about how we are masters of the planet and all the living things that we can't see how we crap our own beds ... a cancer on the planet, as I so cheerfully put it in an earlier post. I am just a ray of sunshine everyday

[fizbin]

Originally Posted by rkcarguy

In a way I have to blame it all on the current administration, the inflated cost of living combined with the exporting of jobs has all had a perpetual inflation effect on our dollar.

As much as I love blaming the current administration for just about everything bad, the story of people moving to new places in hopes of a better life is older than our country.

[fizbin]

Originally Posted by nullgeo

But, much as I LOVE to blame EVERYTHING bad on the current administration . . .

Originally Posted by fizbin

As much as I love blaming the current administration for just about everything bad . . .

Too funny . . .

[VeronikaW]

Originally Posted by rkcarguy

The only jobs remaining are those worthless ones that don't pay the bills anyway.

Um, the tech industry is booming here. My husband and I updated our Monster resumes 6+ months ago, and still get daily calls and e-mails for jobs.

V. =)