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Old 07-07-2012, 03:28 PM
 
Location: Here and There
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Thank god I Never been to california and never will be and this HSR is gonna make things even worse.
Then I guess you don't know what you're missing. California is beautiful IF you have a comfortable income to enjoy all it has to offer. But you really should at least visit, don't be so closed minded. You couldn't pay me to live in Miami, Florida, but different strokes for different folks, right? I don't know what the acronym HSR stands for, sorry.
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Old 07-07-2012, 03:29 PM
 
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Then I guess you don't know what you're missing. California is beautiful IF you have a comfortable income to enjoy all it has to offer. But you really should at least visit, don't be so closed minded. I don't know what the acronym HSR stands for, sorry.
High Speed Rail

Cali maybe beautiful, but it's also corrupt, expensive and sad.
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Old 07-07-2012, 03:30 PM
 
Location: Everywhere and Nowhere
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Then I guess you don't know what you're missing. California is beautiful IF you have a comfortable income to enjoy all it has to offer. But you really should at least visit, don't be so closed minded. I don't know what the acronym HSR stands for, sorry.
High Speed Rail.
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Old 07-07-2012, 03:32 PM
 
Location: Here and There
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High Speed Rail

Cali maybe beautiful, but it's also corrupt, expensive and sad.
How do you know this, you've never been there? It is expensive to live there, but factor in COL and it all equals out. Definitely not "sad", and everywhere has corruption. Don't believe everything you hear, go experience it first hand, then come to a real conclusion.
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Old 07-07-2012, 03:38 PM
 
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How do you know this, you've never been there? It is expensive to live there, but factor in COL and it all equals out. Definitely not "sad", and everywhere has corruption. Don't believe everything you hear, go experience it first hand, then come to a real conclusion.
That's not gonna happen.
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Old 07-07-2012, 03:40 PM
 
Location: San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
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Flat humid and boring appeals to some, others like: or
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Old 07-07-2012, 03:43 PM
 
Location: San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
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Can't figure out why CA has such cheap produce. It's almost as if CA has a magical supply of cheap labor working for suppressed wages and no benefits.
Econ 101, wages are set by the market, no one is suppressing wages, that is just silly. Incidentally, the "cheap labor" you are talking about are paid roughly the same as the Federal Wildland Firefighters you see on the TeeVee, or the Paramedics you see in the Ambulances. Are their wages being suppressed?
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Old 07-07-2012, 03:46 PM
 
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High Speed Rail

Cali maybe beautiful, but it's also corrupt, expensive and sad.
Interesting:
In a survey of state corruption, Florida was ranked at 6th worst, while California was ranked 29th
The Most Corrupt States - The Daily Beast

also, in another survey:
"Florida Is The Most Corrupt State In The Country, According To Integrity Florida Study A new study by nonprofit Integrity Florida ranks the Sunshine State as the country's most corrupt. According to the "Corruption Risk Report: Florida Ethics Laws," 1,762 of Florida's public officials have been convicted of public corruption since 1976. From 2000 to 2010, there have been an average of 71 convictions each year -- and 107 convictions in 2000 alone, the worst year on record.
Along with recent conviction rates, the study cites a C- grade on ethics enforcement from the State Integrity Investigation and the fact that three Florida cities ranked on Forbes' “Most Miserable Cities” thanks to polticial corruption.

Florida Is The Most Corrupt State In The Country, According To Integrity Florida Study
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Old 07-07-2012, 04:14 PM
 
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Interesting:
In a survey of state corruption, Florida was ranked at 6th worst, while California was ranked 29th
The Most Corrupt States - The Daily Beast

also, in another survey:
"Florida Is The Most Corrupt State In The Country, According To Integrity Florida Study A new study by nonprofit Integrity Florida ranks the Sunshine State as the country's most corrupt. According to the "Corruption Risk Report: Florida Ethics Laws," 1,762 of Florida's public officials have been convicted of public corruption since 1976. From 2000 to 2010, there have been an average of 71 convictions each year -- and 107 convictions in 2000 alone, the worst year on record.
Along with recent conviction rates, the study cites a C- grade on ethics enforcement from the State Integrity Investigation and the fact that three Florida cities ranked on Forbes' “Most Miserable Cities” thanks to polticial corruption.

Florida Is The Most Corrupt State In The Country, According To Integrity Florida Study
California is just as bad if not worse, because it's extremely leftist, except they don't care about you.
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Old 07-07-2012, 04:18 PM
 
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I see we have another mental giant from out of state who is adept at providing blistering analysis based on well researched facts ... what would we do for entertainment without 'em!?
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