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View Poll Results: The thing I most dislike about California is...
the high cost of living 24 41.38%
the people 15 25.86%
the job market 0 0%
the crime 1 1.72%
the traffic 4 6.90%
the smog 2 3.45%
other 12 20.69%
Voters: 58. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-09-2011, 09:12 PM
 
Location: United State of Texas
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Some quite like that and keep coming back for more.
Heck yeah! They even re-elected Moon Unit Brown after he left the state teetering on the very edge of total bankruptcy the last time he was in office! Bright!

 
Old 12-09-2011, 09:23 PM
 
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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simple.
too many people.
 
Old 12-09-2011, 09:27 PM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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the high cost of living
the people
the job market
the crime
the traffic
the smog
other


My answer is high cost of living and traffic. If I were wealthy then the first wouldn't bug me and if my job was closer then the second wouldn't bug me as much. BUT these are not really California problems - they are LA/OC problems. There are cheaper places with less traffic but there may not be as many jobs or it may not be as nice or as interesting a place to live.

I like the people.
Smog? What smog?
Crime? Crime is everywhere.
Job Market, right now isn't so hot but only a couple places (DC/NOVA or Huntsville, AL maybe Dallas) have a lot more jobs for me. (I am not considering places like China Lake or Edwards AFB.) I am struggling to find something with the same pay that is closer to my home so for now I suck it up and vanpool to El Segundo (and lately TDY in Santa Barbara).
 
Old 12-10-2011, 12:04 AM
 
Location: Due North of Potemkin City Limits
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1. The amount of people without social security numbers and/or valid driver's licenses & car insurance.
2. The drain that the the aforementioned demographic imposes on this state.
3. The unwillingness of people here to confront these issues in the name of political correctness.
4. Political correctness itself.
 
Old 12-10-2011, 12:10 AM
 
Location: Monterey, CA
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The Libs...
 
Old 12-10-2011, 03:17 AM
 
Location: Santa Ana, CA
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mexicans and liberals
 
Old 12-10-2011, 03:51 AM
 
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illegals
 
Old 12-10-2011, 09:32 AM
 
Location: SW MO
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In essence, it all comes down to the people. They overpopulate the state, they have the attitudes, they commit the crimes, they're the ones with road rage, some of them are illegal, they continue to elect and re-elect the same losers to public office, they vote for the propositions that establish categorical funding requirements that make the state budget impossible to fix, they cause the smog through pollution, etc.
 
Old 12-10-2011, 10:53 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Curmudgeon View Post
In essence, it all comes down to the people. They overpopulate the state, they have the attitudes, they commit the crimes, they're the ones with road rage, some of them are illegal, they continue to elect and re-elect the same losers to public office, they vote for the propositions that establish categorical funding requirements that make the state budget impossible to fix, they cause the smog through pollution, etc.
List reads to me like everyplace / people in the world -- except, of course: the pygmies (yeah, I'm serious -- love those little people) ... no need to single out California. Dogs and pygmies rule.
 
Old 12-10-2011, 10:57 AM
 
Location: anywhere but Seattle
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If you don't like California please leave. The rest of us can enjoy it better without you.
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